Noted. On the lookout<br> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 20:59, Twahir Hussein Kassim via kictanet</div><div><kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div id="yiv2552813896"><div><div><div class="yiv2552813896gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv2552813896gmail_attr">FYI</div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div class="yiv2552813896gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv2552813896gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="yiv2552813896gmail_sendername">Nnenna Nwakanma via Governance</strong> <span><<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 3:06 PM<br>Subject: [Governance] The web's birthday (and other stories)<br>To: Governance <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">

<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Happy New Year!<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">March 12, 2021 is the 32nd birthday of the World Wide Web. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To mark the anniversary, we will be spotlighting and celebrating young people who are using the web for good.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Do you know an outstanding young person</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> (32 and under - the age of the web) using the web to empower, educate, activate or connect people, who we should feature? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Each year on the web’s birthday, our founder Tim Berners-Lee writes an </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://webfoundation.org/2020/03/web-birthday-31/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">open letter</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> reflecting on his invention. This year young people will be at the heart of his message, demonstrating how </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">this generation can reshape the world in positive ways using the power of the web.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">What kind of stories are we looking for?</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">Individuals using the web to respond to challenges they have encountered in their lives as well as those using the web to create new opportunities.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">We hope to cover a range of themes, such as education and skills, activism and social justice, entrepreneurship, community-building, health and mental health, safety, etc.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">We want to feature people who are working to </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">improve the web</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;"> (e.g. by tackling online gender-based violence), as well as those whose work demonstrates t</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">he web in service of society </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">(e.g. using web tools for activism, improving access to healthcare, etc)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">We will feature young people from a diverse range of geographies, socio-economic backgrounds, gender, ethnic and cultural identities. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">How will we use these stories?</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">With their permission, we will feature a selection of young people </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">(via various formats across various platforms)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;"> to mark the web’s birthday on March 12.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">Beyond March 12, the stories we gather will be used as a longer term project to share the positive stories of the web. </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">How to get in touch:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">If you would like to propose a young person for this ongoing project, please tell us about them or put us in touch with them directly.  We will then look to set up a time with the young person to chat about their work and discuss their participation in the project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contact Lisa, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Web Foundation Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> -  </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span>lisa.vanwyk@webfoundation.org</span></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-s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