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 <
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> +1 for NCSG
>
> > Em 06/09/2014, às 03:13, Clarinettet <[log in to unmask]> escreveu:
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On 6 Sep 2014, at 00:17, Fouad Bajwa <[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]>
> 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 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]
> >>> Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN,
> >>> [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
>