Supporting.

Norbert Klein

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On 9/9/2014 5:50 PM, Maria Farrell wrote:
> We seem to have a very good level of support for this.
>
> As PC co-chair, here's my official request: are there any OBJECTIONS 
> to us signing this as the NCSG?
>
> Please let me know by replying to this email within the next 24 hours.
>
> All the best, Maria
>
> On 6 September 2014 01:31, Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza 
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     +1 for NCSG
>
>     > Em 06/09/2014, às 03:13, Clarinettet <[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> escreveu:
>     >
>     > +1
>     >
>     > Sent from my iPad
>     >
>     >> On 6 Sep 2014, at 00:17, Fouad Bajwa <[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> I believe this is right on the spot! +1 from my side!
>     >>
>     >> Best
>     >>
>     >> Fouad
>     >>
>     >>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Rafik Dammak
>     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>     >>> Hi everyone,
>     >>>
>     >>> 2 members of NCSG worked on letter to be signed by the different
>     >>> stakeholders about the renewal of IGF. I think that is an
>     effort we can
>     >>> support and a letter we can sign. the time-window to act is
>     quite short and
>     >>> I would like to know if there is support for this letter and
>     if we can sign
>     >>> it as NCSG.
>     >>> I think several members from NCSG already expressed support in
>     other spaces
>     >>> regarding this letter.
>     >>>
>     >>> Best,
>     >>>
>     >>> Rafik
>     >>> ..................
>     >>>
>     >>> Dear colleagues and fellow stakeholders of the Internet
>     Governance Forum:
>     >>>
>     >>> At the 9th meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, various
>     >>> stakeholders discussed their common desire to request an immediate
>     >>> extension of the IGF mandate, in order to create stabiity for the
>     >>> organization and predictability for those engaged in seeking
>     funding for
>     >>> projects.  We have drafted a statement to send to the UN, to
>     request not
>     >>> just an immediate renewal of the IGF mandate, but rather an
>     open-ended
>     >>> re-authorization of the IGF as a voluntary, multistakeholder
>     forum.  We
>     >>> request that other participants in the IGF also support this
>     message on
>     >>> or before November 1.
>     >>>
>     >>> We will be creating a neutral website for this project at
>     >>> www.IGFcontinuity.org <http://www.IGFcontinuity.org> very
>     shortly, to accept sign-ons of organizations,
>     >>> countries, and individuals.  In the meantime, the undersigned will
>     >>> collect your signatures and description of your organization
>     if you are
>     >>> able to endorse this letter by the time of the closing
>     ceremony at IGF
>     >>> 2014.  The deadline to be included in the letter presented via
>     the Chair
>     >>> will be 11am UTC, Friday September 5.
>     >>> Examples of how you will be listed appear below:
>     >>> 1.  Jane Smith  Individual
>     >>> 2.  Acme Industry Association Association representing 150
>     >>> manuacturers of widgets
>     >>> 3.  State of [x]  Country
>     >>>
>     >>> Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
>     >>>
>     >>> Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center,
>     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     >>> Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN,
>     >>> [log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> Regards.
>     >> --------------------------
>     >> Fouad Bajwa
>     >> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
>     >> My Blog: Internet's Governance:
>     http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
>     >> Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa
>
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