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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">As a number of you may know, 2014 is a transitional year for the Next Generation Leaders programme.
We greatly appreciate the feedback on the chapter delegates mailing list on the value of the programme to our members, and on the ways that we can improve it going forward.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">As such, we have put in place a modified IGF Ambassadors programme for 2014 and are now pleased to invite applications
for the 2014 Internet Society Ambassadors to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) . Because there are only nine (9) weeks to the meeting, the application process will be shorter than prior years.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="text-decoration:underline; font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">About the IGF and the 2014 Ambassadors
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The IGF is a multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance. It brings
together government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders, including the technical and academic community, on an equal basis and through an open and inclusive process. The IGF facilitates a common understanding of how to maximize Internet opportunities
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">In 2014, the main theme will be </span><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><em style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">"Connecting
Continents for Enhanced Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance."</span></em></strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> The Forum will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 1-5 September 2014, inclusive of Day 0 activities.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">As part of the Internet Society's Next Generation Leaders (NGL) programme, the Ambassadorships to the
IGF are available to Internet Society members between the ages of 20 and 40.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Ambassadors to the IGF may be involved in various activities at the Forum, including contributions to
the IGF Ambassadors' blog, participating broadly in the IGF meeting agenda and staffing of the Internet Society booth at the venue. Details of these opportunities will be confirmed in advance of the Forum. </span></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt">
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">For the full set of selection criteria, the timeline, and expectations for selected participants, please
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<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme</span></span></a></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><strong style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><em style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Please
Note:</span></em></strong><em style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> If you have not used our ZoomGrants online application system before, please register as a new user on the system. For those who have previously
used our system, please use your existing username and password to apply.</span></em></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">In addition to completing the online application form, you will be required to upload a 1-2 page briefing
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The deadline for applications is midnight UTC on 20 July 2014.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">For more information about the Next Generation Leaders programme, please visit:</span></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt">
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<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/leaders" target="_blank" id="lnk271041"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.internetsociety.org/leaders</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">You can also contact us at </span></span><a href="mailto:leaders@isoc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">leaders@isoc.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></span></div>
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(NGL) programme, please email </span></span><a href="mailto:leader-sponsor@isoc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">leader-sponsor@isoc.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt"> </span><br>
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<div><font face="Gautami, sans-serif">Senior Manager, Next Generation Leaders Programmes</font></div>
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<div><font face="Gautami, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:harper@isoc.org">harper@isoc.org</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Gautami, sans-serif">Skype: OlokunBB</font></div>
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