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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> CONGO WSIS - Philippe
Dam [mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 20, 2007
8:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Virtual WSIS CS Plenary Group
Space'; governance@lists.cpsr.org; gov@wsis-gov.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> '<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">CONGO</st1:place></st1:country-region> - Philippe Dam'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] Deadline to
volunteer in Nom Com is today midnight - more volunteers needed.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Importance:</span></b> High</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=FR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks Lisa, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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 size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10463">Volunteers to
serve in the NomCom</a></span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>: 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>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10464">Nominated
candidates for the GAID Strategy Council</a></span></font></b><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>: 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 size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Name:<br>
CS Affiliation(s):<br>
Country:<br>
</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;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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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Philippe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>redi,
16. novembre 2007 21:27<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> Virtual <st1:PersonName
ProductID="WSIS CS Plenary" w:st="on">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><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;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>
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On 11/16/07 11:09 AM, "CONGO - IS" <wsis@ngocongo.org> wrote:</span></font><span
lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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