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

[Mawaki Chango]

Dear Anja,

Absolutely! Please go ahead with it. Mines are certainly not the most
meaningful comment from what I have read afterwards.
Thank you for considering.
Best regards,

Mawaki



On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Anja Kovacs <anja at internetdemocracy.in>wrote:

> Dear Mawaki,
>
> Thank you for these comments. I will share them with our liaisons and
> others who were involved in drafting the latter. However, seeing that these
> are purely editorial, if I have not heard back from them in time, I hope
> you will agree to us going ahead with the letter as is?
>
> Do please let us know.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Anja
>
>
> On 22 November 2013 15:14, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Anja and all involved.
>>
>> Looks very good to me. I'd suggest for the para. following the list of
>> names:
>> "This letter is to *formally express..." and maybe use as shorthand for
>> the meeting title: "Global *Multistakeholder Meeting".
>>
>> Best,
>> mawaki
>>
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>>
>> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Anja Kovacs <anja at internetdemocracy.in>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
>>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Anja Kovacs
> The Internet Democracy Project
>
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