<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hello Rafik. Count on me for the endorsements of the recommencations.<br></div>Kindly let me know whether the NCUC EC will be participating Launch of ICANN Africa Engagement Office in Nairobi on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Tuesday May 24, 2016? If yes, can the also arrange to visit our community resource centre where we have planned to offer a small office to NCUC activities on the region?<br><br></span></span></div><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Best regards:<br><br><br></span></span></div><span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">James N Gitau <br></span></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Cell-Phone +254 722 212171 or +254 721 274273</b><br><br>Before printing this mail make sure it is completely necessary. THE ENVIRONMENT IS EVERY ONE'S BUSINESS.<br><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Niels ten Oever <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@digitaldissidents.org" target="_blank">lists@digitaldissidents.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Rafik and Matt,<br>
<br>
Thanks for this. Somehow the text doesn't seem to be stronger (in some cases even weaker) than existing frameworks.<br>
<br>
Could you perhaps provide us with some explanation on the doc and why it is important to support?<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Niels<br>
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On 18 May 2016 15:36, "Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G." <<a href="mailto:crg@isoc-cr.org">crg@isoc-cr.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear Rafik, Matthew!<br>
><br>
> Thank you for the very good news, that the show is coming to town in<br>
> spite of having about 10 cases of ZIKA….).<br>
> We will have a very busy second half year in San Jose:<br>
> * LACIGF end of July<br>
> * LACNIC end of September<br>
> * FOC in October<br>
><br>
> As we are preparing an open meeting with students and the local press<br>
> mid June, I would like to know who the local host is and if we can<br>
> include your program in our preparatory work in Costa Rica and share it<br>
> with other chapters in the region<br>
><br>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez<br>
> ISOC Costa Rica Chapter<br>
> <a href="tel:%2B506%208837%207176" value="+50688377176">+506 8837 7176</a><br>
> Skype: carlos.raulg<br>
> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)<br>
><br>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez<br>
> <a href="tel:%2B506%208837%207176" value="+50688377176">+506 8837 7176</a><br>
> Skype: carlos.raulg<br>
> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)<br>
> On 18 May 2016, at 7:29, Rafik Dammak wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hi everyone<br>
> ><br>
> > I am sharing here a call from the Freedom Online Coalition working<br>
> > group<br>
> > “An Internet Free and Secure”, where I am member with several NCUC<br>
> > members<br>
> > and having Matthew Shears as Co-chair,<br>
> > <a href="https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/how-we-work/working-groups/working-group-1/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/how-we-work/working-groups/working-group-1/</a><br>
> > .<br>
> ><br>
> > The Freedom Online Coalition is a group of governments who have<br>
> > committed<br>
> > to work together to support Internet freedom and protect fundamental<br>
> > human<br>
> > rights . The working group includes members from governments,<br>
> > business,<br>
> > civil society and academia and seeks, through multistakeholder<br>
> > dialogue, to<br>
> > bring human rights based approaches to cybersecurity debates and<br>
> > policymaking.<br>
> ><br>
> > As part of an effort by the FOC to facilitate practical outcomes and<br>
> > substantive contributions to key Internet freedom issues, the working<br>
> > group<br>
> > has produced a set of recommendations that it believes are a<br>
> > substantive<br>
> > step towards making cybersecurity policies rights respecting by<br>
> > design. The<br>
> > working group is now seeking endorsements of the recommendations,<br>
> > which are<br>
> > attached with an accompanying explanatory document. I am not asking<br>
> > here<br>
> > for endorsement from NCUC but looking for endorsements from NCUC<br>
> > members<br>
> > who would be interested to support the recommendations.<br>
> ><br>
> > The working group plans to formally launch the recommendations, with<br>
> > a<br>
> > list of endorsements, at the upcoming Freedom Online Conference in San<br>
> > Jose, Costa Rica, to be held 17-18 October 2016.<br>
> ><br>
> > if you have any question, Matt and me will be happy to answer them.<br>
> ><br>
> > Best Regards,<br>
> ><br>
> > Rafik Dammak<br>
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