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<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Philippe,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'll
volunteer to participate in the nominating process as might be useful.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
for taking this initiative.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>MG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=610232200-06112007>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> CONGO - Philippe Dam
[mailto:philippe.dam@ngocongo.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> November 5, 2007 10:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'CONGO - Philippe Dam'; tracey@traceynaughton.com;
bruck@research.at; rbissio@chasque.apc.org; Henning.Wegener@t-online.de;
ershova@iis.ru; alain.berranger@gmail.com; rinalia@gkpsecretariat.org.my;
rodrigob@cdi.org.br; titi@mindset.co.za; anriette@apc.org;
Astrid.Dufborg@gesci.org; hiroshikawamura@attglobal.net; dcogburn@syr.edu;
george.sadowsky@attglobal.net; gurstein@ADM.NJIT.EDU; bnnrc@siriusbb.com;
kayadi@planet.tn; st.amour@isoc.org; iza@anr.org; jrmathia@maxwell.syr.edu;
wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de; pape.diouf@iued.unige.ch;
drake@hei.unige.ch; qshatti@safat.kisr.edu.kw<BR><B>Cc:</B>
'GAID-CS'<BR><B>Subject:</B> CS Membership in GAID structures: CS
self-nomination? <BR><B>Importance:</B> High<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear CS members of
GAID structures, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is to come back
to you regarding the nomination process, currently on going, for the Strategy
Council and the Steering Committee of GAID. See below the information I just
sent to the CS Plenary listserv.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As you may know, one
CS member of the Steering Committee might be renewed. The last time the issue
came up in August, it was supported that a <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">self-recommendation</SPAN></B> should be pursued
among civil society to make a recommendation to the UNSG and the GAID
Secretariat. It was also supported that the CS recommendation for the Steering
Committee CS membership should rather come up from current members of the
Strategy Council and of the HL Panel of Advisors (meaning:
you).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If
we keep that line, we need some volunteers from this group of people to work
on a recommendation (at least 5 of you to make this process representative +
ideally a volunteer non voting facilitator). </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The final
recommendation<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>should ideally
reach the GAID Secretariat on 30 November (some flexibility might allow us to
get back to them in the early days of December).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If we have not enough
volunteers to self-run this process among civil society by the end of <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Thursday 8 November 2007</SPAN></B>, we would have
to consider that there is no interest among this group to go into a
self-nomination process for the Steering Committee CS membership. We would
leave it completely to the GAID Secretariat to identify such
membership.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Looking forward to
read your feedback and your volunteering!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Philippe<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> CONGO
WSIS - <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="Philippe Dam">Philippe
Dam</st1:PersonName> [mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé :</SPAN></B> vendredi, 2. novembre 2007
18:43<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B>
'<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Virtual <st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="WSIS CS Plenary">WSIS CS Plenary</st1:PersonName> Group
Space</st1:PersonName>'; governance@lists.cpsr.org; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">gov@wsis-gov.org</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc :</SPAN></B> 'Renata Bloem'; 'CONGO -
Philippe Dam'<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B>
TR: [GAID Steering] Renewal of Membership in the GAID Strategy Counciland
Steering Committee<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Importance :</SPAN></B>
Haute</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is the note of
the GAID Secretariat regarding the renewal of membership of the GAID Strategy
Council and Steering Committee. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I also re-attached
the recent e-mail I circulated in this regard a couple of days
ago.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As discussed, the
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">deadline for nominations is 30 November
2007</SPAN></B>. As previously announced, we have not yet any idea of who,
among the outgoing Strategy Council (see <A
href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/council/members">membership here</A>) and
Steering Committee members (see <A
href="http://www.un-gaid.org/en/steering/members">membership here</A>), will
be maintained and which ones will go out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ll come back to you
early next week with some proposals regarding a <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CS self nomination process</SPAN></B> (please send
any comment on that matter).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The timeline as
confirmed by the GAID Secretariat note is as
follows:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">GAID Strategy
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Deadline for expression of
renewal by outgoing members<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">15 August
