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

[Anja Kovacs]

Dear Mike,

Many thanks for your support. What we are asking for here, however, is only
whether people agree to have Best Bits sign on to this letter. If you would
like to sign on as an individual as well, please copy your message to the
IGC cocoordinators and the IRP DC as well, as I think they should all be
informed of this.

My own sense (and I am purely speaking on my own behalf here) is that the
letter has far more power if signatories are either networks or people in
an institutional capacity, rather than individuals, but perhaps others
think differently about this.

Looking forward to seeing the Community Informatics network agreeing on an
appropriate procedure. It will be great to join forces with one more
network.

Best regards,
Anja



On 23 November 2013 00:05, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’ll sign on to this in my personal capacity… We are currently working on
> procedures for having the Community Informatics network being in a position
> to endorse things like this.
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> M
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> *From:* bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net [mailto:
> bestbits-request at lists.bestbits.net] *On Behalf Of *parminder
> *Sent:* Friday, November 22, 2013 9:54 AM
> *To:* Anja Kovacs
> *Cc:* &lt,bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt,
>
> *Subject:* Re: [bestbits] Important: letter to Brazil government on CS
> representation
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
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Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

+91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
www.internetdemocracy.in
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