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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>If more names are still needed for
the Non Com, please add me. Thanks, Ginger</FONT></DIV>
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Philippe Dam</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:28
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Deadline to
volunteer in Nom Com is todaymidnight - more volunteers needed.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks Lisa,
<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">Yes there is on line
a list of volunteers to serve in the NomCom and of self nominations for the CS
membership into the GAID Strategy Council we received so far. The description
of the whole process as previously circulated on this list is available on: <A
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462">http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10462</A>.
As you know, the GAID Secretariat announced that 3 to 4 <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CS seats in the Strategy Council</SPAN></B> will be
renewed (corresponding to approximately one third of the 10 CS members of the
Strategy Council, composed of a total of 40
members).<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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</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10463">Volunteers to
serve in the NomCom</A></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: We only have 13
volunteers so far and as you know we would need 25 to make the selection
completely random. The <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">deadline for
volunteering is TODAY at 0.00</SPAN></B>. The random selection process will
indeed take place tomorrow. If we don’t reach this number of 25, we would have
to consider cancelling the whole self nomination process and would not be in a
position to submit a recommendation for the new CS members of the Strategy
Council to the GAID Secretariat.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 35.25pt"><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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size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10464">Nominated
candidates for the GAID Strategy Council</A></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial
color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: I only received so
far 4 nominations. We also need much more to make this process meaningful.
Deadline for nominations of candidates is <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">25 November</SPAN></B>. Nominations could be
self-candidatures of nominations by others. To nominate through this process,
send to <A href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org">wsis@ngocongo.org</A> the following
information:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 53.25pt"><I><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Name:<BR>CS
Affiliation(s):<BR>Country:<BR></SPAN></FONT></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gender:<BR><I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Age:<BR>Biographical Statement:<BR>Vision of their
specific contribution to the GA Strategy
Council:</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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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>
<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">In parallel to that,
one CS seat of the GAID <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">steering
committee</SPAN></B> is also going to be open to rotation. The Steering
Committee is composed of 10 members, including 2 from civil society. As also
previously announced, I am also trying to mobilize the CS outgoing members of
the Strategy Council and the HL Advisors to make a recommendation to the GAID
Secretariat on the CS seat of the GAID Steering Committee to be renewed. I
would come back to you later about that.<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">Best,
<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">Philippe<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>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> plenary-bounces@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-bounces@wsis-cs.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De la
part de</SPAN></B> McLaughlin, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Lisa M. Dr</st1:address></st1:Street>.<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé :</SPAN></B> vend</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">redi,
16. novembre 2007 21:27<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B> Virtual <st1:PersonName
w:st="on" ProductID="WSIS CS Plenary">WSIS CS Plenary</st1:PersonName> Group
Space<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> Re: [WSIS
CS-Plenary] Update on the CS self-nomination process for GAID Strategy Council
- need more volunteers and more candidates</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Philippe, I volunteer to be a
member of the noncom. Please will you share the list of those who’ve already
volunteered as well as the names of those put forward for nomination to the
strategy council?<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Lisa McLaughlin<BR><BR><BR><BR>Lisa
McLaughlin, Ph.D.<BR>Mass Communication & Women’s Studies<BR>Williams
Hall<BR>Miami University, Ohio 45056<BR>USA<BR>tele: +1 513
5293547<BR>fax: +1 513 5291835<BR><BR><BR>On 11/16/07 11:09 AM, "CONGO - IS"
<wsis@ngocongo.org> wrote:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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