2007</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">30 November
2007</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Deadline for new nominations
for membership <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">30 November
2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">30 November
2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Announcement of the
Appointment of new members<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">End of December
2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 153.55pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">End of December
2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 153.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Office taking of the new
members<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 153.55pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1 April
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 153.55pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1 April
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 153.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid"
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Date of the GAID structure
with its renewed membership<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">May
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kuala
Lumpur</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 153.55pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">May
2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kuala
Lumpur</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best regards,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="Philippe Dam"><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Philippe
Dam</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
steering-bounces@un-gaid.org [mailto:steering-bounces@un-gaid.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De la part de</SPAN></B> Sarbuland Khan<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé :</SPAN></B> lundi, 29. octobre 2007
15:38<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B>
steering@un-gaid.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> [GAID Steering] Renewal of
Membership in the GAID Strategy Counciland Steering
Committee</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear Colleagues, <BR><BR>To ensure continuity and
renewal of membership in the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee, the
GAID Secretariat initiated a nomination process last 31 July 2007 for
membership in both bodies. It is envisioned that approximately one-third of
the membership in the Strategy Council and Steering Committee should rotate.
<BR><BR>According to the Terms of Reference adopted at the 27 September 2006
meeting of the Steering Committee (see attached), the term of the members of
the GAID Steering Committee was due to end in September 2007, and the term of
members of the GAID Strategy Council will conclude before the next meeting of
the Strategy Council on May <st1:metricconverter w:st="on"
ProductID="2008 in">2008 in</st1:metricconverter> Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
during the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT)). <BR><BR>However,
as agreed by the Steering Committee in its meeting last 19 September
<st1:metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID="2007 in">2007
in</st1:metricconverter> New York, more time is needed for the consultation
process for nominations, particularly to membership in the Steering Committee.
It has been agreed that the term of the present membership in the Steering
Committee be continued through March 2008 and to extend the Steering Committee
consultation process to align with the timeframe for the process of rotation
in the Strategy Council. <BR><BR>The terms of the next GAID Steering Committee
and Strategy Council would, therefore, run as follows: <BR><BR>Steering
Committee (one year term) <BR>1 April 2008 - 31 March 2009 <BR><BR>Strategy
Council (two year term) <BR>1 April 2008 31 March 2010
<BR><BR><BR>RENEWAL OF MEMBERSHIP OF EXISTING MEMBERS <BR><BR>The Secretariat
kindly requests current members, who have not yet done so, to indicate whether
they would be available and interested to be considered as a candidate for
renewal. <BR><BR>We would be grateful to receive this information (addressed
to dejesus3@un-gaid.org) no later than 30 November 2007, both for Steering
Committee members and Strategy Council members. <BR><BR><BR>NOMINATIONS OF NEW
CANDIDATES <BR><BR>The Secretariat invites nominations for new candidatures
for the Steering Committee for approximately 4 seats, and the Strategy Council
for approximately 20 seats (1/3 of the membership of each stakeholder group)
by 30 November 2007. (Please see http://www.un-gaid.org/en/about/howgaidworks
for the list of current members.) <BR><BR>As is established practice,
nominations for Member States are being solicited through the United Nations
regional groups. Civil society and trade organizations are being invited to
identify nominations from among their constituencies. There is no limit to the
number of nominations that may be submitted. Qualified organizations may also
independently express interest in membership. Nominations should be submitted
to the Secretariat by the appropriate deadline noted above through the email
address nominate@un-gaid.org. <BR><BR><BR>APPOINTMENT <BR><BR>The list of
recommended candidates will be developed, following consultations with the
Strategy Council and the Steering Committee, and approved on behalf of the
Secretary-General by the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Economic
and Social Affairs. The appointment of new members is anticipated to be
announced by the end of December 2007. <BR><BR>With my best personal regards,
<BR><BR>Sincerely, <BR><BR>Sarbuland
Khan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>