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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Dear Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">The ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 (<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa16/Pages/default.aspx">WTSA-16</a>) begins on October 25<sup>th</sup> in
Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. The ISOC delegation will join ITU members (governments, private sector, non-governmental organizations, academia) in shaping the future direction of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization sector (ITU-T). One of our key messages
for delegates at WTSA-16 is that the work programs approved for the next study period should not lead to a regulatory or operational role of the ITU in the governance of the Internet. To get more insights into our other main objectives and the key issues that
we will be following at this meeting, we invite you to read our <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/10/road-yasmine-hammamet-expectations-wtsa-16">
blog</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Additionally, please visit the
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA">WTSA-16 section</a> on our website for additional resources for this meeting including the
<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/wtsa/matrix">ITU WTSA-16 Issues Matrix</a> with Co-signatures which reflects the Internet related resolutions that will be discussed at the meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Link to WTSA-16 section:
<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA">http://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Our delegation members are: Mark Buell, Jane Coffin, Petko Kantchev (ISOC Bulgaria), Verengai Mabika (ISOC Zimbabwe), Michuki Mwangi, Alejandro Pisanty (ISOC Mexico), Elizabeth
Oluoch and Sagarika Wickramasekera (ISOC Sri Lanka). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Finally, as the meeting progresses we will keep you informed of developments on the ground via the WTSA-16 section on our website as well as on this mailing list. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">We look forward to engaging with all of you over the course of the next several days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Elizabeth
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Elizabeth Oluoch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light"">Direct: +1 703 439 2138<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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