<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Andrew,</div><div><br></div><div> it happened to us also couple of times but third attempt and it was done. </div><div><br></div><div>However, the issue need to be rectified as many people like us may be on smaller bandwidth. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes</div><div>Shahzad</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Andrew Puddephatt <<a href="mailto:Andrew@gp-digital.org">Andrew@gp-digital.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Saturday, August 31, 2013 12:24 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [bestbits] Call for sign on CWG-Internet statement2 (Was Call for comments/signatures: Draft Statement on Rejection of Proposal to Open CWG- Internet)<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>I'm still having trouble - when I press the endorsement button it hangs.</div><div><br></div><div>So this is paranoia - I'm trying to do this from the US -</div><div>Andrew Puddephatt, Director</div><div>Global Partners Digital</div><div>Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK</div><div>Office 44 (0)207 549 0350</div><div>Mobile: +44 (0)771 339 9597</div><div>andrew@g <<a href="mailto:andrew@global-partners.co.uk>p-digital.org">mailto:andrew@global-partners.co.uk>p-digital.org</a></div><div> www.global-partners.co.uk <<a href="http://www.global-partners.co.uk/">http://www.global-partners.co.uk/</a>></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 30/08/2013 17:53, "Anriette Esterhuysen" <<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div>Hi all.. it also happened to me but then I got the confirmation email</div><div>immediately after. It is working.</div><div><br></div><div>Anriette</div><div><br></div><div>On 30/08/2013 18:42, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> I'm also having trouble signing the website appears to be hung once I</div><div>press the endorsement button</div><div> Andrew Puddephatt, Director Global Partners Digital</div><div> Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK</div><div> Office 44 (0)207 549 0350</div><div> Mobile: +44 (0)771 339 9597</div><div> andrew@g<<a href="mailto:andrew@global-partners.co.uk>p-digital.org">mailto:andrew@global-partners.co.uk>p-digital.org</a></div><div> www.global-partners.co.uk<<a href="http://www.global-partners.co.uk/">http://www.global-partners.co.uk/</a>></div><div><br></div><div> From: Anne Jellema</div><div><<a href="mailto:anne@webfoundation.org">anne@webfoundation.org</a><<a href="mailto:anne@webfoundation.org>">mailto:anne@webfoundation.org></a>></div><div> Date: Friday, 30 August 2013 16:48</div><div> To: Deborah Brown <<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a><<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org>">mailto:deborah@accessnow.org></a>></div><div> Cc: Nnenna Nwakanma <<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com>">mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com></a>>,</div><div>"<bestbits@lists. net>"</div><div><<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a><<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net>">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net></a>></div><div> Subject: Re: [bestbits] Call for sign on CWG-Internet statement2 (Was</div><div>Call for comments/signatures: Draft Statement on Rejection of Proposal</div><div>to Open CWG- Internet)</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks Deborah and everyone else who contributed to drafting. Web</div><div>Foundation has signed (I hope so anyway - the website hung as I was</div><div>submitting the form).</div><div> Best</div><div> Anne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Deborah Brown</div><div><<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a><<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org>">mailto:deborah@accessnow.org></a>> wrote:</div><div> Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div> Please find the revised statement on the ITU Council's rejection of</div><div>proposals to open participation in the Council Working Group on</div><div>International Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet):</div><div><a href="http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet-2/">http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet-2/</a></div><div><br></div><div> The text takes into account edits in the pad</div><div>(<a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet">https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet</a>) as of Monday, 19 August. Thanks</div><div>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</div><div>of day *2 September*.</div><div><br></div><div> In terms of outreach on the statement, Nnenna suggested targeting</div><div>specific Council members. I think is a good idea and I'm interested in</div><div>hearing others' thoughts on this. I've pasted the list of members of the</div><div>ITU Council below.</div><div><br></div><div> Source: <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx">http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx</a></div><div> Council Membership (2010-2014)</div><div><br></div><div> * Region A (Americas): 9 seats</div><div> Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, United</div><div>States, Venezuela</div><div><br></div><div> * Region B (Western Europe): 8 seats</div><div> France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey</div><div><br></div><div> * Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia): 5 seats</div><div> Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation</div><div><br></div><div> * Region D (Africa): 13 seats</div><div> Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco,</div><div>Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia</div><div><br></div><div> * Region E (Asia and Australasia): 13 seats</div><div> Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic</div><div>of), Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab</div><div>Emirates</div><div><br></div><div> Best,</div><div> Deborah</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Nnenna Nwakanma</div><div><<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com">nnenna75@gmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com>">mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com></a>> wrote:</div><div> I have done a few edits.