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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>From my perspective, I had been ignorant about the internet governance since the dot com days as it was given, now recognising the immaturity of whole model and the likes of ITU trying to fit one for all will be difficult, this needs to be looked upon base principles and then aligned by individual countries based on their social, economic and foreign policies, whilst keeping the base principles constant.<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'>It is my very simplistic view of looking at harmonisation of the governance model and success of governance only comes when all understand what can be done and not be done. <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'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Baiju Shah<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><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+baiju=tele2media.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ali Hussein<br><b>Sent:</b> 07 December 2012 13:43<br><b>To:</b> Baiju Shah<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Fw: WCIT: What's happened in the first week - The dirty truth about WCIT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Alice<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for sharing. The article <b>'The dirty truth about WCIT' </b>I found very thought provoking. In particular this part:-<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b>.....If Internet organizations expect the ITU - an institution that has been resolving complex global problems for more than 100 years - to recognize a new reality; then they must look in the mirror and do the same.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b>The dirty truth is that for all its out-of-date processes and government-only nature, the ITU towers over all the organizations that devise Internet policies in terms of professionalism, quality, process, and consideration of stakeholders' views....</b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:".HelveticaNeueUI","serif"'><a href="http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/dirty-truth-about-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&utm_campaign=e0405ba712-edition_6Dec12&utm_medium=email">http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/dirty-truth-about-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&utm_campaign=e0405ba712-edition_6Dec12&utm_medium=email</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I like the first highlighted part but am not an expert to comment on the second part about the professionalism of ITU in comparison to other agencies. What this whole hullabaloo has achieved I believe is that it has shone a light across an area of Internet Governance that most of us had no clue about. This has enabled us to be more vigilant on what is happening. For that I salute all who have made this possible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ali Hussein<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>+254 773/713 601113</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Dec 7, 2012, at 12:08 PM, <a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kieren provides a good overview of the first week at WCIT.<br>Best<br>Alice<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b>.Nxt <<a href="mailto:info@dot-nxt.com">info@dot-nxt.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sender: </b>".Nxt" <<a href="mailto:info=dot-nxt.com@mail61.us1.mcsv.net">info=dot-nxt.com@mail61.us1.mcsv.net</a>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Date: </b>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:12:50 +0000<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>To: </b>Alice<<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>ReplyTo: </b>.Nxt <<a href="mailto:info@dot-nxt.com">info@dot-nxt.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Subject: </b>WCIT: What's happened in the first week<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse' id=backgroundTable><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse' id=templatePreheader><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse' id=dateContainer><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-right:none;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF4F00;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=1b065f1978&e=4a354f8d1b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>Verisign loses dot-com piggybank</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>US government intervenes in contract renewal, raising questions about ICANN stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1067" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left 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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>Verisign shares have plunged 15 percent, wiping $850 million off the company's value, on the news that it will not be allowed to raise prices on dot-com domains for the next six years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=p1 style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>The current wholesale price for dot-coms stands at $7.85 and the company had already agreed a six-year extension on its right to exclusively sell the domains with DNS overseeing organization ICANN. That agreement mirrored one signed in 2006 that allowed Verisign to raise the price by seven percent in four of the six years the contract ran.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>However the contract was subject to approval by the US Department of Commerce and it decided to remove the price-rise clause before signing. A <a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=406d7219ce&e=4a354f8d1b"><span class=s1><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>short statement</span></span></a> issued by the DoC quoted Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling saying that "consumer will benefit from Verisign's removal of the automatic price increase".<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1070" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1071" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=220 valign=top style='width:165.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=332 valign=top style='width:249.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1072" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=340 valign=top style='width:255.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1073" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=220 valign=top style='width:165.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF4F00;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=bdc0862531&e=4a354f8d1b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>WCIT and the Internet? It all comes down to this document </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>The lowdown on Russia's contribution 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1074" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'><a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=ad80173895&e=4a354f8d1b"><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>Continue Reading</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=17 id="_x0000_i1075" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/continuedivider.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=28 id="_x0000_i1076" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=332 valign=top style='width:249.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>The focal point for those fears has become a contribution by the Russian Federation, sent on 13 November - 10 days after the announced deadline - and then revised four days later. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=p1 style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>Contribution 27 appears to confirm everything that people have been worrying about - an effort to use a revision of an international treaty agreed in 1988 to provide governments with additional controls over the functioning of the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=p1 style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>So here is a rundown of what is exactly in Contribution 27 - both the <a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=4f3a9eabd2&e=4a354f8d1b"><span class=s1><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>original</span></span></a> and <a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=adc18884c2&e=4a354f8d1b"><span class=s1><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>revised</span></span></a> versions - and an analysis of what the implications of its adoption would be.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1077" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1078" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=220 valign=top style='width:165.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width=332 valign=top style='width:249.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1079" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/newsinbriefheader.png" alt="News in Brief"><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=160 valign=top style='width:120.0pt;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1080" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1081" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h5 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF4F00;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=fc2c550ae9&e=4a354f8d1b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>ITU backs away from IP address provision</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h5><p class=p3 style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>Efforts to make the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) into a supra-regional Internet registry have been ditched, at least for the time being. Attendees at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) were surprised with a last-minute proposal, aggressively pushed by the Arab States, that the ITU become a provider of IP addresses. Discussion within Committee 4 had been focused on the allocation of IP addresses and in particular the provision of IPv6 address blocks. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=160 valign=top style='width:120.0pt;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1082" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1083" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><br><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1084" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/newbriefdivider.png"><br><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1085" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h5 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF4F00;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://dot-nxt.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1811915b93740665fec761e71&id=9586dbd1aa&e=4a354f8d1b" target="_blank"><span style='color:#FF4F00;text-decoration:none'>Our predictions for WCIT</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h5><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>Foolish as it may be, we have some predictions for what will happen between now and the end of WCIT. Here they are: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#181818;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nothing radical will appear in the ITRs. Instead it will be agreed that they will be reviewed in four or eight years' time and a range of working groups will be formed to work on various issues and report to the Council next year, take it to the ITU Plenipotentiary for initial review in 2014, and onto the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) in 2016<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td><td width=160 valign=top style='width:120.0pt;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1086" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1087" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><br><img border=0 width=1 id="_x0000_i1088" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/newbriefdivider.png"><br><img border=0 width=20 id="_x0000_i1089" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1811915b93740665fec761e71/images/bodyspacer.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h5 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FF4F00;font-weight:normal'>Day 2: Put off to tomorrow what you can't do today<o:p></o:p></span></h5><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818'>After a busy start, WCIT started to settle down into a familiar mode on the second day of the conference. 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