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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Further to my earlier note the British academic is Peter Willetts and the reference is <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics: The construction of global governance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>by Peter Willetts, Emeritus Professor of Global Politics at City University, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> michael gurstein [mailto:gurstein@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 11, 2012 7:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Brett Solomon'; bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: ITU video<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Brett,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good job! I think that overall this is balanced and presents very well, congrats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Two smallish quibbles… and in the spirit of a "friendly amendment…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>* the video refers several times to the role of government and techies in the early development of the Internet. The private sector would probably also insist on its role here but as well, several historians have now pointed to the role of Civil Society (and particularly GreenNet/APC) in the development of the early protocols managing the international networking of the Internet and particularly into and linking with LDC's. It might be well to acknowledge that somewhere (I've misplaced the reference to the historian who made a very strong case in this regard in his inaugural address as a VC at one of the English universities -- if anyone has the reference easily to hand I'ld appreciate to have it passed along). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>* at the end of the video there is a reference to not wanting to turn over "key decisions concerning the Internet to the ITU". While not disagreeing with those sentiments, there are a lot of other agencies/institutions that I would equally not want to be (or want to continue) making key decisions concerning the Internet. My suggestion here would be to add a sentence indicating more positively what the characteristics should be in whoever (or however) these key decisions are made including--open, transparent, inclusive, people centred, multi-stakeholder and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best and good luck with it,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org">bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> [<a href="mailto:bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brett Solomon<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 10, 2012 5:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org">bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> ITU video<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hey there<br><br>Thanks everyone for a great meeting last week. I thought best bits was very good, and provided a format for us for future IGFs to meet before and plan our strategies/positions.<br><br>I wanted to send you through the final ITU video. Thanks again for the input at the event and in one-on-one conversations afterwards. It was very useful.<br><br>Please feel free to use the video in any way you see fit (it's creative commons licensed so you can put it up on your site or use bits of it in the development of your own content). If anyone wants to translate it or do a voiceover, please also let me know!<br><br>We spent quite some time re-editing and finessing. I do believe that we need an inside / outside strategy, and hopefully this provides ordinary citizens with a view of the risks attached to ITU member states expanding the ITU mandate to include aspects of internet governance. Remember, this is advocacy content, and as such needs to be somewhat dramatic, educational and motivating. Enjoy!<br><br><a href="https://www.whatistheitu.org/" target="_blank">https://www.whatistheitu.org/</a><br><br>Best wishes<br><br>Brett<br><br>-- <br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brett Solomon<br>Executive Director | Access<br></span><a href="http://accessnow.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>accessnow.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> | </span><a href="http://rightscon.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>rightscon.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><a href="tel:%2B1%20917%20969%206077" target="_blank">+1 917 969 6077</a> | skype: brettsolomon | @accessnow<br>Key ID: 0x312B641A</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>