</div><div> However, I do recall that during WCIT in Dubai,</div><div> There was a face-to-face meeting with Hamadoun Touré on the openness</div><div>issue. So that "effort" has been on.</div><div> I also recall that HT did say that countries were playing double</div><div>standards: speaking "openness" in public spaces and kicking against</div><div>openness in council.</div><div><br></div><div> Should we also specifically target some council members? Like send the</div><div>letter to HT and also send copies to key council members?</div><div><br></div><div> Just a thought</div><div><br></div><div> N</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Tapani Tarvainen</div><div><<a href="mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org">tapani.tarvainen@effi.org</a><<a href="mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org>">mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org></a>> wrote:</div><div> Ditto for Effi.</div><div><br></div><div> --</div><div> Tapani Tarvainen</div><div><br></div><div> On Aug 12 18:20, Anriette Esterhuysen</div><div>(<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org>">mailto:anriette@apc.org></a>) wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> Dear Joana and all</div><div><br></div><div> I like this and am pretty sure APC will support, but I will run it by</div><div> members and staff.</div><div><br></div><div> I am not entirely sure this last paragraph is necessary. I think to</div><div>some</div><div> extent it detracts from the main message in the letter which is about</div><div> opening the CWG.</div><div><br></div><div> "We also take this opportunity to renew our call for the ITU to</div><div>continue</div><div> to coordinate itseffortswith that of relevant</div><div>/multistakeholder/Internet</div><div> governance bodies, taking advantage of those bodies¹ expertise and not</div><div> attempting to duplicate their functions. These bodies include those</div><div> devoted to technical issues (such as ICANN, the IETF and the RIRs) and</div><div> those dealing primarily with non-technical issues (such as the Internet</div><div> Governance Forum)."</div><div><br></div><div> Anriette</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> On 12/08/2013 17:12, Joana Varon wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> Dear people,</div><div><br></div><div> As you may know, the ITU Council has rejected proposals to open</div><div> participation in the Council Working Group on International</div><div> Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet).</div><div><br></div><div> That happened in disregard of our previous</div><div> request<<a href="http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet/">http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet/</a>>,</div><div> of contributions from some Member States</div><div> </div><div><<a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0084!!MSW-E.pdf><http://fil">http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0084!!MSW-E.pdf><http://fil</a></div><div>es.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0069!!MSW-E.pdf></div><div> and</div><div> of a statement from the Secretary General at the closing session of</div><div>WTPF,</div><div> where we called for adopting an IEG model of participation within</div><div>other</div><div> meetings of the organization.</div><div><br></div><div> The CWG-Internet is a particularly relevant WG, as the Brazilian</div><div>proposal</div><div> on the role of States shall be discussed. Also a very important topic</div><div>in a</div><div> context where "Snowden conjecture" seams to be causing reactions for a</div><div> State centric internet governance (at least that's my perception).</div><div><br></div><div> Therefore, Deborah, Matthew, Gene, Carolina and I have drafted a</div><div>response</div><div> to submit to ITU. Please, find it bellow, just like the link for the</div><div> editable pad:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet">https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet</a></div><div><br></div><div> Your comments are more then welcome. *The plan is to leave it open</div><div>until</div><div> next Monday, 19th.* Hope you find it useful.</div><div><br></div><div> All the best</div><div><br></div><div> Joana</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div> --</div><div> ------------------------------------------------------</div><div> anriette esterhuysen <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">mailto:anriette@apc.org</a>></div><div> executive director, association for progressive communications</div><div> www.apc.org<<a href="http://www.apc.org">http://www.apc.org</a>></div><div> po box 29755, melville 2109</div><div> south africa</div><div> tel/fax +27 11 726 1692<tel:%2B27%2011%20726%201692></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> --</div><div> Deborah Brown</div><div> Senior Policy Analyst</div><div> Access | AccessNow.org</div><div> E. <a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">deborah@accessnow.org</a><<a href="mailto:deborah@accessnow.org">mailto:deborah@accessnow.org</a>></div><div> @deblebrown</div><div> PGP 0x5EB4727D</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> --</div><div> Anne Jellema</div><div> Chief Executive Officer</div><div> Cape Town, RSA</div><div> mob +27 61 036 9652</div><div> tel +27 21 788 4585</div><div> Skype anne.jellema</div><div> @afjellema</div><div><br></div><div> World Wide Web Foundation | 1889 F Street NW, Washington DC, 20006, USA</div><div>| www.webfoundation.org<<a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">http://www.webfoundation.org/</a>> | Twitter:</div><div>@webfoundation</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>------------------------------------------------------</div><div>anriette esterhuysen <a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a></div><div>executive director, association for progressive communications</div><div>www.apc.org</div><div>po box 29755, melville 2109</div><div>south africa</div><div>tel/fax +27 11 726 1692</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></span></body></html>