Draft press release for tomorrow

[Andrew Puddephatt]

I think Parminder's comments highlight the difficulties of producing a
detailed press release about an event where the common position was
crafted word by word over several hours.

I would support saying y something simple:

CS groups meeting before Baku called for:

Greater transparency in the WCIT negotiations
For proposed revisions to the ITRs to be judged by their impact on the
public interest and fundamental human rights

Then a quote from Jeremy  followed by details and contacts

I would always keep press releases short

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On 07/11/2012 20:05, "parminder at itforchange.net"
<parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:

>
>Hi Jeremy
>
>A few comments on the draft of the press release
>
>1. the heading - "NGOs: Internet governance will evolve, but not through
>ITU" mis represents what was agreed at the meeting. We did agree in the
>last sentence of our statement or an ITU role in net neutrality, universal
>service etc, vis a vis the Internet. At another place too we identify
>which layer of the Internet onwards (alone) no 'regulation' should take
>place.   In this light, I cant understand why a heading that calls for the
>ITU to take its hands off all parts and aspects of the Internet is being
>used.
>
>2. in a later part of the draft, the phrase 'Besides criticizing the ITR
>revision plans' suggests that we want no revision at all of the ITRs, As
>someone said at our meeting, even EU (if i remember right) also agrees
>that some revisions (in whichever directions)may indeed be needed. So, the
>use of this phrase is not appropriate.
>
>3. The part " calls upon the ITU to promote principles such as affordable
>access to the Internet and effective competition" seem to conspicuously
>miss .net neutrality'. Is there any specific reason for that.
>
>4. I have a problem with putting the headline as it is , and then saying
>'Besides criticising the ITR revision plans, the same group of civil
>society organisations and experts also laid out a positive agenda for the
>Internet Governance Forum;. This seem to suggest that the kind of things
>we want to stop from happening at the ITU should rather happen at the
>IGF..... This is a wrong equation. ITU and IGF are entirely in different
>parts of a policy making ecology. One cant replace the other..... Any such
>indication should be clearly avoided.
>
>thanks
>
>parminder
>
>
>> Here's a draft press release for tomorrow:
>>
>> http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/bestbits_pr
>>
>> Sorry for the delay, which was because I lost Internet connectivity for
>> most of the day.
>>
>> Feel free to jump in and improve it; I'll print it when I get back to
>>the
>> hotel tonight, or at the IGF tomorrow.  We have hit 30 signatories by my
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>> accepting endorsements, which can be added directly on the website:
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