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<font face="Verdana">well sorry, that was not the oped I did but
another news item on censorship in India <br>
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the oped is below<br>
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href="http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/hyping-one-threat-to-hide-another/article4140922.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/hyping-one-threat-to-hide-another/article4140922.ece</a>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 29 November 2012 10:54 AM,
parminder wrote:<br>
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Hi All<br>
<br>
Without distracting all of you from the important task of on the
ground coordination at the WCIT, I will like to draw your
attention to the oped that I did on WCIT in the larger content
of global IG in the top India daily 'The Hindu'. It kind of
gives a balancing view to what I think it often a one-sided
campaign with a relatively narrow vision and purpose. <br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/civil-society-seeks-serious-relook-at-law/article4145033.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/civil-society-seeks-serious-relook-at-law/article4145033.ece</a><br>
<br>
parminder <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 29 November 2012 10:41
AM, Tim Hwang wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:CAKVWVrU_3n9KqPcx2Ad_mNAqRtYYdNQKYe77huG4wWNdrP3KNg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Ack! My mistake - didn't realize there would be the
other etherpad setup, please disregard the one I sent out
earlier today (i.e. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/itudubai"
target="_blank"
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/itudubai</a>).
<div> <br>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Tim<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Emma
Llanso <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ellanso@cdt.org" target="_blank">ellanso@cdt.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi all,<br>
<br>
I wanted to share two things CDT has put together for
our own information security and coordination during
WCIT, which I hope will be helpful to the larger group.
The first is the attached tipsheet on information and
device security for people who will be on the ground in
Dubai, which our senior staff technologist Joe Hall put
together (with some very helpful contributions from
NDI). If anyone has other tips to share, please do! And
let me know if you have any questions about the doc.<br>
<br>
The second is this etherpad setup: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://civ-soc-wcit.etherpad.mozilla.org/"
target="_blank">https://civ-soc-wcit.etherpad.mozilla.org/</a>.
It's a central homepage that can host multiple private
and publicly accessible pads/docs; accessing the above
URL or any of the private pads requires an account, but
anyone with the URL to a public pad (e.g. <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://civ-soc-wcit.etherpad.mozilla.org/1"
target="_blank">https://civ-soc-wcit.etherpad.mozilla.org/1</a>)
should be able to read it. We thought this provided a
good mix of opportunity for relatively secure
communication plus potential to create public-facing
docs as well. If you'd like to access the private pads,
please email me and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ellery@cdt.org" target="_blank">ellery@cdt.org</a>
and we'd be happy to create an account for you.<br>
<br>
I've begun keeping a list of civil society attendees
(with contact info and hotel, where I know it) on a
private pad at the above link, but I'm happy to combine
with Tim's pad, if that's easier for folks. And if you
see your information listed but don't want it to be,
please let me know!<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Emma
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<br>
<div>On 11/28/2012 4:09 PM, Lea Kaspar wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>Dear Ellery et al, </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>For those of you I haven't had the pleasure
of meeting yet, I'm Lea Kaspar, working with
Global Partners in London.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We are facilitating participation of several
groups – I can post/send the info as soon as I
have the final details. Should this be done to
Matthew directly or are we using the etherpad? I
will also be attending the conference as an
unaffiliated rep from Dec 4 to 10.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Unfortunately, I'll be on a plane at the time
of the call, but would like to be kept in the
loop about what other folk are doing/planning.
Are you planning to share the list here?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Someone asked about accommodation – I got a
very affordable deal at the hotel IBIS WTC,
which seems to be practically adjacent to the
conference venue.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Lea</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<span>
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none"> <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>
Rashmi Rangnath <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rrangnath@publicknowledge.org"
target="_blank">rrangnath@publicknowledge.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 19:39<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>
Tim Hwang <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tim@mozillafoundation.org"
target="_blank">tim@mozillafoundation.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>
William Drake <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch"
target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>>,
Deborah Brown <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org"
target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>>,
Ellery Biddle <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ellery@cdt.org" target="_blank">ellery@cdt.org</a>>,
"<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wcit12@cdt.org" target="_blank">wcit12@cdt.org</a>"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:wcit12@cdt.org" target="_blank">wcit12@cdt.org</a>>,
"<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org"
target="_blank">bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org</a>"
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org"
target="_blank">bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>,
Harold Feld <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hfeld@publicknowledge.org"
target="_blank">hfeld@publicknowledge.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>
Re: [bestbits] Coordination during WCIT --
who's attending, who's reporting<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div> Al:
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I and my colleague Harold Feld will be
on the US delegation. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I will be in Dubai from December 9th to
the14th.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Harold will be there from December 4th
to the 12th.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Rashmi<br>
<div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 28,
2012 at 2:19 PM, Tim Hwang <span
dir="ltr"> <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tim@mozillafoundation.org"
target="_blank">tim@mozillafoundation.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
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solid;padding-left:1ex"> To
facilitate the on-the-ground list -
I've thrown up a quick Etherpad page
here that people can fill in with
information, if it's helpful: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/itudubai"
target="_blank">https://foundation.etherpad.mozilla.org/itudubai</a>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Password is: ITU.</div>
<span><font color="#888888">
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</font></span>
<div><span><font color="#888888">-Tim</font></span>
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<div><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On
Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:31
AM, William Drake <span
dir="ltr"> <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch"
target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote
class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0 0 0
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solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div
style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi
<div><br>
</div>
<div>FWIW I'm on a US
del call right now and
we just finished a
long briefing on
security, thought I'd
pass along a
few points of local
interest while
thinking it: </div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>expect to be
constantly
electronically
surveilled,
including in
hotels</li>
<li>expect all
electronic
communications to
be insecure,
particularly
wireless</li>
<li>keep any
confidential info
on you rather than
in hotel </li>
<li>USG has received
no info on how the
government might
react to any
on-site activism
of an unapproved
nature, and if
relevant urges US
citizens to let
State or the
consulate know
they'll be in
town. </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>Make of these what
you will….</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Bill</div>
<div>
<div>
<div><br>
<div>
<div>On Nov 28,
2012, at 5:12
PM, Deborah
Brown wrote:</div>
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<blockquote
type="cite">Hi
all,
<div>Thanks
for
coordinating
this
Ellery/Matthew.
