<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Dear all,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">We hope you are enjoying a great start to 2023.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">We want to thank you all for your input on the work of this coalition last year, and we look forward to another fruitful year. We are incredibly grateful for the fantastic contributions of our Steering Committee members throughout the year: from the digital release of the Nepali Charter booklet, the translation of the 10 Principles into Japanese, the web accessibility training and current implementation on the IRPC website, the organisation and contribution to many digital human rights-related events, including the IRPC participation at EuroDIG, the GhanaSIG, and the IGF2022 to mention but a few.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">The IRPC Steering Committee and co-chair elections are just about to kick off: we will send our call for nominations later today. IRPC members are encouraged to (self) nominate for the open positions (Steering Committee and co-chair) and to later vote for the candidates.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">In the meantime, the IRPC SC is working on the coalition’s annual report, collaborating with the DC Coordination group on a joint submission to the Global Digital Compact survey and preparing the IRPC contribution to upcoming 2023 events. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Very best wishes,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Raashi and Minda</div></body></html>