[IRPCoalition] IRPC News & Announcements

[Grace Githaiga]

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Marianne, you did a splendid job!

> From: wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at
> To: Robert.Bodle at msj.edu; Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:09:10 +0100
> CC: c.easton at lancaster.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: [IRPCoalition] IRPC News & Announcements
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> Thank You, Marianne,
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> for a great job done setting new standards and a warm welcome for the
> incoming team!
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> Wolfgang Benedek
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> Am 17.12.14 00:27 schrieb "Bodle, Robert" unter <Robert.Bodle at msj.edu>:
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> >Dear Members of the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition,
> >
> >As Co-chairs of the IRPC, we¹d like to formally announce the transition
> >now that the election has concluded, first by welcoming and reintroducing:
> >
> >1)	the new Steering Committee Member, Hanane Houjemi
> >(http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/wks2013/panellist_2013_list_view.php?qbofm
> >mjtu_je=70) who seeks to promote the Charter further among governments in
> >the Arab region;
> >2)	and the new Co-Chair, Catherine Easton, who intends to extend the
> >Charter¹s influence as a tangible legal framework, from both a legal
> >perspective and through access-focused activist groups.
> >
> >We are also formally announcing the stepping down of Marianne Franklin,
> >Co-chair of the IRPC 2013-2014. Marianne has tirelessly promoted the
> >development of the Charter as a tangible published document and has
> >shepherded numerous copyedits, designs, translations, and print runs of
> >the Charter, which has been translated in Arabic, Turkish, German, and
> >now Spanish. Marianne has also represented the Coalition at IGF-Baku,
> >Bali, and Istanbul, as well as EuroDIG (Lisbon and Berlin), and countless
> >other Internet Governance venues, fora, and meetings leading workshops,
> >coalition building, advocating and fundraising. She has also worked
> >toward the implementation of the Charter within policy instruments and
> >outcome documents (see:
> >http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Fiv
> >e-Year-Review_IRPC-Slides.pdf) and has worked to strengthen the IRPC¹s
> >role in collaborating with civil society groups in general and dynamic
> >coalitions within the IGF in particular. As IRPC Steering Member,
> >Marianne will continue to lead the Charter Booklet Project. Thank you
> >Marianne!
> >
> >The coalition hopes to build on this good work - to grow the coalition;
> >implement Human Rights in Internet Governance with the Charter as both an
> >aspirational document and guide for policy formulation; seek further
> >partnerships to providing netrights education and outreach; and to
> >enhance and expand on coalition building at the local, state, and
> >regional level to uphold Human Rights on the Internet for all.
> >
> >Happy New Year and Best Wishes!
> >
> >Robert and Catherine
> >
> >--
> >Robert Bodle, Ph.D.
> >Associate Professor
> >Department of Communication and New Media Studies
> >Mount St. Joseph University
> >Cincinnati, OH45233-1670
> >(513) 244-4829
> >robert_bodle at mail.msj.edu
> >
> >Adjunct Professor
> >Department of Media, Journalism and Film
> >Miami University
> >Oxford, OH45056
> >bodler at miamioh.edu
> >
> >Co-Chair Internet Rights & Principles Coalition (UN IGF)
> >www.internetrightsandprinciples.org
> >@netrights
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