<div dir="ltr">Hi Kathy,<div><br></div><div>Is the plan for this to be a co-ordinated affair, or are you just sharing the info? Would it be beneficial for someone to LA to be accepted as an ambassador? If so, would the application be strengthened if there were formal support for the nomination by LA?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>-Tennessee</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 December 2014 at 08:18, Kathy Reid <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy.reid@deakin.edu.au" target="_blank">kathy.reid@deakin.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Subject:</b> [Announce] Seeking 2015 auIGF Ambassadors<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Debate to retain a free, open and interoperable Internet is what the Australian Internet Forum (auIGF) exists to facilitate. Inviting ‘ambassadors’ to assist in the co-ordination of the auIGF is how the wider
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">.au Domain Administration Ltd <span style="color:#0d0d0d">(auDA), are currently seeking up to six “ambassadors”</span> to assist in the co-ordination of the 2015 auIGF. The forum is the one event a year where individuals, community
groups, industry leaders, government representatives, academics, students, media – all Internet users – gather to discuss Internet-related issues in Australia. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#0d0d0d">We want the Australian community’s input in identifying issues that matter to them<i> </i>and translating these themes into discussions that will engage and inform industry and political leaders</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">.
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Each year we draw up a suggested list of current topics we think are important to cover in the auIGF’s plenary sessions. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">In 2013 & 2014, our ambassadors covered topics including online child protection and empowerment, digital equality, health and the Internet, privacy and digital intellectual property. This year’s main theme is ‘How the Internet
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Ambassadors will be exclusively responsible for the coordination of one element of the auIGF’s program. Under the supervision of auDA staff, ambassadors will develop an auIGF workshop or panel, inviting and confirming speakers,
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Although this will be an unpaid role, auDA will provide funding to cover the domestic travel and accommodation of ambassadors. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">To nominate as an ambassador, interested parties should send a brief (no more than 1000 words) application to <a href="mailto:auigf@auda.org.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3a88fe">auigf@auda.org.au</span></a> before Thursday 5 February,
2015. Please visit <a href="http://www.igf.org.au/about-igf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3a88fe">www.igf.org.au/about-igf</span></a> for details of specific application requirements or contact us for more information.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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