<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">People who are on the various broad-focus civil society Internet governance lists may have seen the traffic e.g. below from Carolina about the USG’s Global Connect Initiative. A number of civil society orgs including NCUC members are doing a sign-on letter endorsing and seeking to help steer the effort in hopes of increasing the alignment with our broad common denominator orientations. How would people feel about NCUC signing on? While the issues involved obviously go beyond ICANN matters there’s certainly enough overlap to say it’s not out of scope, and it’s sort of a pity that we being one of the oldest and largest CS coalitions on Internet governance are usually sitting on the sidelines when people organize such things….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any thoughts either way?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Carolina Rossini <<a href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com" class="">carolina.rossini@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[bestbits] Global Connect</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 26, 2015 at 2:54:50 AM GMT+2<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>> <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" class="">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Carolina Rossini <<a href="mailto:carolina.rossini@gmail.com" class="">carolina.rossini@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends, </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am glad to share with you the final statement on the occasion of the launch of the US initiative <b class="">Global Connect</b>. </p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://bestbits.net/global-connect-initiative/" class="">http://bestbits.net/global-connect-initiative/</a><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal">We will have a series of civil society members present during the launch and I do hope they are granted some time to deliver a shorter version on this comments. A printed version will be hand delivered. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal">This week, PK has also published a short press-release on the issue:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/press-release/public-knowledge-welcomes-state-department-initiative-to-expand-broadband-deployment-to-the-world" class="">https://www.publicknowledge.org/press-release/public-knowledge-welcomes-state-department-initiative-to-expand-broadband-deployment-to-the-world</a><br class=""></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Kindest regards,</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Carolina<br class=""></p><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><br style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px" class=""><i class="">Carolina Rossini </i></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px" class=""><font color="#666666" class=""><i class="">Vice President, International Policy</i></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px" class=""><b class=""><font color="#666666" class="">Public Knowledge</font></b></div><div class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" class=""><span style="font-size:12.6667px" class=""><u class=""><a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.publicknowledge.org/</a></u></span></font><br class=""></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px" class=""><a value="+16176979389" style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" class="">+ 1 6176979389 | </a><font color="#666666" class="">skype: carolrossini | </font><font color="#0000ff" class="">@carolinarossini</font></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div>
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