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

[parminder]

yes, this looks good...

On Friday 22 November 2013 02:52 PM, 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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