<div dir="ltr">Thanks Deborah and everyone else who contributed to drafting. Web Foundation has signed (I hope so anyway - the website hung as I was submitting the form).<div>Best</div><div>Anne<br><div><br></div></div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Deborah Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org" target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all, <div><br></div><div>Please find the revised statement on the ITU Council's rejection of proposals to open participation in the Council Working Group on International Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet): <a href="http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet-2/" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet-2/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The text takes into account edits in the pad (<a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet</a>) as of Monday, 19 August. Thanks to all who contributed to the editing process.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please indicate whether you would like to endorse this statement by end of day *2 September*. </div><div><br></div><div>In terms of outreach on the statement, Nnenna suggested targeting specific Council members. I think is a good idea and I'm interested in hearing others' thoughts on this. I've pasted the list of members of the ITU Council below.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Source: <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx</a></div><div><h1 style="font-family:DroidSerifRegular,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:1.5em;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(5,45,83);padding:5px 0px;border:0px;line-height:1.5;vertical-align:baseline">
Council Membership (2010-2014)</h1><ul style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;color:rgb(68,68,68);padding:10px!important;border:none!important">
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Region A (Americas)</strong>: 9 seats<br>Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, United States, Venezuela <br>
</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Region B (Western Europe)</strong>: 8 seats<br>France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey <br> </li><li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)</strong>: 5 seats<br>Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation <br>
</li>
<li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Region D (Africa)</strong>: 13 seats<br>Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia <br>
</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:2px 0px;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc outside;background-image:url();background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Region E (Asia and Australasia)</strong>: 13 seats<br>Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates</li>
</ul></div><div><br></div><div>Best, <br></div><div>Deborah </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Nnenna Nwakanma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com" target="_blank">nnenna75@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 dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>I have done a few edits.<br></div>However, I do recall that during WCIT in Dubai,<br>
</div>There was a face-to-face meeting with Hamadoun Touré on the openness issue. So that "effort" has been on.<br>
</div>I also recall that HT did say that countries were playing double standards: speaking "openness" in public spaces and kicking against openness in council.<br><br></div>Should we also specifically target some council members? Like send the letter to HT and also send copies to key council members?<br>
<br></div>Just a thought<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">N<br></font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org" target="_blank">tapani.tarvainen@effi.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ditto for Effi.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Tapani Tarvainen<br>
<div><br>
On Aug 12 18:20, Anriette Esterhuysen (<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>) wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dear Joana and all<br>
><br>
> I like this and am pretty sure APC will support, but I will run it by<br>
> members and staff.<br>
><br>
> I am not entirely sure this last paragraph is necessary. I think to some<br>
> extent it detracts from the main message in the letter which is about<br>
> opening the CWG.<br>
><br>
> "We also take this opportunity to renew our call for the ITU to continue<br>
</div>> to coordinate itseffortswith that of relevant /multistakeholder/Internet<br>
<div><div>> governance bodies, taking advantage of those bodies’ expertise and not<br>
> attempting to duplicate their functions. These bodies include those<br>
> devoted to technical issues (such as ICANN, the IETF and the RIRs) and<br>
> those dealing primarily with non-technical issues (such as the Internet<br>
> Governance Forum)."<br>
><br>
> Anriette<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 12/08/2013 17:12, Joana Varon wrote:<br>
> > Dear people,<br>
> ><br>
> > As you may know, the ITU Council has rejected proposals to open<br>
> > participation in the Council Working Group on International<br>
> > Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet).<br>
> ><br>
> > That happened in disregard of our previous<br>
> > request<<a href="http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet/" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet/</a>>,<br>
> > of contributions from some Member States<br>
> > <<a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0084!!MSW-E.pdf" target="_blank">http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0084!!MSW-E.pdf</a>><<a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0069!!MSW-E.pdf" target="_blank">http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0069!!MSW-E.pdf</a>><br>
> > and<br>
> > of a statement from the Secretary General at the closing session of WTPF,<br>
> > where we called for adopting an IEG model of participation within other<br>
> > meetings of the organization.<br>
> ><br>
> > The CWG-Internet is a particularly relevant WG, as the Brazilian proposal<br>
> > on the role of States shall be discussed. Also a very important topic in a<br>
> > context where "Snowden conjecture" seams to be causing reactions for a<br>
> > State centric internet governance (at least that's my perception).<br>
> ><br>
> > Therefore, Deborah, Matthew, Gene, Carolina and I have drafted a response<br>
> > to submit to ITU. Please, find it bellow, just like the link for the<br>
> > editable pad:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Your comments are more then welcome. *The plan is to leave it open until<br>
> > next Monday, 19th.* Hope you find it useful.<br>
> ><br>
> > All the best<br>
> ><br>
> > Joana<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> ------------------------------------------------------<br>
> anriette esterhuysen <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a><br>
> executive director, association for progressive communications<br>
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> south africa<br>
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><br>
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