<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br class="">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Klein, Micaela N</b> <br>Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 4:14 AM<br>Subject: RE: [ITAC] Open Consultation for CWG-Internet Now Available<br>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please see attached for the invitation from the ITU to all stakeholders to participate in the online open consultation for the CWG-Internet. We invite you to share the attached with interested colleagues and also to contribute to the consultation. We will continue to update this list as more information becomes available.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Micaela<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri,Bold',sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Micaela N. Klein</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Internet Policy Advisor, Multilateral Affairs (EB/CIP/MA)</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">International s & Information Policy</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">U.S. Department of State</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Office: <a href="tel:%2B1-202-647-5205" value="+12026475205" target="_blank">+1-202-647-5205</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B1-202-256-3847" value="+12022563847" target="_blank">+1-202-256-3847</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This email is UNCLASSIFIED.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Klein, Micaela N <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 15, 2015 4:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ITAC@LMLIST.STATE.GOV" target="_blank">ITAC@LMLIST.STATE.GOV</a>; <a href="mailto:ITU-D@LMLIST.STATE.GOV" target="_blank">ITU-D@LMLIST.STATE.GOV</a>; <a href="mailto:ITU-T@LMLIST.STATE.GOV" target="_blank">ITU-T@LMLIST.STATE.GOV</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Zoller, Julie N; Sepulveda, Daniel A<br><b>Subject:</b> [ITAC] Open Consultation for CWG-Internet Now Available<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">For everyone’s awareness, the online consultation for the October meeting of the ITU Council Working Group on International Internet Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet) is now open to all stakeholders. As decided at the February 2015 meeting of the CWG-Internet, the topic of the consultation is as follows:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">"With a view to discussing the establishment of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) to advance connectivity, improve service quality and increase network stability and resilience, fostering competition and reducing interconnection costs, as proposed by Opinion 1 of WTPF-13 and consistent with PP-14 Resolutions 101 and 102, stakeholders are <b>invited to elaborate and exemplify on the challenges faced and identify widely accepted best practices for the design, installation and operation of IXPs</b>."<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The deadline for submissions is <b><span style="color:red">August 28<sup>th</sup></span></b>.<b> </b>To submit inputs or for further information, please visit the following link: <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">For some background, the Plenipotentiary Conference 2014 instructed the ITU Council to revise its Resolution 1344 to direct the Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet), limited to Member States, with open consultation to all stakeholders, and to conduct such open consultation according to specific guidelines. As a result the ITU Council in its 2015 session resolved that the CWG-Internet should hold both open online consultation and physical open consultation meetings, with remote participation, within a defined period prior to each CWG-Internet meeting. <br><br>ITU Council also resolved that all relevant inputs received in the open consultation will be available to the CWG-Internet and all other stakeholders on a dedicated publicly accessible webpage of the CWG-Internet website. Relevant inputs from the open online consultation on the topic(s) decided by the CWG-Internet will form the basis of discussion at the physical open consultation meetings and all relevant responses will be submitted to the CWG-Internet for consideration of the issues chosen for its next meeting. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you have any questions.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Micaela<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Micaela N. 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