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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That is a well written and thoughtful piece. Some aspects may be simplistic and overly optimistic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>However, as I often say, “If we do not aspire to incredible ideals we will not even achieve tolerable imperfections.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Imran Anwar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Co-founder .PK ccTLD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>COO PKNIC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Director ISOC-NY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joly MacFie<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 23, 2014 4:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates<br><b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-delegates] Supporting public access<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mark Perkins does a remarkable job of posting Internet policy related items to our Linked-in group.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Today he came up with this one:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>IFLA, along with the Association for Progressive Communications (</span><a href="http://www.apc.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#990000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>APC</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>) and the Technology and Social Change Group (</span><a href="http://tascha.uw.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#990000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>TASCHA</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>) at the University of Washington have prepared a briefing paper “Public access: Supporting digital inclusion for all – Maximising the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for inclusive social and economic development”. The paper was produced for the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (</span><a href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#990000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>CSTD</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>), Seventeenth Session which IFLA attended between 2-16 May 2014 in Geneva.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>The report (which is almost an infographic) can be found at</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'><a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/8626">http://www.ifla.org/node/8626</a> and is also available in French and Spanish.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>I believe this is an important issue, and the Internet Society should lend its support, both vocal and technical, to promoting public access to the Internet, especially in underserved communities. The report provides useful data points.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#002D19'>j</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br clear=all></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast<br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>- <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>