[governance] IGF, Hyderabad

[William Drake]

Hi Jean-Louis,

Sorry, I don't recall your comments at Eurodig, maybe I was emailing  
or something at the time. But I agree with you that the ITU/CS  
interface, or rather the lack thereof, urgently needs attention,  
especially since there is at least nominally a review underway in ITU  
and it'd be good to be useful to the friendly governments that asked  
for it.  I've raised the matter a number of times on gov list over  
the years, suggested interested people collaborate, but never managed  
to stir much interest in this or the ITU more generally.  If Toure's  
rather provocative speech in Cairo has changed the landscape and  
people are now concerned about what governments, telcos et al are up  
to in ITU, great.  I'd of course be happy to talk to you about this  
stuff, but I don't think the two of us alone can do anything that  
would matter to ITU, the only thing that might resonate is a  
collective engagement.

Best,

Bill

On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:12 PM, jlfullsack wrote:

> Hi Bill
>
> I beg your pardon for butting in with a personel reminding :
> During the the Eurodig session at Strasbourg you mentioned some  
> concerns about the ITU, especially in the field of CS friendliness  
> or inclusion. During the following discussion I expressed my  
> readiness to join you for looking more closely on different issues  
> regarding CS participation in its working and other hot issues  
> concerning this UN  agency, as to draw up some recommendations for  
> the future EURDIC ou whichever MS discussion on IG or general  
> international institutions' governance. Would you be so kind for  
> answering if you agree on this personal proposal. It's possible for  
> me to stay a couple of days in the Geneva area.
>
> All the best
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> Have a look to our website www.csdptt.org where you'll find an  
> article (in french) entitled 'L'UIT : la vieille dame des  
> télécommunications' which best reflects my own experience with, and  
> opinion about, the ITU
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Drake
> To: Governance
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGF, Hyderabad
>
> Hi,
>
> The 2nd sounds right, we should meet as early as possible in the  
> week, but after GigaNet would be problematic.
>
> Best,
>
> BD
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Parminder wrote:
>
>> There is a giganet business meeting on 1st evening 17 to 1830 hours.
>>
>>
>> Can we then agree to meet on 2nd – 1730 to 1930. Know it is  a bit  
>> late but there isn’t any other opportunity IGC gets to meet, other  
>> than at IGFs.
>>
>>
>> From: Ian Peter [mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 12:03 PM
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>> Subject: RE: [governance] IGF, Hyderabad
>>
>>
>> Either date works for me – early evening to allow those who want  
>> to take a meal together afterwards would probably suit best.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian Peter
>>
>> PO Box 429
>>
>> Bangalow NSW 2479
>>
>> Australia
>>
>> Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
>>
>> www.ianpeter.com
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
>> Sent: 09 November 2008 17:26
>> To: 'Ian Peter'; governance at lists.cpsr.org
>> Subject: [governance] IGF, Hyderabad
>>
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>> After posting a report on IGC at the IGF, the customary IGC  
>> meeting at IGF was the next thing I was going to suggest. How does  
>> the evening of 1st (eve of IGF) or 2nd (day 1 of the IGF) sound to  
>> all those who will be attending.
>>
>>
>> I also was not seeking a statement from the IGC on the way IGF  
>> should evolve, only seeking to orient the group towards starting  
>> to engage with this issue. We have a workshop on this issue at the  
>> IGF, and IGF review process kind of starts from IGF, Hyderabad,  
>> onwards.
>>
>>
>> I agree with what you say, Ian, on starting the election process.
>>
>>
>> Parminder
>>
>>
>
>
>
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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
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