[bestbits] WTPF participation and issues to watch

Fri Apr 12 08:42:29 EDT 2013

Dear Lea,

Great to hear that you'll be in Geneva and hopefully supporting the
participation of others. I plan to attend for Access and will remain
unaffiliated, in the category of former IEG members. I wonder if we should
aim to set up a call, both for those going and those, interested in the
next week or so.

Just to clarify, we worked on this document together with Emma, Emily, and
Matthew from CDT.

Best,
Deborah

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Lea Kaspar <Lea at global-partners.co.uk>wrote:

> Dear Deborah,****
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> Thank you for your thorough and useful analysis! ****
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> I am planning to attend the WTPF on behalf of Global Partners, and am
> likely to be sitting on the UK delegation. We also hope to facilitate
> participation of a few groups from the South, but this is provided funding
> comes through. We’re expecting to find out in the following week or two.**
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> Best,****
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> Lea****
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> *From:* bestbits-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:
> bestbits-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On Behalf Of *michael gurstein
> *Sent:* 11 April 2013 20:18
> *To:* 'Deborah Brown'
> *Cc:* bestbits at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* RE: [bestbits] WTPF participation and issues to watch****
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> Thanks very much Deborah, that helps a lot.****
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> Best,****
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> M****
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> *From:* Deborah Brown [mailto:deborah at accessnow.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:09 PM
> *To:* michael gurstein
> *Cc:* bestbits at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* Re: [bestbits] WTPF participation and issues to watch****
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> Hi Michael, ****
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> Thank you for your email. See my responses below.****
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> Best, ****
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> Deborah ****
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> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> Thanks Deborah,****
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> A couple of things… It would help a lot if you were to provide links to
> the "Secretary General's report and draft opinions" to which you are
> referring.****
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> The Secretary General's report and draft opinions are hyperlinked in the
> introductory paragraph, but in case the links didn't come through here they
> are:****
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> Secretary General's report: http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0003/en****
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> All draft opinions: http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Pages/opinions.aspx****
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> **·         **Opinion 1- Promoting Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as a
> long term solution to advance connectivity:
> http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0047/en****
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> **·         **Opinion 2- Fostering an enabling environment for the
> greater growth and development of broadband connectivity:
> http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0043/en****
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> **·         **Opinion 3- Supporting Capacity Building for the deployment
> of IPv6: http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0046/en****
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> **·         **Opinion 4- In support of IPv6 Adoption and Transition from
> IPv4: http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0045/en ****
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> **·         **Opinion 5- Supporting Multi-stakeholderism in Internet
> Governance: http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0042/en ****
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> **·         **Opinion 6- On supporting operationalizing the Enhanced
> Cooperation Process: http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13IEG3-C-0044/en ****
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> Also, in the draft document it is not clear to me at least how your
> document flows i.e. what is your opinion/analysis and what is the nature of
> the materials/on which documents is your opinion is being based.****
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> The document introduces an issue, then pulls text from the SG's report as
> examples of the issues. The numbers preceding the quoted text indicate the
> section of the SG's report it is pulled from. Does that make sense?
> Apologies if that was not clear before.****
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> Please remember that this is only a part-time and voluntary activity for
> many of us.****
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> Tks,****
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> Mike****
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> *From:* bestbits-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:
> bestbits-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On Behalf Of *Deborah Brown
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:38 AM
> *To:* <bestbits at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Subject:* [bestbits] WTPF participation and issues to watch****
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> Hi all,****
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> As you're all probably aware, the World Telecommunication Policy Forum is
> coming up on May 14-16.  To help kick-start a discussion about the topics
> at WTPF, Access and CDT wrote up a short document (attached) identifying
> some of of the key issues that come up in the Secretary General's report
> and draft opinions. You may have received a similar note from Emily from
> CDT on another list.  We expect a lot of discussion around:****
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>    - Enhanced cooperation and multistakeholderism;****
>    - The role of the ITU in Internet governance and the scope of its
>    mission;****
>    - The concept of end-to-end Quality of Service;****
>    - The importance of human rights in the context of discussions about
>    ICT regulation and policy;****
>    - Strategies for increasing affordable Internet access for users
>    around the world, particularly in developing countries;****
>    - The appropriate level of transparency and civil society
>    participation in WTPF and other ITU activities.****
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> We're interested to hear what you think, both about our analysis of these
> topics and what your perspective is on key issues we didn't mention. What
> are your "top five" important issues coming into WTPF, and what would you
> like to see as an outcome? ****
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> We're also curious about who will be participating in WTPF, and how you're
> planning to get involved.  We also put together a document about the
> various options for civil society and individual participation (see
> attached). Please note that the deadline to apply<http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Documents/expression-of-interest.docx> to
> attend the WTPF as "public attendant" *12 April.*****
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> I look forward to hearing your thoughts!****
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> Best, ****
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> Deborah ****
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> Deborah Brown****
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> Policy Analyst****
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> E. deborah at accessnow.org****
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> Deborah Brown****
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> Access | AccessNow.org****
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> E. deborah at accessnow.org****
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Deborah Brown
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Access | AccessNow.org
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