[bestbits] Call for sign on CWG-Internet statement2 (Was Call for comments/signatures: Draft Statement on Rejection of Proposal to Open CWG- Internet)

Fri Aug 30 12:42:32 EDT 2013

I'm also having trouble signing – the website appears to be hung once I press the endorsement button
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From: Anne Jellema <anne at webfoundation.org<mailto:anne at webfoundation.org>>
Date: Friday, 30 August 2013 16:48
To: Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org<mailto:deborah at accessnow.org>>
Cc: Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com<mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com>>, "<bestbits at lists. net>" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net<mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>>
Subject: Re: [bestbits] Call for sign on CWG-Internet statement2 (Was Call for comments/signatures: Draft Statement on Rejection of Proposal to Open CWG- Internet)

Thanks Deborah and everyone else who contributed to drafting. Web Foundation has signed (I hope so anyway - the website hung as I was submitting the form).
Best
Anne

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org<mailto:deborah at accessnow.org>> wrote:
Dear all,

Please find the revised statement on the ITU Council's rejection of proposals to open participation in the Council Working Group on International Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet): http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet-2/

The text takes into account edits in the pad (https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet) as of Monday, 19 August. Thanks to all who contributed to the editing process.

Please indicate whether you would like to endorse this statement by end of day *2 September*.

In terms of outreach on the statement, Nnenna suggested targeting specific Council members.  I think is a good idea and I'm interested in hearing others' thoughts on this. I've pasted the list of members of the ITU Council below.

Source: http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx
Council Membership (2010-2014)

 *   Region A (Americas): 9 seats
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, United States, Venezuela

 *   Region B (Western Europe): 8 seats
France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

 *   Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia): 5 seats
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation

 *   Region D (Africa): 13 seats
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia

 *   Region E (Asia and Australasia): 13 seats
Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic of),  Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Best,
Deborah

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com<mailto:nnenna75 at gmail.com>> wrote:
I have done a few edits.
However, I do recall that during WCIT in Dubai,
There was a face-to-face meeting with Hamadoun Touré on the openness issue. So that "effort" has been on.
I also recall that HT did say that countries were playing double standards: speaking "openness" in public spaces and kicking against openness in council.

Should we also specifically target some council members? Like send the letter to HT and also send copies to key council members?

Just a thought

N

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <tapani.tarvainen at effi.org<mailto:tapani.tarvainen at effi.org>> wrote:
Ditto for Effi.

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On Aug 12 18:20, Anriette Esterhuysen (anriette at apc.org<mailto:anriette at apc.org>) wrote:

> Dear Joana and all
>
> I like this and am pretty sure APC will support, but I will run it by
> members and staff.
>
> I am not entirely sure this last paragraph is necessary. I think to some
> extent it detracts from the main message in the letter which is about
> opening the CWG.
>
> "We also take this opportunity to renew our call for the ITU to continue
> to coordinate itseffortswith that of relevant /multistakeholder/Internet
> governance bodies, taking advantage of those bodies’ expertise and not
> attempting to duplicate their functions. These bodies include those
> devoted to technical issues (such as ICANN, the IETF and the RIRs) and
> those dealing primarily with non-technical issues (such as the Internet
> Governance Forum)."
>
> Anriette
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/08/2013 17:12, Joana Varon wrote:
> > Dear people,
> >
> > As you may know, the ITU Council has rejected proposals to open
> > participation in the Council Working Group on International
> > Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet).
> >
> > That happened in disregard of our previous
> > request<http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet/>,
> > of contributions from some Member States
> > <http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0084!!MSW-E.pdf><http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0069!!MSW-E.pdf>
> > and
> > of a statement from the Secretary General at the closing session of WTPF,
> > where we called for adopting an IEG model of participation within other
> > meetings of the organization.
> >
> > The CWG-Internet is a particularly relevant WG, as the Brazilian proposal
> > on the role of States shall be discussed. Also a very important topic in a
> > context where "Snowden conjecture" seams to be causing reactions for a
> > State centric internet governance (at least that's my perception).
> >
> > Therefore, Deborah, Matthew, Gene, Carolina and I have drafted a response
> > to submit to ITU. Please, find it bellow, just like the link for the
> > editable pad:
> >
> > https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet
> >
> > Your comments are more then welcome. *The plan is to leave it open until
> > next Monday, 19th.* Hope you find it useful.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Joana
> >
> >
>
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