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ps. just shared the link for signatures with lists in latam and
brazil.. I would suggest to folks from other regions to do the
same... Then it would be good to wait a bit (until Thursday night at
least?) so we can collect a bit more signatures from a more diverse
variety of regions.. <br>
my two cents<br>
best<br>
joana<br>
<br>
On 08-10-2014 20:13, Lea Kaspar wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> In response to Deborah's question - we will be sending the
letter to the ITU tomorrow midday UTC. The letter will remain open
for endorsements after that (until tomorrow evening I think), but
please note that your organisation won't be included in the list
of signatories unless you add your endorsement by noon UTC.<br>
><br>
> Apologies for the inconvenience - it is important to send the
letter out as soon as we can tomorrow to ensure we have enough
time for follow up activities with the Secretariat as well as
Member States.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Lea<br>
><br>
>> On 8 Oct 2014, at 22:49, Deborah Brown
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:deborah@apc.org"><deborah@apc.org></a> wrote:<br>
>></span><br>
<blockquote type="cite">Dear all, The letter is now posted on the
Best Bits platform for<br>
endorsements. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bestbits.net/busan-transparency/">http://bestbits.net/busan-transparency/</a><br>
<br>
I understand that the the letter is meant to go to the ITU on<br>
Thursday, but if someone could give a more specific cutoff time
for<br>
endorsements, that would be helpful.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Deborah<br>
<br>
>>> On 10/8/14 1:44 AM, Anne Jellema wrote:<br>
>>> Great suggestion Deborah - the ITU fluid working
group supports<br>
>>> this idea. Best Anne<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Deborah Brown
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:deborah@apc.org">deborah@apc.org</a> <br>
>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:deborah@apc.org"><mailto:deborah@apc.org></a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks Anne for this great summary and coordinating
this.<br>
>>><br>
>>> In addition to addressing this letter the ITU
Secretary General,<br>
>>> could we also address it to (or copy) the current
deputy Secretary<br>
>>> General who is the uncontested candidate to be the
next SG? It<br>
>>> could be strategic to start engaging him early on and
relevant to<br>
>>> include him in his current post in any case.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Kind regards, Deborah<br>
>>><br>
>>>> On 10/7/14 3:40 PM, Anne Jellema wrote:<br>
>>>> Dear friends,____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> __ __<br>
>>><br>
>>>> After the pre-IGF BestBits meeting, it was
decided to set up a <br>
>>>> fluid working group to coordinate civil society
engagement at<br>
>>>> the upcoming ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.
Since the meeting, a<br>
>>>> group of around 25 members of civil society have
been<br>
>>>> coordinating various activities:____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> • Pre-conference knowledge sharing;____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> • Coordination of specific advocacy efforts;____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> • Organising on the ground civil society
activities in<br>
>>>> Busan.____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> __ __<br>
>>><br>
>>>> As part of coordinating specific advocacy
efforts, the group has <br>
>>>> developed a letter with several specific asks
regarding PP <br>
>>>> Conference processes. Please find the letter
here: <br>
>>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Z2Rf7Zrxwk">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Z2Rf7Zrxwk</a> .<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> Due to the need to send the letter out as soon as
possible, and <br>
>>>> seeing as the letter has already gone through a
lengthy process<br>
>>>> of consolidation among the group members, we are
requesting that<br>
>>>> the text be open for comments for a period of 24
hours (rather<br>
>>>> than the standard 48), i.e. until 4:00 pm EDT
tomorrow. After<br>
>>>> this, a final text, which we'll try to pull
together as fast as<br>
>>>> possible, will be available for 24 hours for
endorsements.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> During the 24 hours open for comments, we would
encourage<br>
>>>> members to focus on red lines that would prevent
them from<br>
>>>> endorsing the letter rather than detailed line by
line edits.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> This is a targeted effort to influence the ITU
Secretariat and <br>
>>>> encourage them to do what is in their power to
facilitate<br>
>>>> broader stakeholder engagement in the Conference
itself. This<br>
>>>> does not preclude any additional advocacy efforts
directed at<br>
>>>> Member States of the ITU, who will, in the end,
decide the<br>
>>>> Conference outcomes.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> __ __<br>
>>><br>
>>>> This letter will be sent to the ITU Secretary<br>
>>>> General/Secretariat later this week, and then to
various ITU<br>
>>>> delegations as an FYI.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> Special thanks to Matthew Shears and Lea Kaspar
for leading the <br>
>>>> drafting.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> __ __<br>
>>><br>
>>>> In addition, if anyone else is interested in
contributing to the <br>
>>>> efforts of the fluid working group, please drop
me a note. __<br>
>>><br>
>>>> __ __<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Very best,____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Anne____<br>
>>><br>
>>>> __<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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