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]utoronto.ca
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]utoronto.ca>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> Regards.
    >> --------------------------
    >> Fouad Bajwa
    >> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor
    >> My Blog: Internet's Governance:
    http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/
    >> Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa