<font color="#996633"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">And I left a comment to suggest that the rest of the world should be included and here is the response from State Department:</font></font></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#996633" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
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U.S. Department of State: Engaging the Community on Foreign Affairs commented on their status:<br><br></div>"Participants in our International Visitor Leadership Program on internet freedom from China, Colombia, Iran, Lebanon, and Moldova were present" [at the Hillary Clinton meeting on Internet freedom]<br>
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<div><div><span id="q_1265822956265f79_4" class="h4" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 9px; ">- Show quoted text -</span></div></div></span></font><br>So it looks like the meetings are engagement already includes the rest of the world.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Shiva.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<font color="#996633" face="verdana, sans-serif"><div>Hello Alejandro,</div><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Alejandro Pisanty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:apisan@servidor.unam.mx" target="_blank">apisan@servidor.unam.mx</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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the BIG question for many of us here, outside the US, is how to engage with these initiatives, which inevitably are of global impact and interest, </blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>I have taken part, and know that several others from outside US also have, in some of Obama Administration State Department's online consultations via facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CoNx-See-the-World/26365096875?ref=ts" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/CoNx-See-the-World/26365096875?ref=ts</a> for instance in past consultations <span style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89171252125&index=1" style="color:rgb(59, 89, 152);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">India and U.S. Relations</a> </span></div>
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<div><br></div><div>and also a webcast of a meeting with Hillary Clinton.</div><div><br></div><div>These were State Department adobe meetings with good participation, well organized, and receptive. The meetings that I participated in were during March to June. At that time the meetings were lined up days in advance, and reminders or personalized email messages were sent to follow up on participation. Now I see that the facebook co-nx meetings aren't lined up even for the next two or three days, but going by past experiences I believe that these meetings of the Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs must also be open for participation by those outside US. </div>
<div><br></div><div>It should be easy to email them and ask them if there is any change in their policy towards external participation.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</div></font></span></div>
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