Picking up on
Bill's last
point, it
might be
helpful to
include
people's dates
in Dubai in
the list to
facilitate
coordination
on the ground.
I'm happy to
lend a hand in
coordination
as well. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best, </div>
<div>Deborah <br>
<br>
<div
class="gmail_quote">On
Wed, Nov 28,
2012 at 4:06
AM, William
Drake <span
dir="ltr">
<<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote
class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0
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<div
style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Despite
all the debate
and
mobilization,
and ITU
staff's
refrain that
the meeting's
fully
multistakeholder
since people
can simply
join their
national
delegations, a
cursory scan
of the
Announced List
of
Participants
as of 27
November shows
1764
participants,
only a dozen
or so that
seem obviously
to be civil
society—half
on the US del,
the others
scattered.
Caveats
apply: a) It
may be that I
just don't
recognize some
individual and
organizational
names so this
guesstimate's
a little low.
b) In the
UN context (WSIS/IGF/CSTD
etc) and OECD
the technical
community and
CS are
separated, so
that's how I
count. I see
more TC than
CS names on
the list, and
while most of
the former
work in the
private sector
or for
administrative
bodies like
the RIRs,
there are some
people who are
by various
standards in
both. c) The
list is being
periodically
updated, so
there may be
some late
registrations.
All that
said, the
number seems
unlikely to be
terribly high.
There may be
more CS just
coming
and hanging
around in
hopes of
getting into
any open to
the public
sessions (TBD
Monday), or
otherwise
populating the
hallways, than
there are on
the
delegations.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>It would
be good to
have a list
with contact
details and to
establish a
communication
channel e.g.
Skype/mail
(although
delegation
members will
have some
constraints)
if Matthew
wants to
coordinate.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Bill</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>PS: The
call time
below may not
be optimal for
people on dels
if meetings
run late (I'll
be on a
plane).</div>
<div>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<br>
<div>
<div>On Nov
28, 2012, at
12:50 AM,
Ellery Biddle
wrote:</div>
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<blockquote
type="cite">
<div
style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div>Hi
everyone,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We have
been talking
here at CDT
about various
strategies for
communications
and
coordination
during the
WCIT. Lots to
think about
here. Two
items on this:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>First:
Who is going
to Dubai? We <i>really</i> want
to develop a
list of civil
society people
who will be in
Dubai for the
conference. We
think it would
be helpful for
those
attending WCIT
to know what
other CS
people will be
there, and to
develop a
rough plan for
coordinating
once they are
in
Dubai. Matthew
Shears, ISOC's
former policy
director who
has been
working on ITU
issues with
CDT, will be
in Dubai on
CDT's behalf.
He will not be
affiliated
with any
delegation. <b>If
you or someone
from your
organization
is going to be
in Dubai (with
or without
delegate
status), and
you'd like to
be in touch
with other
civil society
folks there,
please send
Matthew an
email letting
him know.
Matthew's
email: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org" target="_blank">mshears@cdt.org</a></b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Second:
How can we
coordinate on
public
communication
about the
WCIT? We know
that many CSOs
will be
blogging,
tweeting, and
responding to
press
inquiries
about the WCIT
as it's
happening.
Given the
relatively
closed nature
of the event,
we know that
it may be
difficult to
get the
information we
need in order
to do this
well, and that
some
coordination
between groups
may help fill
this gap. We
also
anticipate
that rumors
and
misinformation
may become an
issue, as
different
delegates may
hear different
things, etc.
In
anticipation
of this, we
want to
propose a
group call for
next week.
This will be
open to any
civil society
groups
planning to
report on
WCIT, either
from Dubai or
from outside
the UAE. Given
the size of
these lists, I
am setting an
arbitrary
(though early,
which
generally
seems best)
time and date
for the call.
Hope that
plenty of
folks can join
-- we'll take
and circulate
good notes for
those who
can't make it.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><b>The
call will take
place on
Tuesday,
December 4 at
16:00 UTC /
11:00 EST. </b>A
list of
international
toll-free
call-in
numbers is
attached. I
will circulate
this again,
along with a
reminder, on
Monday.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>As
always, please
feel
encouraged to
reply to the
list with
additional
ideas,
questions,
etc.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks
all!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Ellery</div>
<div><br>
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