Thanks, Cheryl and Robin, and Norbert and all of you.

What particularly pleased me was that this is the second year of that
prize, and the first one in 2007 was won by Gilberto Gil. I still think
I personally do not deserve such an honor.

But in fact I feel like representing a large group of individuals who
were collectively responsible for building what we have achieved. This
year this group celebrates the 20th anniversary of the creation of the
National Research Network (RNP) and the creation of the first Internet
service provider open to the public in Brazil (two separate initiatives
which were in fact working together along all these years).

[]s fraternos

--c.a.

Cheryl Preston wrote:
> Congratulations Carlos!  This is a great achievement.
> 
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>>>> Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> 1/7/2009 2:10 pm >>>
> Wonderful news!   Congratulations Carlos and well-deserved!!
> 
> All best,
> Robin
> 
> 
> On Jan 3, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Norbert Klein wrote:
> 
>> Forwarding news, about our participant and good friend Carlos  
>> Afonso, which I
>> got:
>>
>> Norbert
>>
>> -
>>
>> http://arruda.rits.org.br/rets/servlet/ 
>> newstorm.notitia.apresentacao.ServletDeSecao? 
>> codigoDaSecao=9&dataDoJornal=atual
>>
>> Text in the above URL note translated to English:
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Carlos Afonso, executive director of the Information Network for the
>> Third Sector [RITS] was blessed with the ARede 2008 Award for the best
>> projects for digital inclusion in the country. CA has been elected by
>> the judges of the award as Personality of the Year 2008 for its
>> militancy among the entities of the third sector, which has been
>> promoting social inclusion through the development of Internet and
>> digital inclusion programs.
>>
>> ARede initiative of the magazine, the award was also given to eight
>> projects, in terms Special Education, Enterprise, Public Sector and
>> Third Sector. Of the total of 206 projects registered, coming from
>> nearly all states of Brazil, the majority (79) belongs to the category
>> Special Education.
>>
>> In video, CA thanked the award, pointing out that Brazil needs a
>> strategic and coordinated national policy for information and
>> communication technologies for development [ICT4D] , which takes into
>> account the scanning in all areas, in all territories, and that
>> benefit, especially the families of lower income.
>>
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