[bestbits] Letter now posted for endorsements (was Re: ITU Plenipot transparency & participation letter - comments close Weds, 4:00 pm EDT/ 10:00 pm CET)

[Deborah Brown]

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Dear all, The letter is now posted on the Best Bits platform for
endorsements. http://bestbits.net/busan-transparency/

I understand that the the letter is meant to go to the ITU on
Thursday, but if someone could give a more specific cutoff time for
endorsements, that would be helpful.

Kind regards,
Deborah

On 10/8/14 1:44 AM, Anne Jellema wrote:
> Great suggestion Deborah - the ITU fluid working group supports
> this idea. Best Anne
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org 
> <mailto:deborah at apc.org>> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Anne for this great summary and coordinating this.
> 
> In addition to addressing this letter the ITU Secretary General,
> could we also address it to (or copy) the current deputy Secretary
> General who is the uncontested candidate to be the next SG? It
> could be strategic to start engaging him early on and relevant to
> include him in his current post in any case.
> 
> Kind regards, Deborah
> 
> On 10/7/14 3:40 PM, Anne Jellema wrote:
>> Dear friends,____
> 
>> __ __
> 
>> After the pre-IGF BestBits meeting, it was decided to set up a 
>> fluid working group to coordinate civil society engagement at
>> the upcoming ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. Since the meeting, a
>> group of around  25 members of civil society have been
>> coordinating various activities:____
> 
>> • Pre-conference knowledge sharing;____
> 
>> • Coordination of specific advocacy efforts;____
> 
>> • Organising on the ground civil society activities in
>> Busan.____
> 
>> __ __
> 
>> As part of coordinating specific advocacy efforts, the group has 
>> developed a letter with several specific asks regarding PP 
>> Conference processes. Please find the letter here: 
>> https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Z2Rf7Zrxwk .
> 
> 
>> Due to the need to send the letter out as soon as possible, and 
>> seeing as the letter has already gone through a lengthy process
>> of consolidation among the group members, we are requesting that
>> the text be open for comments for a period of 24 hours (rather
>> than the standard 48), i.e. until 4:00 pm EDT tomorrow. After
>> this, a final text, which we'll try to pull together as fast as
>> possible, will be available for 24 hours for endorsements.
> 
> 
>> During the 24 hours open for comments, we would encourage
>> members to focus on red lines that would prevent them from
>> endorsing the letter rather than detailed line by line edits.
> 
> 
>> This is a targeted effort to influence the ITU Secretariat and 
>> encourage them to do what is in their power to facilitate
>> broader stakeholder engagement in the Conference itself. This
>> does not preclude any additional advocacy efforts directed at
>> Member States of the ITU, who will, in the end, decide the
>> Conference outcomes.
> 
>> __ __
> 
>> This letter will be sent to the ITU Secretary
>> General/Secretariat later this week, and then to various ITU
>> delegations as an FYI.
> 
> 
>> Special thanks to Matthew Shears and Lea Kaspar for leading the 
>> drafting.
> 
>> __ __
> 
>> In addition, if anyone else is interested in contributing to the 
>> efforts of the fluid working group, please drop me a note. __
> 
>> __ __
> 
>> Very best,____
> 
>> Anne____
> 
>> __
> 
> 
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