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

Shahzad Ahmad shahzad at bytesforall.pk
Sat Aug 31 02:15:04 EDT 2013


Dear Andrew,

 it happened to us also couple of times but third attempt and it was done.

However, the issue need to be rectified as many people like us may be on
smaller bandwidth. 

Best wishes
Shahzad


From:  Andrew Puddephatt <Andrew at gp-digital.org>
Date:  Saturday, August 31, 2013 12:24 AM
To:  "anriette at apc.org" <anriette at apc.org>, "bestbits at lists.bestbits.net"
<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)

I'm still having trouble - when I press the endorsement button it hangs.

So this is paranoia - I'm trying to do this from the US -
Andrew Puddephatt, Director
Global Partners Digital
Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK
Office 44 (0)207 549 0350
Mobile: +44 (0)771 339 9597
andrew at g <mailto:andrew at global-partners.co.uk>p-digital.org
  www.global-partners.co.uk <http://www.global-partners.co.uk/>





On 30/08/2013 17:53, "Anriette Esterhuysen" <anriette at apc.org> wrote:

> Hi all.. it also happened to me but then I got the confirmation email
> immediately after. It is working.
> 
> Anriette
> 
> On 30/08/2013 18:42, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:
>>  I'm also having trouble signing ­ the website appears to be hung once I
>> press the endorsement button
>>  Andrew Puddephatt, Director          Global Partners Digital
>>  Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK
>>  Office 44 (0)207 549 0350
>>  Mobile: +44 (0)771 339 9597
>>  andrew at g<mailto:andrew at global-partners.co.uk>p-digital.org
>>     www.global-partners.co.uk<http://www.global-partners.co.uk/>
>> 
>>  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.
>> 
>>  --
>>  Tapani Tarvainen
>> 
>>  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 bodies¹ 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://fil
>>>> es.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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>  --
>>>  ------------------------------------------------------
>>>  anriette esterhuysen anriette at apc.org<mailto:anriette at apc.org>
>>>  executive director, association for progressive communications
>>>  www.apc.org<http://www.apc.org>
>>>  po box 29755, melville 2109
>>>  south africa
>>>  tel/fax +27 11 726 1692<tel:%2B27%2011%20726%201692>
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  --
>>  Deborah Brown
>>  Senior Policy Analyst
>>  Access | AccessNow.org
>>  E. deborah at accessnow.org<mailto:deborah at accessnow.org>
>>  @deblebrown
>>  PGP 0x5EB4727D
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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> 
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> south africa
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