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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I do not have special preferences neither about
how to classify the origin nor about whether or not to highlight academics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>William Drake<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> lunes, 30 de enero de 2006
16:06<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Governance'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance]
statement for ITU website<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Importance:</span></b> High</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>So far I have as
signatories,</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>William
Drake
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility/</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Graduate Institute for International Studies </span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kleinwächter <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Aarhus</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>McTim Internet
Infrastructure Consultant</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Lee
McKnight Syracuse
University/Internet Governance Project</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Parminder Jeet
Singh IT for
Change</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Jeanette
Hofmann
Social Science Research Center, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State></span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Avri
Doria Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility/Consultant</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Questions:</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>1.
Parminder thinks we should have some sort of WSIS-related identification.
I'm not much on a lead like 'we the people of WSIS-CS' or whatever since it
implies a level of consultation and consensus that isn't there, but I suppose I
could label it, Statement by Members of the WSIS-Civil Society Internet
Governance Caucus. Any problems with that? Of course, I'd rather it
was simply a statement of the caucus, full stop, can't imagine that many caucus
members are opposed to asking for inclusion, and we've made caucus statements
in the past with fewer ayes (an issue in itself, I suppose), but maybe that's
pushing it a bit...Anyone have guidance/feelings about this either way?</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>2. Avri
suggested I frame this in terms of "civil society organizations and
academics." I view academia as part of CS by definition, but can do
this for emphasis, in which case perhaps I should stick Dr. in front of the
relevant names. With ITU, where claims of 'expertise' are highly relevant
to a claim to participation, this might be desirable.
Guidance/feelings...?</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>I guess I can
send this later in the evening to give more time in case others want to sign
on, I'll just email it directly to relevant staff to make sure it gets seen
before the meeting.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Best,</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Bill</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Parminder
[mailto:parminder@itforchange.net]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 30, 2006
3:25 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'William Drake'; 'Governance'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance]
statement for ITU website</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pl add IT for
Change’s endorsement to it. Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I still find
it astonishing that ITU can get away with not incorporating open access
principle which is clearly stated in POA, and more clearly so for the kind of
work ITU does – technical IS related info…. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am in the
middle of something urgent, and not able to draft a separate ‘open
access’ statement’ – so well, some other time. Though I also
see that there could be some lack of complete consensus on this issue in the CS
– it is certainly is a complex issue……<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For me making
such representations is important not only from a content point of view –
which is of course more important – but as much from process point of
view. We need to take opportunity at these times when the WSIS-CS mandate,
structure and future is uncertain to asset ourselves as the ‘WSIS
CS’ or something. We have gathered some political strength in our collective
form, however rudimentary. It needs to be preserved – and it can only be
preserved by pushing ‘content’ or substantive actions like this
one……<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That was the
reason I had used the rather artificial sounding opening for the statement I
drafted – ‘We, the CS that associated with the WSIS’. See if
some acceptable version of such assertion can be used…… It will be
politically significant….. though we need to figure out how much active
the WSIS CS is at present…. More on that later….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the
effort…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>William Drake<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 30, 2006
3:05 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Governance<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [governance] statement
for ITU website</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Good morning,</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Since there was
no consensus on making a joint caucus or other CS statement on the website for
the ITU's Wednesday reform meeting, I decided I might as well type up something
short to submit on a personal basis. If anyone would like to sign on
you're more than welcome; either way, I will submit this by close of business
today, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place>
time. I don't know that we'd have time to do any text tweaking, but
if that might make this more attractive to potential signatories, let's
communicate. I see that Parminder made a nice submission on the cost of
ITU documentation and its nonconformity with the access to knowledge and
information principle enunciated in the WSIS Plan of Action. The below text
is on a different point and is complementary.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>The WSIS
Principles state that Internet governance should be multilateral, transparent
and democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the private sector,
civil society and international organizations. The ITU clearly does not
meet the last criteria. For the overwhelming majority of civil society
organizations, the barriers to becoming a sector member or even an associate
are simply too high. In parallel, there are no options for participating
on a more flexible, ad hoc basis in special workshops and seminars, or in the
assemblies and conferences. In consequence, and unlike other UN agencies,
true NGOs (as opposed to hybrid business/user/technical organizations) are
almost entirely absent and alienated from the ITU. That this is not
in the ITU’s own interest was amply demonstrated by the WSIS process, in
which civil society strongly opposed the ITU playing an expanded, leading role
in Internet governance. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>With WSIS
follow-up and implementation efforts forthcoming, now would be a particularly
appropriate time to make opening up to civil society a central element of ITU
reform. Doing so would not in any way disrupt the work of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Union</st1:place>, and the administrative cost would be negligible
(we can print our own documents, etc). The ITU would not face a stampede
of hundreds of organizations seeking to participate in ongoing study group work
on frequency propagation, signaling requirements and protocols, and other
technical matters. A much more likely scenario would be that a manageable
number of NGOs would seek to participate in some of the above-mentioned
workshops, seminars, assemblies and conferences. Civil society experts
contributed significantly to the success of the February 2004 ITU workshop
on Internet governance, and there is every reason to believe that same
constructive engagement would ensue in other forums. Allowing civil
society participation in events like the March 2006 meeting on NGN policies
would be a good first step, and would not require changes to the Constitution
and Convention. WSIS and/or ECOSOC accreditation would seem sufficient
for this purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>It is
unfortunate that the ITU’s February 1 reform meeting is closed to civil
society participation. Our exclusion from this and similar events has
been debated extensively on civil society Internet listservs in the course of
the WSIS process and afterwards. There was little enthusiasm for the
website’s cheery invitation to “be part of it” by submitting
statements in this “open forum” for a meeting from which we are
barred. If however the ITU were to initiate a genuine, open and inclusive
dialogue on the matter, the response would be rather different. </span></font><span
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>*******************************************************<br>
William J. Drake </span></font><span lang=EN-US><a
href="mailto:drake@hei.unige.ch"><font face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>drake@hei.unige.ch</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Director,
Project on the Information</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>
Revolution and Global Governance</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'> Graduate
Institute for International Studies</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region></st1:place>
</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
</span><font face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>President,
Computer Professionals for <br>
Social Responsibility</span></font><span lang=EN-US><br>
<a href="http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake"><font face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake</span></font></a></span><font
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