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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Yep lets just do it<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Michael Gurstein <<a href="gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, Michael Gurstein <<a href="gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:11:02 -0800<BR>
<B>To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, 'Deirdre Williams' <<a href="williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>>, 'Marilia Maciel' <<a href="mariliamaciel@gmail.com">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>RE: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Arial">I'm okay with signing onto this immediately.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mike<BR>
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<B>From:</B> <a href="governance-request@lists.cpsr.org">governance-request@lists.cpsr.org</a> [<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.cpsr.org">mailto:governance-request@lists.cpsr.org</a>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Deirdre Williams<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:39 PM<BR>
<B>To:</B> <a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; Marilia Maciel<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">I agree too <BR>
Deirdre<BR>
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On 8 December 2010 21:36, Marilia Maciel <<a href="mariliamaciel@gmail.com">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">I agree that we sign it as well.<BR>
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That does not hamper us from sending a statement on behalf of IGC with any additional point we believe it would be important to make. <BR>
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On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Rafik Dammak <<a href="rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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I agree, and I support signing it too because the time constraint and the need to act quickly<BR>
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Rafik<BR>
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2010/12/9 Lee W McKnight <<a href="lmcknigh@syr.edu">lmcknigh@syr.edu</a>> <BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Ixumi,<BR>
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Well done, I support IGC signing on immediately.<BR>
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Since this is not a letter from IGC alone but from a coalition and since the letter reads well for cs (at least to me), one expedient manouver is for our co-coordinators to sign on like - right now - while you wait say 12hrs for any objections to surface on the list.<BR>
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If none do, then just remove your names, leave 'IGC' and we're done.<BR>
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My 2 centavos on how to play this.<BR>
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Lee<BR>
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PS: There's a chance I can join David, Milton and maybe Avri in NYC on 14th as I have another event to attend that evening there. If I do I can help make some - semi-polite - noise over this if still necessary, then.<BR>
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From: <a href="izumiaizu@gmail.com">izumiaizu@gmail.com</a> [<a href="izumiaizu@gmail.com">izumiaizu@gmail.com</a>] On Behalf Of Izumi AIZU [<a href="iza@anr.org">iza@anr.org</a>]<BR>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:53 PM<BR>
To: Governance List<BR>
Subject: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments<BR>
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Dear list,<BR>
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The "rumor" that the decision to compose CSTD WG only by governments<BR>
is now proven to be true, decided by very few members of CSTD.<BR>
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I have contacted ICC and ISOC, similar to the joint letter work we had on<BR>
Dec 14 consultation on enhanced cooperation. They shared the same<BR>
concern and worked out with many others mostly at ICANN Cartagena<BR>
meeting including ICANN, government folks etc: UK, Sweden, US,<BR>
ICANN, ccNSO etc.<BR>
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Here is the draft text as of now. They plan to send it shortly, and asking IGC<BR>
to join. There may be last-minute minor edit, but it is almost final.<BR>
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I propose that IGC to sign. IF you have any comments or suggestions,<BR>
please reply to this quickly. In general, we need 48 hours to decide,<BR>
but in this<BR>
special case, we may not have that luxury of time.<BR>
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I have prepared our own draft (sorry for the complication), and now<BR>
it is being edited by our nominees for CSTD WG. My suggestion is<BR>
to carry on this draft as well, and send it in addition to the joint one.<BR>
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I will post that draft in a separate email and welcome your comments.<BR>
We will send that and perhaps make statement at Dec 17 WG meeting<BR>
if they do not change their decision. We will also include that and<BR>
read that at Dec 14 EC consultation meeting in New York.<BR>
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Sorry for the confusing manner, but this could happen, and I think<BR>
acting quickly to keep the Multi-stakeholder framework is urgently<BR>
needed and important for us.<BR>
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I hope you understand and support this.<BR>
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best,<BR>
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izumi<BR>
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DRAFT<BR>
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To Frederic Riehl<BR>
Cc Ghana Chair of the CSTD<BR>
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We are surprised and deeply concerned by the CSTD Bureau’s decision<BR>
that the Working Group on IGF Improvements mandated by resolution<BR>
(2010/2) of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)<BR>
will be composed exclusively of member states.<BR>
This ECOSOC resolution, which was initially negotiated during the CSTD<BR>
in May 2010 by or in the presence of many of the signatories below,<BR>
asked the Chair of the CSTD to establish a Working Group to: "seek,<BR>
compile and review inputs from all Member States and all other<BR>
stakeholders on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF),<BR>
in line with the mandate set out in the Tunis Agenda".<BR>
These words are a clear reference to the paragraph of the WSIS Plan of<BR>
Action (Geneva 2003) that led to the establishment of the very<BR>
successful Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) and ultimately<BR>
the creation of the IGF itself:<BR>
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We ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations to set up a working<BR>
group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process that<BR>
ensures a mechanism for the full and active participation of<BR>
governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing<BR>
and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and<BR>
international organizations and forums, to investigate and make<BR>
proposals for action…<BR>
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We therefore expected that the composition of the Working Group would<BR>
be strongly inspired by the methodology adopted for setting up the<BR>
multi-stakeholder WGIG, as stated as the CSTD Vice-Chair’s<BR>
recommendation in his report on the meeting he convened on 16<BR>
September 2010.<BR>
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The format decided by the Bureau of the CSTD is contrary to both the<BR>
letter and the spirit of the ECOSOC resolution and is therefore not<BR>
acceptable.<BR>
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In any event, it is not up to the Bureau of the CSTD to make a<BR>
decision on this matter. This is not a Working Group of the CSTD, but<BR>
rather a Working Group to be convened by the Chair of the CSTD as<BR>
instructed by the ECOSOC resolution.<BR>
The CSTD Chair entrusted you with the mission of implementing the<BR>
request made to her. In light of that and the above information we<BR>
urge you to retract the decision of 7 December, and to establish an<BR>
appropriately constituted Working Group consistent with the WSIS<BR>
formulation ensuring “the full and active participation of<BR>
governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing<BR>
and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and<BR>
international organizations and forums”.<BR>
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