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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Dear members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>As you may know, the IGF
Secretariat opened the call for 2011 IGF workshop proposals at <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2011">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2011</a>
Proposals should be in English and submitted by <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>15 April 2011</span></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>themes for 2011</span></b> are explained in detail in
the draft program paper: <a
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2011/programmepapers/ProgrammePaper.21.03.11.pdf">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2011/programmepapers/ProgrammePaper.21.03.11.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>IG4D
/ Internet governance for development (IG4D) (What are examples of specific
global Internet governance issues that may have particular relevance to
development?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Emerging
Issues (“Is governance different for the mobile Internet from the wired
Internet?”)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Managing
critical Internet resources (including roles of stakeholders, promoting
capacity building, IPv4-IPv6 transition in developing and developed countries)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Security,
openness and privacy (this year, inter alia: implications of efforts to block
whistleblowers; blocking websites; filtering networks; political actions to cut
Internet access)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Access
and diversity (“Internet access as basic human right: What challenges and
opportunities does this pose for policy makers and the broader Internet
community?”)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Taking
stock and the way forward (Questions about IGF contributions to the development
agenda and capacity building, how to organize for 2012 IGF?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>IGF date
and location</span></font></u></b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place>
on 27-30 September 2011 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Note
that the hosts want to generate high levels of youth involvement, bring in
African ministers, and inject discussions of youth and entrepreneurship;
broadband; and the benefits of NRENs for <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>.
There will clearly be a <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>focus on Internet
Governance for Development</span></b> (in all sessions, not just the specific
one).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>ISOC’s
engagement plan</span></font></u></b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-top:6.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
Internet Society is considering the possibility of submitting workshop
proposals on several topics such as DNS Blocking and Resilience of the
Internet. Past experience with the IGF shows that organizing workshops can have
two impacts: it provides an opportunity to feed our perspective into
discussions in a meaningful way; and it can serve as a good tool to improve
collaboration with a selected partner related to one of the topics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>If you plan on
organizing a workshop, we would be happy to help you elaborate the agenda or identify
potential partners/speakers. Finally, as we learn more about the 2011 IGF event
and general agenda, we will engage with our members by email and conference
call. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Thank you and best
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Constance Bommelaer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Senior Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Strategic Global
Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="http://www.isoc.org/">www.isoc.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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