<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;display:inline">UPDATE: Today&#39;s session has just started. The webcast link is at <a href="http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/general-assembly-informal-consultations-with-all-relevant-stakeholders-of-the-world-summit-on-the-information-society-in-advance-of-the-high-level-meeting-of-the-general-assembly-in-december-2015/1665870036001" target="_blank">http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/general-assembly-informal-consultations-with-all-relevant-stakeholders-of-the-world-summit-on-the-information-society-in-advance-of-the-high-level-meeting-of-the-general-assembly-in-december-2015/1665870036001</a>  and the hashtag to ask questions is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/askWSIS10?src=hash" target="_blank">#askwsis10</a>​</div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><br></div><font face="yw-b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e-2ce11b4edccd6999bb1a157b8f39848c--o" style="display: none;"></font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com" target="_blank">joly@punkcast.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default">ISOC-NY will be represented in person at these meetings by Avri Doria. It is the WSIS process, started in Tunis in 2005, that gave birth to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), so one of the items under discussion will be its continuing support. An initiative was<a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6954" target="_blank"> launched last year</a> to take the IGF independent so it&#39;s no longer beholden to UN pursestrings/regulations - see <a href="http://igfsa.org" target="_blank">http://igfsa.org</a> -  deserving of support!</div><div class="gmail_default"> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: &quot;In August 2014 the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 68/302 on the modalities for the overall review by the Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society - aka WSIS+10 - decided that that th&quot; </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%;height:8px;background-color:#43a4d0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/" target="_blank"><img style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;border:1px solid #cccccc;background-color:white" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WSIS10-Bannerv4.gif" alt="WSIS+10 " border="0"></a>In<strong> August 2014</strong> the <strong>United Nations General Assembly</strong>, in its <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/302" target="_blank">resolution 68/302</a></strong> on the modalities for the overall review by the Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the <strong>World Summit on the Information Society</strong> - aka <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/" target="_blank">WSIS+10</a></strong> - decided that that the overall review will be concluded by a two-day high-level meeting of the Assembly, to be preceded by an intergovernmental preparatory process that also takes into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders. Under the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/WSIS%20review%20preliminary%20timeline_v5.pptx.pdf" target="_blank">roadmap</a></strong> that preparatory process takes place this week in NYC and, while registration to attend in person is closed, remote participation is available via webcast &amp; twitter.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/1julypreparatorymeeting" target="_blank">1st Preparatory Meeting</a> - Wed 1 July 2015, 10am-6pm EDT | 14:00:22:00 UTC</strong><br> <strong> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/2julystakeholderconsultation" target="_blank">Informal Interactive Stakeholder Consultation</a> - Thu 2 July 2015, 10am-6pm EDT | 14:00:22:00 UTC</strong><br> <strong> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://webtv.un.org/" target="_blank">http://webtv.un.org/</a></strong><br> <strong> Twitter questions: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/askungawsis?vertical=default&amp;f=tweets" target="_blank">#AskUNGAWSIS</a> (Thursday)</strong><br> <strong> Twitter comments: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ungawsisreview?src=hash&amp;vertical=default&amp;f=tweets" target="_blank">#UNGAWSISReview</a></strong></p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;text-decoration:none;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap;background-color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858#respond" target="_blank">Comment</a></td><td>   <a style="color:#2585b2;text-decoration:underline" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858#comments" target="_blank">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#dddddd;background-color:#efefef" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:#f3f3f3;color:#888888;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:#efefef"><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;color:#444444;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"> </p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​Permalink</strong></div><br> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p> </p><div> </div></font></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice"><a href="tel:218%20565%209365" value="+12185659365" target="_blank">218 565 9365</a></span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div>
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