[governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments
McTim
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Wed Dec 8 23:26:01 EST 2010
Sign fine, rgds, mctim
On 12/9/10, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> 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 actionŠ
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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