Draft press release for tomorrow

[michael gurstein]

I have some problems with the document as well... I'm not sure if this is
going to get through but anyway here is my suggested changes and comments
(attached...

M

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Subject: Re: Draft press release for tomorrow

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  records (Pranesh, does your list accord with 
>>mine?), and we are now also  accepting endorsements, which can be 
>>added directly on the website:
>> http://bestbits.igf-online.net/statement/.
>>
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