<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI, If you have not yet seen this. <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Internet Society (ISOC) is coordinating the process leading to appointments to represent the Internet technical community in two of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>“Brazil Planning Committees”</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>“1net Steering Committee”</b>.<span> </span></p><div>The “Brazil Planning Committees” will contribute to the preparation of a <i>"Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance"</i> that will be held on 23 and 24 April 2014, in Sao Paolo, Brazil.</div><p> <span>The two major tasks of “1net Steering Committee” will be (1) to liaise with stakeholder communities and encourage participation and submission of productive ideas with respect to Internet governance issues; and (2) to steer, manage, and otherwise lead the activities of the 1net platform towards a productive understanding and possibly consensus with respect to these issues.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Individuals interested in being suggested by the NomCom set up for this purpose are invited to read more about the process and the timeline here: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/Call1netBR-ForPublication.pdf">http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/Call1netBR-ForPublication.pdf</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>10 January 2014</b>.</p><div>Any questions or requests for additional information can be sent to: <a href="mailto:information.itcg@gmail.com">information.itcg@gmail.com</a>.</div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u>Useful links</u>:</p><p class="MsoNormal">1net:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://1net.org/">http://1net.org</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">ISOC IG activities: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/internet-issues/internet-governance">http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/internet-issues/internet-governance</a> </p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you and best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">--</p><p class="MsoNormal">Constance Bommelaer</p><p class="MsoNormal">Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Internet Society</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.isoc.org/"><span>www.isoc.org</span></a></p></div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none; "></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></body></html>