[bestbits] Final text and endorsements

[Anne Jellema]

Just noticed Web Foundation is missing from the list of signatories. Having
helped to initiate the letter we evidently forgot to take the final step of
adding our names! Please add us if there is time. No worries if not.
Thanks
Anne


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A quick update on the letter to Congress- the ACLU was not able to send it
> out on Monday, but they said that they will be able to send it out first
> thing Tuesday morning EDT. I will let you know as soon as I get
> confirmation that it has gone out. Sincere apologies for any confusion.
>
> Did those of you in Tunis have the chance to discuss press strategy?
>
> Best,
> Deborah
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Rishab Bailey <rishab.bailey at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeremy,
>>
>> Could you please add the Society for Knowledge Commons, India as a
>> signatory.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> Rishab
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Rashmi Rangnath <
>> rrangnath at publicknowledge.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jeremy:
>>>
>>> Could you please add Public Knowledge to the list of signatories? I
>>> could not find the letter on the website and so could not endorse there.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Rashmi
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I'm attaching a PDF version of the letter to Congress with the 155
>>>> endorsements that we now have.  If any last-minute endorsements are posted
>>>> online, please CC them to me as well so that I can update the PDF.
>>>>
>>>> Please also identify whether you are interested in being listed as a
>>>> contact person for any follow-up communications (the four given in the
>>>> draft below are arbitrarily chosen to represent a few major regions).  Here
>>>> is a suggested covering email:
>>>>
>>>> --- covering email begins ---
>>>>
>>>> Dear Senators and Representatives,
>>>>
>>>> We write as a coalition of civil society groups from around the world,
>>>> who work towards the promotion of human rights on the Internet.
>>>>
>>>> We attach a letter, endorsed by 155 organisations and individuals,
>>>> expressing in the most serious terms our alarm at revelations of Internet
>>>> and telephone communications surveillance of US and non-US citizens by the
>>>> US government.
>>>>
>>>> For further enquiries or follow-up, representatives of a number of the
>>>> endorsing organisations are at your service:
>>>>
>>>> Deborah Brown, Access
>>>> ph: xxxx
>>>> email: deborah at accessnow.org
>>>>
>>>> Andrew Puddephatt, Global Partners
>>>> ph: xxxx
>>>> email: andrew at global-partners.co.uk
>>>>
>>>> Jeremy Malcolm, Consumers International
>>>> ph: +60 3 7726 1599
>>>> email: jeremy at ciroap.org
>>>>
>>>> Joana Varon, FGV
>>>> ph: xxxx
>>>> email: joana at varonferraz.com
>>>>
>>>> --- covering email ends ---
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *Dr Jeremy Malcolm
>>>> Senior Policy Officer
>>>> Consumers International | the global campaigning voice for consumers*
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rashmi Rangnath
>>> Director, Global Knowledge Initiative and Staff Attorney
>>> Public Knowledge
>>> 1818 N Street NW
>>> Suite 410
>>> Washington, D.C. 20036
>>> 202 861 0020
>>> rrangnath at publicknowledge.org
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Deborah Brown
> Policy Analyst
> Access | AccessNow.org
> E. deborah at accessnow.org
> @deblebrown
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