<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://86/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">hi all,<div><br></div><div>not sure if you're all subscribed to this list -- apologies if this is a duplicate.</div><div><br></div><div>but this announcement caught my eye for us. it seems like we would want to reach out to these people in Toronto, since we're they're bandwidth/connectivity providers and might have a lot to talk about.</div><div><br></div><div>Amrita was a fellow at the Singapore meeting and she's based in India, so i'm also thinking that we may be able to put her in touch with other similar organizations in our own countries and broaden her membership base.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>mikey</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"ICANN News Alert" <<a href="mailto:communications@icann.org">communications@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>ICANN News Alert -- Application for New GNSO Constituency Candidacy-"Public Internet Access/Cybercafe Ecosystem"</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">October 11, 2012 12:08:05 AM CDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:mike@haven2.com">mike@haven2.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div style="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; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div style="width: 758px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><div style="width: 738px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/"><img alt="ICANN" src="http://www.icann.org/images/gradlogo_bow.jpg" style="border: 0px none; width: 94px; height: 94px; float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; "></a><h2>News Alert</h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10oct12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10oct12-en.htm</a></p><hr style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; "><h2 style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 0px; ">Application for New GNSO Constituency Candidacy-"Public Internet Access/Cybercafe Ecosystem"</h2><p style="margin: 15px 0px 0px; ">10 October 2012</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><table class="convey" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); border-collapse: collapse; "><tbody><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Forum Announcement:</strong></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; ">Comment Period Opens on</td><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Date:</strong></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; ">10 October 2012</td></tr><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Categories/Tags:</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; "><ul><li>Participation</li><li>Reviews/Improvements</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Purpose (Brief):</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; ">ICANN has received its first application under the New GNSO Constituency Recognition Process adopted by the ICANN Board in June 2011. The purpose of this forum is to notify the ICANN community and solicit feedback on the Application for Candidacy (AFC) submitted by the Cyber Café Association of India (CCAOI), to form a new GNSO Constituency called the "Public Internet Access/Cybercafé Ecosystem (PIA/CC)". The application package submitted by CCAOI requests that the new Constituency be approved for recognition within the GNSO’s Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG). Community input will help inform deliberations by the NCSG as it evaluates the application.</td></tr><tr><td class="light" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); "><strong>Public Comment Box Link:</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); padding: 0.5em; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/afc-ccaoi-piacc-10oct12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/afc-ccaoi-piacc-10oct12-en.htm</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); margin: 0px 0px 5px; ">This message was sent to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mike@haven2.com">mike@haven2.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from:</p><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); margin: 0px 0px 5px; ">ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536</p></td><td width="2%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; line-height: 13px; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); ">Email Marketing by<a href="http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186" target="_blank"><img src="http://app.icontact.com/images/icontact_tryFree.gif" alt="iContact - Try It Free!" border="0"></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=14994551&l=6333&s=WBF0&m=895658&c=165637" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; color: rgb(17, 88, 128); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Manage Your Subscription</a></td></tr></tbody></table><img src="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=895658&act=WBF0&r=14994551&c=165637" width="1" height="1"></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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