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<div align="left"><!-- Begin .header --><font size="3" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"></span></font><font size="3" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">December 15, 2009</font><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"></span><br /> <!-- AOL_MESSAGE --><hr /><!-- Begin .post --><!-- plenary@wsis-cs.org --><a name="0"></a><h3><a name="0"></a><a href="http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/175425/11399690/3098288/" title="external link">Season's Greetings from the Internet Governance Project! <!-- _!fbztxtlnk!_ --></a></h3>
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<p>This year brought much to celebrate here at IGP and in Internet governance. The Project's foundational work supports the involvement and growth of the public interest advocates in Internet governance and is fostering changes in global Internet policy.</p>
<p>The work of IGP is largely behind the scenes but vital. One prominent CSO recently told us the IGP "helps them participate in public fora...from a position of knowledge and strength." Here are a few key areas where our work has made a difference:</p>
<p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><strong>ICANN-DoC Joint Project Agreement:</strong> Since it's inception in 2004, the IGP repeatedly called for the termination of the JPA between DoC and ICANN. Such oversight, we argued, held ICANN hostage to domestic politics and only aggravated international concerns about management of the Internet's root zone. This fall the Internet community finally realized the goal, ending the JPA. </p>
<p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><strong>Internet Governance Forum:</strong> Over the past five years, the IGF emerged as a crucial platform for broadening the dialogue on global Internet governance. Since the beginning, we pushed the Forum to address controversial issues, including critical Internet resources and civil liberties, in an open manner. As a result, a space has been created with numerous influential CS advocacy organizations now involved.</p>
<p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><strong>CS@ICANN:</strong> Our 4-part Field Guide to the Generic Name Supporting Organization (GNSO) Reforms series proved invaluable to CSOs for understanding what was at stake during the formation of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder's Group at ICANN. According to one global CS network, it allowed them to participate effectively in the ICANN public comment process and to engage the issue of expanding civil society participation in the GNSO. Civil society participation within the GNSO has surged, and the ICANN Board has reoriented its approach to the NCSG.</p>
<p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><strong>Critical Internet resources:</strong> The coordination and management of CIRs are what allow the Internet as a global communications platform to work. By following complex issues like DNS and routing security, IP address scarcity and transition, the introduction of IDNs and new gTLDs, and industry structure issues in depth, the IGP initiates broader dialogue about the political and economic impacts of Internet policy. Our work informs the positions of CSOs, the private sector, governments, and IGOs. </p>
<p>These are just a few areas of many where our work has contributed to strengthening the public interest in Internet governance. Your crucial contributions can make a difference too, please consider <a href="http://www.feedblitz.com/t2.asp?/175425/11399690/3098288/http://internetgovernance.org/donate.html">making a secure, tax deductible donation online</a> to the IGP. Thank you for your generosity!</p>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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<p>Brenden Kuerbis</p>
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