[bestbits] Fwd: [WCIT12] Re: SIGN ON: WTPF participation letter from civil society organizations

[Deborah Brown]

FYI

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Emma Llanso <ellanso at cdt.org> wrote:

>  Just a reminder that the joint letter on participation in WTPF is open
> for initial sign-on through 2300UTC/1800EST tomorrow, 20 February 2013.
> Text of the letter is available here: *
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub
> *
>
> If your organization would like to join the letter, please email
> WTPFsignon at gmail.com, and feel free to circulate this to other lists or
> groups you work with.  The list will remain open to additional signers
> after tomorrow's deadline
>
> Also, in case you missed it, CDT has a post about the WTPF and the
> Informal Experts Group meeting up on our blog: https://www.cdt.org/HxL
>
> Best,
> Emma
>
>
> On 2/15/2013 4:50 PM, Emma Llanso wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you for your comments and input on the letter re: civil society
> participation in the WTPF that we circulated a few weeks ago.  We've
> incorporated the feedback and updated the requests in the letter following
> the Informal Experts Group meeting last week.  The final text is available
> here: https://docs.google.com/a/accessnow.org/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub
> .<https://docs.google.com/a/accessnow.org/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub>
>
> In short, the letter asks the Secretary General to follow up on
> commitments he made during the WCIT to enable greater civil society
> participation in the WTPF.  It asks that the Secretariat create a Public
> Views and Opinions page for the WTPF documents, and that comments from the
> public submitted through this page be entered into the formal record of the
> meeting.  It also asks for civil society members to be accorded full
> participation in this meeting, independent of national delegations (since
> there is no treaty negotiation at the center of this conference), or at the
> very least for the ITU to clarify the limitations of the "observer" status
> that is currently available to members of the public.
>
> If your organization would like to sign on to this letter, please send an
> *email to WTPFsignon at gmail.com*.  *Deadline *for joining the initial list
> of signers is *Wednesday, 20 February*, *at 2300 UTC/1800 EST*; the list
> will continue to be updated after that deadline, but we would like to send
> the letter with the initial list of signers to the ITU on Thursday, 21
> February.
>
> Best regards, and happy weekend!
> Emma
>
> --
> Emma J. Llansó
> Policy Counsel
> Center for Democracy & Technology
> 1634 I Street NW, Suite 1100
> Washington, DC 20006
> 202-407-8818 | @cendemtech <https://twitter.com/#%21/CenDemTech>
>
>
> --
> Emma J. Llansó
> Policy Counsel
> Center for Democracy & Technology
> 1634 I Street NW, Suite 1100
> Washington, DC 20006
> 202-407-8818 | @cendemtech <https://twitter.com/#%21/CenDemTech>
>



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