Hi Michael, <div><br></div><div>Thank you for your email. See my responses below.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Deborah </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, michael gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks Deborah,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">A couple of things… It would help a lot if you were to provide links to the "Secretary General's report and draft opinions" to which you are referring.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> </span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>The Secretary General's report and draft opinions are hyperlinked in the introductory paragraph, but in case the links didn't come through here they are:</div>
<div><br></div><div>Secretary General's report: <a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0003/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0003/en</a></div><div>All draft opinions: <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Pages/opinions.aspx">http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Pages/opinions.aspx</a></div>
<div><br></div><ul style="margin:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:10px!important"><li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion 1- </span>Promoting Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as a long term solution to advance connectivity: </font><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0047/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0047/en</a></font></li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion 2- Fostering an enabling environment for the greater growth and development of broadband connectivity: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font><font color="#444444"><a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0043/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0043/en</a></font></font></span></font></li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#444444"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">Opinion 3- Supporting Capacity Building for the deployment of IPv6: </span><a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0046/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0046/en</a></font></span></font></li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion 4- In support of IPv6 Adoption and Transition from IPv4: </span><font color="#444444"><a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0045/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0045/en</a><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"> </span></font></font></li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion 5- Supporting Multi-stakeholderism in Internet Governance: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font><font color="#444444"><a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0042/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0042/en</a> </font></font></span></font></li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion 6- On supporting operationalizing the Enhanced Cooperation Process: </span><font color="#444444"><a href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0044/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0044/en</a><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"> </span></font></font></li>
</ul><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Also, in the draft document it is not clear to me at least how your document flows i.e. what is your opinion/analysis and what is the nature of the materials/on which documents is your opinion is being based.</span></p>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The document introduces an issue, then pulls text from the SG's report as examples of the issues. The numbers preceding the quoted text indicate the section of the SG's report it is pulled from. Does that make sense? Apologies if that was not clear before.</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Please remember that this is only a part-time and voluntary activity for many of us.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mike<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></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" target="_blank">bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">bestbits-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Brown<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [bestbits] WTPF participation and issues to watch<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">As you're all probably aware, the World Telecommunication Policy Forum is coming up on May 14-16.  To help kick-start a discussion about the topics at WTPF, Access and CDT wrote up a short document (attached) identifying some of of the key issues that come up in the Secretary General's report and draft opinions. You may have received a similar note from Emily from CDT on another list.  We expect a lot of discussion around:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Enhanced cooperation and multistakeholderism;</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The role of the ITU in Internet governance and the scope of its mission;</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The concept of end-to-end Quality of Service;</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The importance of human rights in the context of discussions about ICT regulation and policy;</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Strategies for increasing affordable Internet access for users around the world, particularly in developing countries;</span><u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The appropriate level of transparency and civil society participation in WTPF and other ITU activities.</span><u></u><u></u></li>
</ul></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">We're interested to hear what you think, both about our analysis of these topics and what your perspective is on key issues we didn't mention. What are your "top five" important issues coming into WTPF, and what would you like to see as an outcome? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">We're also curious about who will be participating in WTPF, and how you're planning to get involved.  We also put together a document about the various options for civil society and individual participation (see attached). Please note that the deadline to <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Documents/expression-of-interest.docx" target="_blank">apply</a> to attend the WTPF as "public attendant" <b>12 April.</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">I look forward to hearing your thoughts!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Best, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Deborah <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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