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

[Anja Kovacs]

Dear Mawaki,

Many thanks for your understanding - really appreciated.

Best regards,
Anja


On 23 November 2013 00:49, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
>>> Mawaki Chango, PhD
>>> Owner, DIGILEXIS Consulting
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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
>>
>> +91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
>> www.internetdemocracy.in
>>
>
>


-- 
Dr. Anja Kovacs
The Internet Democracy Project

+91 9899028053 | @anjakovacs
www.internetdemocracy.in
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