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

Wed Oct 8 19:13:18 EDT 2014

Hi all,

In response to Deborah's question - we will be sending the letter to the ITU tomorrow midday UTC. The letter will remain open for endorsements after that (until tomorrow evening I think), but please note that your organisation won't be included in the list of signatories unless you add your endorsement by noon UTC.

Apologies for the inconvenience - it is important to send the letter out as soon as we can tomorrow to ensure we have enough time for follow up activities with the Secretariat as well as Member States.

Best,
Lea

> On 8 Oct 2014, at 22:49, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org> wrote:
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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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