[governance] CONSENSUS CALL RESULTS Re: Draft letter text

[Norbert Bollow]

Maybe we can get input from someone from Brazil on this point?

Drafting a formally correct salutation to appropriately address Madam
Rousseff and Mr. Chehadé is totally outside my area of competence.

Greetings,
Norbert

Am Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:52:18 +0900
schrieb Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>:

> The text of the letter is fine, I'm not sure of the purpose and value
> of sending it, but the text itself is fine.
> 
> What's incorrect is the salutation.  I'm no expert on protocol, but 
> 
> "Your Excellency President Rousseff and other representatives of the,
> Brazilian government..." no!
> 
> Your Excellency might be correct, Madam President if following the
> U.S. style. But other representatives?  Who are they (why are they
> there?)
> 
> As others have said, from all we have seen about this initiative it
> is a joint proposal of Madam Rousseff and Mr. Chehadé.  This mailing
> list and others have been dominated this past few days by a thread
> "Rousseff & Chehade: Brazil will host world event on Internet
> governance in 2014".  The letter should be addressed to them both.
> Madam Rousseff obviously first.
> 
> Adam
> 
>   
> 
> 
> On Oct 13, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> >>> Your Excellency President Rousseff and other representatives of
> >>> the Brazilian government, 
> 
> 


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