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<p>Colleagues, there is a large group in the U.S. call the National
Digital Inclusion Alliance (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.digitalinclusion.org/">https://www.digitalinclusion.org/</a> ).
Do we have anyone in our group who is connected with the NDIA ?
There are certainly common concerns.<br>
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<p>There is also a large academic group call Partnership for
Progress on the Digital Divide (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ppdd.org/">www.ppdd.org/</a> ) which has been
holding an 2019 International Conference in Washington, DC over
the last 3 days. I see Richard Smith from Simon Fraser is involved
with this group. I was just listening to Vint Cerf speaking about
different ways to deliver internet services. <a
href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ppdd2019">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ppdd2019
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<p><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ppdd2019"> </a>I
am not at the conference but posting info about TC on the chat
site. We should seek connections with both of these groups, I
think. So, I am asking -- is anyone here already connected in any
way with either of these groups.</p>
<p>Marita<br>
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