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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Chapter Leaders,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our UN Advocacy team wants to bring to your attention this cross-stakeholder statement released today by Global Partners Digital, to which ISOC and 17+ chapters, organizational members, and members of the IETF IAB have signed on to.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.gp-digital.org/five-point-plan-for-an-inclusive-wsis20-review/">https://www.gp-digital.org/five-point-plan-for-an-inclusive-wsis20-review/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It does a superb job of painting a detailed an actionable picture of what true inclusivity and transparency for non-governmental stakeholders looks like.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I had mistakenly told <a id="OWAAMF396B25702199947BE6528EE9FB36A28" href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com">
<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">@Caleb</span></a> yesterday that the statement was closed for further sign-ons but that is not the case, so chapters that still want to endorse the statement can do so:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From GPD’s Ellie McDonald: “We appreciate that some organisations or individuals may still wish to endorse the letter so
<b>we will keep </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MSxPHLqC18M5-u7H_1vNHMU_ls0fKFZ0_upZ1oRHago/edit?tab=t.0" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MSxPHLqC18M5-u7H_1vNHMU_ls0fKFZ0_upZ1oRHago/edit?tab=t.0"><b>this version</b></a><b>
of the letter open to further endorsements and will update the version on GPD’s website with any additional endorsements.</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sending our best to all of you, Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Joseph Lorenzo Hall PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Distinguished Technologist, Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:hall@isoc.org">hall@isoc.org</a> | +1-703-483-9504<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://internetsociety.org">internetsociety.org</a> | @internetsociety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">pgp: 3CA28D7B9F6DDBD34B1016075F86698740A9A871<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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