[bestbits] Important: letter to Brazil government on CS representation

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Good letter. Short and to the point.

Anriette


On 22/11/2013 11:22, Anja Kovacs wrote:
> Dear Parminder and all,
>
> Please find below the text of the letter that the liaisons feel
> comfortable with. If you have any concerns about this letter being
> forwarded as is, please let us know within 24 hours of this email
> being sent. If there are no further comments, it will go as is.
>
> For your information, the IGC cocoordinators and the IRP DC steering
> committee have been involved in the developing of this letter as well
> and support it as is.
>
> Thanks and best,
> Anja
>
>
>
> LETTER FINAL DRAFT
> To
> Mr. Paulo Bernardo Silva, Minister of Communications - Minicom

> Mr. Virgilio de Almeida, Secretary for Information Technology Policy
> at the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation - MCTI

> Mr. Valdir Simão, Special Assessor for the Presidency

> Emb. Benedicto Fonseca, Director of the Department of Scientific and
> Technological Affairs of the Minister of External Relations - MRE and
> Mr. Harmut Glaser, Secretariat of the Brazilian Internet Steering
> Committee - CGI.br
>
> We, as representatives of three networks that include civil society
> organisations and individuals involved in Internet governance, are
> writing with reference to preparations for the Global Multistakeholder
> Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance that is planned to be
> held in São Paulo, Brazil by April 2014.
>
> 
During the eighth Internet Governance Forum in Bali this year, many
> of us met in person, and some others participated remotely and agreed
> that the following persons would be delegated to serve as interim
> Liaisons from across these networks for purposes of planning the
> Global Meeting:


>
> * Ms Joana Varon Ferraz


> * Ms Carolina Rossini


> * Mr Carlos A Afonso


> * Ms Laura Tresca
>
> This letter is to express our continuing support for this arrangement
> as planning for the meeting takes shape. The above interim Liaisons
> shall remain at disposal of the Brazilian authorities in all matters
> pertaining to the organisation of the Global Meeting, and we urge that
> our Liaisons should in the context of these preparations be invited to
> all meetings with all other constituencies as full participants in
> this process. We support their work and look forward to hearing of
> progress in their reports back to our networks that are made up of a
> broad constituency of civil society groups and individuals. They have
> our trust and support.


>
> If you have any inquiries about the above matter, please do not
> hesitate to contact us at any time, either directly or through the
> above Liaisons.


>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> etc
>
> -- 
> Dr. Anja Kovacs
> The Internet Democracy Project
>
> +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
> www.internetdemocracy.in <http://www.internetdemocracy.in/>

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executive director, association for progressive communications
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