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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have an APC member in Costa Rica <a href="http://www.sulabatsu.com">www.sulabatsu.com</a> which has asked expressed a desire to meet with us and find out more about areas of mutual interest in ICANN related issues. Robin and I are exploring a suitable time to meet up with them and need to check those going to the Costa Rica ICANN meeting who are interested in this opportunity. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The purpose would be to find out some of the local issues they are working on, to talk about the NCUC/ NSCG and some of the current issues we are looking at which may be of mutual interest. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can also see a country report by them in the 2011 Global Information Society Watch Report which is available here <a href="http://www.giswatch.org">www.giswatch.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Joy Liddicoat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>Internet Rights are Human Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'><a href="http://www.apc.org/">www.apc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>