<div>Dear Philippe , Karen, and All:</div>
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<div>Just reading your recent emails. </div>
<div>I would be happy to volunteer for your committees or link individualy, and also I am submitting to you a direct application RE: Civil Society Representatives to Global Alliance.</div>
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<div>Sounds like matters are moving along splendidly. I was very pleased to be among those submitting for the multistakeholder nominations, and of course the group selected is excellent. For those of us still very interested in the ongoing post WSIS process, can you kindly accept the nominations and recommendations that I received formerly at:
<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wsis-cs.org/igfnominees.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.wsis-cs.org/igfnominees.shtml</a> rather than my re-sending the materials individually.
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<div>I would be honored if you can accept this email as application both through Congo and DESA, or as I understand it we can email DESA directly also. Hoping still to meet more of those here in person, enjoyed meeting some in Tunis. Also, if there are particular committees for older persons / older women who happen to have been in computing for a stretch (but of course with men as well) please wave.
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<div>Very best wishes and at your service, LDMF.</div><br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam</b> <<a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org">wsis@ngocongo.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all, </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A short up-date on the CS Nom Com process for the Global Alliance Strategy Council:</span></font></p>
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<p><u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Volunteers to serve in the Nom Com:</span></font></u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
We've now reached 26 volunteers, which is just up to the minimal number we had established at the initial stage of the process. Therefore we need you to <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">continue to volunteer</span></b>
to make sure this list, and therefore the Nom Com, is as representative as possible. In addition, I want to underline that there are some constituencies which are barely represented in this list, in particular civil society from GRULAC.
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have a bit more than 24 hours to finalize the list of volunteers for the Nom Com (this list will be closed tomorrow at 24:00 Geneva Time).
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The list of volunteers is available on line: <b><i><u><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10221" target="_blank">
click HERE</a></span></u></i></b>.</span></font></p>
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<p><u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nominees to the Strategy Council:</span></font></u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
we are about 48 hours before the deadline for submission of nominations to the CS Nom Com, but we so far received quite few nominations (both self nominations and nomination supported by a CS WG or caucus). <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
We need much more nominations</span></b> to make the recommendation process relevant. In particular, CS groupings (WG and caucus) are fully encouraged to present their nominations at this stage.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For your information, the list of received nominations will be made public on the CONGO website once the list of volunteers to the Nom Com is closed. The answers to the basic questionnaire will be posted on line.
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Many groupings are not yet represented at all in the current list of nominees.</span></font></p>
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<p><u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Random selection process:</span></font></u><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
as announced this morning, the process for the random selection of the CS Nom Com members is now detailed <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10232" target="_blank">
on line</a>. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more detailed <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">information about the proposed role and the structure of the Global Alliance
</span></b>, visit the website of the <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.unicttaskforce.org/" target="_blank">UN ICT Task Force</a></span></b> or the
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10210" target="_blank">CONGO Website</a></span></b>.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All the best, </span></font></p>
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