<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks, Lea,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would add that it was a considerable effort to end up with a process as good as the one below, and to end up with a subject as constructive as this one. </div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Aug 2015, at 15:56, Lea Kaspar <<a href="mailto:Lea@gp-digital.org" class="">Lea@gp-digital.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Dear all, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In case of interest, please find below information about <b class="">public consultations </b>held by the ITU's Council Working Group on Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet). The consultations are held on<b class=""> </b>"the challenges faced and [...] accepted best practices for the design, installation and operation of IXPs." </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Deadline for submissions: <b class=""><u class="">August 28</u></b>.</div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">Opening the CWG-Internet discussions to the public was one of the 'wins' from the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, so if groups here have the capacity to engage, this would be logical follow-up.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Warm wishes,</div><div class="">Lea</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br class="">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sareidaki, Despoina</b> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:despoina.sareidaki@itu.int" class="">despoina.sareidaki@itu.int</a>></span><br class="">Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:40 PM<br class="">Subject: Open Consultation of the ITU CWG-Internet on IXPs<br class="">To: "Sareidaki, Despoina" <<a href="mailto:despoina.sareidaki@itu.int" class="">despoina.sareidaki@itu.int</a>><br class="">Cc: "CWG-Internet, ITU" <<a href="mailto:cwg-internet@itu.int" class="">cwg-internet@itu.int</a>>, "InternetPublicViews, ITU" <<a href="mailto:internetpublicviews@itu.int" class="">internetpublicviews@itu.int</a>><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sir/Madam,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We would like to bring to your attention that, following the instruction of the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary conference, it was resolved that the ITU
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="">
<span style="color:blue" class="">Council Working Group on international Internet-related public policy issues (CWG-Internet)</span></a> would hold
<b class=""><u class="">regular online and physical consultations, open to all stakeholders</u></b>. The goal of the open consultations is to bring unique perspectives on topics related to international Internet-related public policy issues. Relevant inputs from the online open
consultation will form the basis of discussion at the physical open consultation meetings.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">On 3 February 2015 the Council Working Group decided that Open Consultations would be convened on the following issue:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">“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,
<b class="">stakeholders are 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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We kindly invite you to participate in this consultation by sending us your inputs by
<b class=""><span style="color:red" class="">28 August 2015</span></b>, and we also look forward to seeing you at the physical consultation meeting which will be held on
<b class="">28 September 2015</b> at the ITU HQ. Please also feel free to share this information with other interested parties.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">To participate in the online open consultations, please click here:
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx" target="_blank" class="">
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</span></a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">We remain available to provide any additional clarifications.
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