<div dir="ltr">I agree, and I support signing it too because the time constraint and the need to act quickly<br clear="all"><div dir="ltr"><div>Rafik<br></div></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/12/9 Lee W McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lmcknigh@syr.edu">lmcknigh@syr.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Ixumi,<br>
<br>
Well done, I support IGC signing on immediately.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
If none do, then just remove your names, leave 'IGC' and we're done.<br>
<br>
My 2 centavos on how to play this.<br>
<br>
Lee<br>
<br>
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="mailto:izumiaizu@gmail.com">izumiaizu@gmail.com</a> [<a href="mailto:izumiaizu@gmail.com">izumiaizu@gmail.com</a>] On Behalf Of Izumi AIZU [<a href="mailto: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>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Dear list,<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
I hope you understand and support this.<br>
<br>
best,<br>
<br>
izumi<br>
<br>
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DRAFT<br>
<br>
To Frederic Riehl<br>
Cc Ghana Chair of the CSTD<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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