[governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments
Ian Peter
ian.peter at ianpeter.com
Wed Dec 8 21:14:25 EST 2010
Yep lets just do it
From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:11:02 -0800
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, 'Deirdre Williams'
<williams.deirdre at gmail.com>, 'Marilia Maciel' <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG
composition only by governments
I'm okay with signing onto this immediately.
Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Deirdre Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:39 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Marilia Maciel
> Subject: Re: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG
> composition only by governments
>
> I agree too
> Deirdre
>
>
> On 8 December 2010 21:36, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree that we sign it as well.
>>
>> That does not hamper us from sending a statement on behalf of IGC with any
>> additional point we believe it would be important to make.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I agree, and I support signing it too because the time constraint and the
>>> need to act quickly
>>>
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/12/9 Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ixumi,
>>>>
>>>> Well done, I support IGC signing on immediately.
>>>>
>>>> Since this is not a letter from IGC alone but from a coalition and since
>>>> the letter reads well for cs (at least to me), one expedient manouver is
>>>> for our co-coordinators to sign on like - right now - while you wait say
>>>> 12hrs for any objections to surface on the list.
>>>>
>>>> If none do, then just remove your names, leave 'IGC' and we're done.
>>>>
>>>> My 2 centavos on how to play this.
>>>>
>>>> Lee
>>>>
>>>> PS: There's a chance I can join David, Milton and maybe Avri in NYC on
>>>> 14th as I have another event to attend that evening there. If I do I can
>>>> help make some - semi-polite - noise over this if still necessary, then.
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: izumiaizu at gmail.com [izumiaizu at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Izumi AIZU
>>>> [iza at anr.org]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:53 PM
>>>> To: Governance List
>>>> Subject: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG
>>>> composition only by governments
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear list,
>>>>
>>>> The "rumor" that the decision to compose CSTD WG only by governments
>>>> is now proven to be true, decided by very few members of CSTD.
>>>>
>>>> I have contacted ICC and ISOC, similar to the joint letter work we had on
>>>> Dec 14 consultation on enhanced cooperation. They shared the same
>>>> concern and worked out with many others mostly at ICANN Cartagena
>>>> meeting including ICANN, government folks etc: UK, Sweden, US,
>>>> ICANN, ccNSO etc.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the draft text as of now. They plan to send it shortly, and asking
>>>> IGC
>>>> to join. There may be last-minute minor edit, but it is almost final.
>>>>
>>>> I propose that IGC to sign. IF you have any comments or suggestions,
>>>> please reply to this quickly. In general, we need 48 hours to decide,
>>>> but in this
>>>> special case, we may not have that luxury of time.
>>>>
>>>> I have prepared our own draft (sorry for the complication), and now
>>>> it is being edited by our nominees for CSTD WG. My suggestion is
>>>> to carry on this draft as well, and send it in addition to the joint one.
>>>>
>>>> I will post that draft in a separate email and welcome your comments.
>>>> We will send that and perhaps make statement at Dec 17 WG meeting
>>>> if they do not change their decision. We will also include that and
>>>> read that at Dec 14 EC consultation meeting in New York.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the confusing manner, but this could happen, and I think
>>>> acting quickly to keep the Multi-stakeholder framework is urgently
>>>> needed and important for us.
>>>>
>>>> I hope you understand and support this.
>>>>
>>>> best,
>>>>
>>>> izumi
>>>>
>>>> ------------------
>>>> DRAFT
>>>>
>>>> To Frederic Riehl
>>>> Cc Ghana Chair of the CSTD
>>>>
>>>> We are surprised and deeply concerned by the CSTD Bureau¹s decision
>>>> that the Working Group on IGF Improvements mandated by resolution
>>>> (2010/2) of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
>>>> will be composed exclusively of member states.
>>>> This ECOSOC resolution, which was initially negotiated during the CSTD
>>>> in May 2010 by or in the presence of many of the signatories below,
>>>> asked the Chair of the CSTD to establish a Working Group to: "seek,
>>>> compile and review inputs from all Member States and all other
>>>> stakeholders on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF),
>>>> in line with the mandate set out in the Tunis Agenda".
>>>> These words are a clear reference to the paragraph of the WSIS Plan of
>>>> Action (Geneva 2003) that led to the establishment of the very
>>>> successful Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) and ultimately
>>>> the creation of the IGF itself:
>>>>
>>>> We ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations to set up a working
>>>> group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process that
>>>> ensures a mechanism for the full and active participation of
>>>> governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing
>>>> and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and
>>>> international organizations and forums, to investigate and make
>>>> proposals for action
>>>>
>>>> We therefore expected that the composition of the Working Group would
>>>> be strongly inspired by the methodology adopted for setting up the
>>>> multi-stakeholder WGIG, as stated as the CSTD Vice-Chair¹s
>>>> recommendation in his report on the meeting he convened on 16
>>>> September 2010.
>>>>
>>>> The format decided by the Bureau of the CSTD is contrary to both the
>>>> letter and the spirit of the ECOSOC resolution and is therefore not
>>>> acceptable.
>>>>
>>>> In any event, it is not up to the Bureau of the CSTD to make a
>>>> decision on this matter. This is not a Working Group of the CSTD, but
>>>> rather a Working Group to be convened by the Chair of the CSTD as
>>>> instructed by the ECOSOC resolution.
>>>> The CSTD Chair entrusted you with the mission of implementing the
>>>> request made to her. In light of that and the above information we
>>>> urge you to retract the decision of 7 December, and to establish an
>>>> appropriately constituted Working Group consistent with the WSIS
>>>> formulation ensuring ³the full and active participation of
>>>> governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing
>>>> and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and
>>>> international organizations and forums².
>>>>
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