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class=437000118-20112007>Hi Philippe,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=437000118-20112007>I volunteer to be on the NonCom.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=437000118-20112007>regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=437000118-20112007>Guru</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>_____________</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT size=2>Gurumurthy K</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> CONGO - IS [mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 16, 2007 1:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
governance@lists.cpsr.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Cc:</B>
wsis@ngocongo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [governance] Update on the CS
self-nomination process for GAID Strategy Council - need more volunteers and
more candidates<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Dear all,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">This is to
remind you the on going CS self-nomination process to the GAID Strategy Council.
Now that the IGF has come to an end, I would like to encourage you once more to
volunteer for the Nominations Committee, as well as nominate valuable
candidates.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">So far
<B>we have only 9 volunteers</B> for the NomCom – much less than half way to go
since we would need 25 to make the random selection process really
random.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">More
critically we have a very small number of candidates. I think I <B>only have
2</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Best,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam
[mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org] <BR><B>Envoyé :</B> mercredi 7 novembre 2007
16:15<BR><B>À :</B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">governance@lists.cpsr.org</st1:PersonName><BR><B>Objet :</B>
[governance] On line information on the CS self-nomination process for GAID
Strategy Council</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Note that
we created an information page on the CS Self Nomination process for the GAID
Strategy Council Membership:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><A
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462">http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The list
of names of the volunteers, ordered by date of receipt of message indicating
interest, is published <B><I><A
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10463">HERE</A></I></B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We have
<B>6 volunteers so far</B> (all men! Not gender balanced at all…), we would need
25 to make the selection process really random.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Let me
remind you the calendar of this process:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">20
November 2006: deadline for volunteering to the Nomination
Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">21
November 2006: random selection of the Nom Com members<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">25
November 2006: deadline for candidatures to the CS NomCom for membership to the
GA Strategy Council <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">25-30
November 2006: on-line work on the nomination committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">30
November 2006: submission on the CS Nom Com recommendation the GAID
Secretariat<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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