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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>UN Global Alliance seeking nominations – DEADLINE MAY
10<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000000>Dear <SPAN class=957250016-03052006><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> ISOC Chapter Delegates:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=312115315-03052006> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#000000><SPAN class=312115315-03052006>Here is some interesting recent
information that we wanted to make sure you
had.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Global Alliance was
recently launched by the UN Secretary General with as mission </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">facilitating and promoting the
integration of information and communication technology into development
activities through the provision of a platform for an open, inclusive,
multi-stakeholder cross-sectoral policy dialogue. The press release can be
found here:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/dev2572.doc.htm"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/dev2572.doc.htm</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On April 27, the United
Nations announced a call for nominations for membership of the G</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">lobal Alliance Strategy Council<SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">. <U>The deadline for nominations is May 10</U>.
The call can be found here</SPAN>:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1586"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1586</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The l</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">atest version of the descriptive
document on the Global Alliance can be found here:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1583"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1583</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=312115315-03052006>Best regards,</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=312115315-03052006>David</SPAN></o:p></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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