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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">Dear
Chapter leaders</span></font></font></font></font> </p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">I am
the President of the Brazil Chapter since 2018, now in
my third (and final) 3-year term, and a candidate to be
reelected to the Chapters Advisory Council Steering
Committee, of which I am a member since 2024 and the
current Chair since January 2025.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">I am
Professor Emeritus for Computer Science and Engineering
at UFRGS, in Porto Alegre, one of the top Universities
in Brazil. I have been very active in the national and
international Internet Governance ecosystem for almost
20 years. I was a Board member of CGI.br, the Brazilian
Internet Steering Committee, for three terms, and a
Board member of NIC.br, the Brazilian Network
Information Center, for two terms. Since 2017 I am the
permanent chair of the Programme Committee of the
Brazilian IGF. I was also very active in the
organization of the two NETmundial events. I served as a
member of the MAG, the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory
Group, from 2015 to 2017 and also in 2025. I am
currently a member of the Executive Committee of IGFSA,
the IGF Support Association, which supports both the
global IGF and many NRIs (national, regional,
sub-regional and youth IGFs).</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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style="line-height: 115%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">At
ISOC Brazil, we develop a very broad range of technical,
educational and public policy-related activities,
covering many relevant topics, such as community
networks and meaningful connectivity, encryption and
cybersecurity, intermediary liability, and digital
sovereignty. In these activities, we managed to engage
dozens of our Chapter members in very active roles. We
built a solid relationship with the ISOC staff and
contributed to many ISOC initiatives, such as the
Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit, the Framework on
Intermediary Liability, the Policy Brief on Age
Verification and Online Safety, and the Online Trust and
Safety Hub. I am using this experience to help build
better connections between the ChAC and the ISOC Board
of Trustees and senior staff.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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style="line-height: 115%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">If
reelected to the ChAC Steering Committee, I want to give
priority to three main objectives:</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR"><b>Increase
chapters engagement in the discussion of ISOC
priorities, positions and programs</b></span></font></font><font
face="Calibri, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span
lang="pt-BR"> </span></font></font><font
face="Calibri, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span
lang="pt-BR">- It is my firm belief that chapters need
to be much more involved in discussing ISOC priorities,
positions, programs and action plans. The ChAC must
promote a structured dialogue between the chapters
regarding those strategic aspects, and serve as a
primary channel to convey important contributions from
the chapters to the ISOC's Board of Trustees and senior
staff.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR"><b>Increase
cooperation between chapters</b></span></font></font><font
face="Calibri, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span
lang="pt-BR"> - The ChAC must work closely with the ISOC
staff to help create many more opportunities for
exchange of information and joint activities between
chapters, so that they learn from each other and develop
collaborative initiatives in various dimensions.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR"><b>Continue
the implementation of the ChAC Action Plan</b></span></font></font><font
face="Calibri, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span
lang="pt-BR"> – The ChAC is leading, in very close
cooperation with the ISOC staff, various activities that
are of great relevance to the chapters, for instance: </span></font></font></font></font>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">- the
Chapter Content Archival Project, which is being
implemented in a cooperation between the Mexico and US
New York Chapters, with funding from the ISOC
Foundation, and will establish a robust system for the
ISOC global community for document archival and
audiovisual generation;</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"
style="line-height: 115%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin-bottom: 0cm"><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">- the
revision of the Chapter Charter Agreement and of the
annual chapter performance evaluation criteria, </span></font></font></font></font><font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">which
shall reflect a new model for chapter health, resilience
and impact,</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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style="line-height: 115%; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <font
face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">- the
implementation of an annual event to bring together
chapter leaders and discuss modalities for chapter
engagement, collaboration, and support, of which a pilot
edition will be held at Day Zero of the IGF 2026 in
Nairobi, Kenya;</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">-
support to better onboarding of new chapters and chapter
leaders; and</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">-
support chapters by peer mentorship.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">If
reelected to the Steering Committee, I want to support
the successful continuation / conclusion of these
activities, and, of course, enrich and extend the ChAC
Action Plan with new activities following chapters input
and deliberation.</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">Best
regards</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Calibri, serif"><font
size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="pt-BR">Flávio
R. Wagner<br>
President of ISOC Brazil</span></font></font></font></font></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Prof. Flávio Rech Wagner
Instituto de Informática - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Presidente da ISOC Brasil
ISOC Chapters Advisory Council - Steering Committee Chair</pre>
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