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 launched last year <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6954> to take the IGF independent so it's no longer beholden to UN pursestrings/regulations - see http://igfsa.org - deserving of support! joly posted: "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" [image: WSIS+10] <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/>In* August 2014* the *United Nations General Assembly*, in its *resolution 68/302 <http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/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 <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/>* - 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 *roadmap <http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/WSIS%20review%20preliminary%20timeline_v5.pptx.pdf>* that preparatory process takes place this week in NYC and, while registration to attend in person is closed, remote participation is available via webcast & twitter. *1st Preparatory Meeting <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/1julypreparatorymeeting> - Wed 1 July 2015, 10am-6pm EDT | 14:00:22:00 UTC* * Informal Interactive Stakeholder Consultation <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/2julystakeholderconsultation> - Thu 2 July 2015, 10am-6pm EDT | 14:00:22:00 UTC* * Webcast: http://webtv.un.org/ <http://webtv.un.org/>* * Twitter questions: #AskUNGAWSIS <https://twitter.com/hashtag/askungawsis?vertical=default&f=tweets> (Thursday)* * Twitter comments: #UNGAWSISReview <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ungawsisreview?src=hash&vertical=default&f=tweets>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -