Upcoming deadlines for A2K and broadband contributors

Hello all,

Here is a reminder of the upcoming deadlines for those contributing
to the A2K or broadband programmes of Consumers International:

Broadband consumer/member surveys

• By 31 December 2011, you should have earned six
  activity points through a combination of referring members to
  our consumer survey (up to 4 points), secondary research (3
  points) and interviews (up to 3 points), and submitted one
  member survey.
• If you miss the deadline, you may not qualify for the balance
  of your funding support (if applicable), or for travel funding
  to attend our March meeting "Consumers in the Information
  Society".
• To discuss an extension, please contact the Project
  Coordinator Jeremy Malcolm directly.  Due to our press deadline
  late submissions will not be able to be incorporated into our
  initial report on the broadband survey, but may still be able to
  be reflected in later project outputs.

IP Watchlist

• Immediately, you should confirm whether you will intend
  to deliver a report on your country's IP laws and practices for
  the 2012 IP Watchlist.  So far, only seven contributors have
  confirmed (Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Egypt, Japan, New
  Zealand, UK).  If you do not confirm by 8 January 2012, you will
  not be eligible (on account of this work, at least) for travel
  funding to attend "Consumers in the Information Society".
• The deadline for delivery of the final report is 28
  February 2012.
• If the final report deadline is missed, you will not be
  eligible for any funding for which you would otherwise be
  eligible.  Due to our press deadline, no extensions of time will
  be possible.

Registration for "Consumers in the Information Society"

• For those seeking travel support from CI, the deadline to
  register for the meeting is 8 January 2012.  Please
  visit http://a2knetwork.org/infosoc2012.
• The final registration deadline for those funding their own
  travel is 28 February 2012.

In 2012, there will be more new opportunities for you to participate
in Consumers International programmes on A2K, broadband and consumer
rights and representation in the information society, some of which
will carry funding support from CI.  However if you have not
fulfilled your earlier agreements with CI, regrettably you will not
be eligible to apply.

Therefore, please be in touch with me at the earliest opportunity if
you will have any trouble meeting the deadlines above, so that I (or
the regional coordinators for the broadband programme) can help you
out.

Thanks and all the best.

--
Dr
Jeremy Malcolm
Project Coordinator
Consumers
International
Kuala Lumpur Office for
Asia-Pacific and the Middle East
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