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Jeremy, all<br>
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Thanks - we'd actually love to sign but there's some language on
network neutrality in the text that just does not work for our
organization. We understand there was a group process in place to
achieve this language, and so you might need to go ahead and just
move forward as is without us. However, if you'd like EFF to sign
on, we would prefer to delete the network neutrality reference.
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Again, we appreciate and respect if it's too late in the process
to make those changes, but we wanted to let you know exactly what
you needed to do to get us on board.<br>
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Best, Katitza<br>
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On 11/4/12 9:04 PM, Veridiana Alimonti wrote:<br>
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<div><font color="#000066"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Dear
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<div><font color="#000066"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">please
add Idec - Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense.</font></font></div>
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<font color="#000066"><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Thank
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<div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/4 Ginger Paque <span dir="ltr"><<a
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Great comments and voices at the Best Bits meeting. Anriette:
not just great ideas, great voices 'around the room'. What
about people listening online? One of the Best Bits,
strategies, useful paths to working together (listening to the
current speaker) is that the next meeting should include those
who cannot be in the room! Email, Twitter, Skype--even the
occasional acknowledgement from a speaker or moderator.
Wonderful discussions! I do hope a wider range of civil
society will be included as possible. Thanks. Ginger<br>
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Ginger (Virginia) Paque<br>
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<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Diplo
Foundation<br>
Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 4 November 2012 06:41,
Carlos A. Afonso <span dir="ltr"><<a
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target="_blank">ca@cafonso.ca</a>></span>
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<div>Hi Pranesh, please add as signatory Instituto
Nupef, Rio de Janeiro (Carlos A. Afonso).</div>
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<div>frt rgds</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px">Carlos A. Afonso</span></div>
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Pranesh Prakash <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org"
target="_blank">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>>
escreveu:<br>
Dear all,<br>
The participants in Baku decided to incorporate
small revisions without <br>
re-opening the entire text. Here's the final
version:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement"
target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement</a><br>
<br>
Currently, we have 10 organizations that are
signatories to it:<br>
<br>
Access (Brett Solomon)<br>
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (AHM. Bazlur Rahman)<br>
Centre for Internet and Society (Pranesh Prakash)<br>
Center for Democracy & Technology<br>
Consumers International<br>
Electronic Frontier Finland (Tapani Tarvainen)<br>
Global Partners & Associates (Andrew
Puddephatt)<br>
InternetNZ<br>
ONG Derechos Digitales (Claudio Ruiz)<br>
OpenMedia (Steve Anderson)<br>
<br>
As far as I can see, we have until the 7th before
we close signatories <br>
and endorsements. (These two words are being used
to distinguish <br>
between those who participated in framing it and
those who agree with it.)<br>
<br>
Given that anyone can edit the document, if you
are adding your <br>
organization's name, I would request you to write
your name in <br>
parentheses. We can decide later that we wish to
remove names from all <br>
organizations.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Pranesh<br>
<br>
Pranesh Prakash wrote [2012-11-04 12:20]:<br>
> Dear all,<br>
> Here is the statement of civil society
members and groups participating<br>
> in a pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012 as
drafted after the morning<br>
> session on Sunday, November 4, 2012.<br>
><br>
> Please indicate your and your group's support
of this statement on this<br>
> mailing list or directly at the end of this
Etherpad document:<br>
> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement"
target="_blank">http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement</a>>.<br>
><br>
> Given our deliberation on these both
yesterday and today — and the fact<br>
> that we would not wish to open this
particular statement up to extensive<br>
> revision again — I would request people to
raise comments on this<br>
> mailing list only if you believe the drafters
have committed an<br>
> egregious mistake in capturing the agreement
present in the room. Please<br>
> do not leave comments on the Etherpad
document.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Pranesh<br>
><br>
> ====<br>
><br>
> Statement of civil society members and groups
participating in a pre-IGF<br>
> meeting at Baku in 2012.<br>
><br>
> The process of the revision of the
International Telecommunications<br>
> Regulations (ITRs) have not been sufficiently
inclusive and transparent,<br>
> despite some recent efforts to facilitate
some public participation.<br>
> Fundamental to the framing of public policy
must be the pursuit of the<br>
> public interest and fundamental human rights,
and we urge member states<br>
> to uphold and protect these values.<br>
><br>
> We as civil society organizations wish to
engage with the World<br>
> Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT) process in this<br>
> spirit. Member-states, in most cases, have
not held open, broad-based,<br>
> public consultations in the lead up to the
WCIT, nor have they indicated<br>
> such process for the WCIT itself.<br>
><br>
> In order to address this deficiency, and as a
minimum, we would urge:<br>
> * All member states and regional groups to
make their proposals<br>
> available to the public in sufficient time to
allow for meaningful<br>
> public participation;<br>
> * All delegates to support proposals to open
sessions of the WCIT<br>
> meeting to the public;<br>
> * The ITU Secretariat to increase
transparency of the WCIT including<br>
> live webcast with the video, audio, and text
transcripts, as far as<br>
> possible, to enable participation by all,
including persons with<br>
> disabilities;<br>
> * The ITU Secretariat, member-states, and
regional groups to make as<br>
> much documentation publicly available as
possible on the ITU's website,<br>
> so that civil society can provide substantive
input on proposals as they<br>
> are made available;<br>
> * Member-states to encourage and facilitate
civil society participation<br>
> their national delegations;<br>
> * The ITU to create spaces during the WCIT
for civil society to express<br>
> their views, as was done during the WSIS
process.<br>
><br>
> Given the uncertainty about the nature of
final proposals that will be<br>
> presented, we urge delegates that the
following criteria be applied to<br>
> any proposed revisions of the ITRs.<br>
><br>
> * That any proposed revisions are confined to
the traditional core<br>
> mandate of the ITU and scope of the ITRs,
where international regulation<br>
> is required around technical issue limited to
basic telecommunications<br>
> networks and interoperability standards.<br>
> * There should be no revisions to the ITRs
that involve regulation of<br>
> the Internet Protocol and above.<br>
> * There should be no revisions that could
have a negative impact on<br>
> affordable access to the Internet or the
public's rights to privacy and<br>
> freedom of expression.<br>
><br>
> More positively we call upon the ITU to
promote principles of net<br>
> neutrality, open standards, affordable access
and universal service, and<br>
> effective competition.<br>
><br>
> Signed by:<br>
><br>
> ====<br>
><span><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Pranesh Prakash<br>
Policy Director<br>
Centre for Internet and Society<br>
T: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%2B91%2080%2040926283"
value="+918040926283" target="_blank">+91 80
40926283</a> | W: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cis-india.org" target="_blank">http://cis-india.org</a><br>
PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash<br>
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