[governance] Fwd: [igf_members] WCIT

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Thu Nov 15 22:29:47 EST 2012 

This turns back to being a stakeholder because you put sweat and effort in
it, versus being a stakeholder "just because".

If this means we need to empower more people to contribute, very well then

I am also in favor of a greater civil society voice (an informed voice,
mind you) in the existing processes that we do have, that are
multistakeholder in nature.

Right now, there seems to be a general cleanup underway in ICANN - Kurt
Pritz, who recently got shunted into a chief strategy officer role, is now
removed (and may be retained as a SME from time to time) due to an
undisclosed conflict of interest.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121115_icann_senior_executive_resigns_over_undisclosed_conflict/

So, if they are working to improve governance, this looks like civil
society will have to participate in these processes rather than carping
from the outside, hoping that an alternate venue for such processes will
emerge ..

michael gurstein [15/11/12 18:30 -0800]:
>I do not think that we should sign on to this for reasons that should be
>obvious from my earlier two notes today.
>
>If we do look to sign on then it should be a somewhat nuanced response
>(which I hope and even expect that the ITUG and Greenpeace might shift to
>once they have had a chance to reflect a bit further on these issues).
>
>Our approach should of course, include a call for additional transparency
>and inclusivity in decision making but also a recognition of the need for
>collective intervention in support of the public interest in areas such as
>universal access and net neutrality and the extension of any concerns with
>respect to transparency and accountability to those private companies whose
>quasi-monoply positions in various Internet areas give them the means to
>introduce and enforce de facto operating policies and standards.
>
>Mike
>
>From: izumiaizu at gmail.com [mailto:izumiaizu at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Izumi
>AIZU
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:17 PM
>To: governance
>Subject: [governance] Fwd: [igf_members] WCIT
>
>
>
>And this one, too, to take note.
>
>Should IGC consider a Statement soon?
>
>Any volunteer ?
>
>
>
>Izumi
>
>----------転送メッセージ----------
>From: Chris Disspain
>日付: 2012年11月16日金曜日
>件名: [igf_members] WCIT
>To: Internet Governance Forum <igf_members at intgovforum.org>
>
>All,
>
>FYI, below is text of media release from ITUC following a meeting Thursday
>with ITU.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>
>
>INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
>
>ITU Refuses Proposals for Open Discussion of Plans to Regulate Internet
>
>Geneva, 15 November 2012(ITUC Media Release):  The International Trade Union
>Confederation (ITUC) today met with Dr Hamadoun Toure, Head of the UN’s
>International Telecommunication Union, to take internet regulation proposals
>off the agenda of the World Conference on International Telecommunication
>(WCIT-12) due to take place in Dubai in December.  ITUC General Secretary
>Sharan Burrow said that the internet had always been managed by a
>multi-stakeholder approach, but that the proposed changes would radically
>undermine this model and seriously alter internet governance.
>
>“This is not a process that the UN should stamp as having legitimacy when
>governments and in particular telecoms ministries are simply negotiating on
>their own interests, in a forum without proper civil society engagement. We
>strongly oppose plans which would increase costs, reduce the spread of the
>internet and increase net censorship at the expense of human rights.
>
>“We put a proposal to the ITU today to take the damaging proposals off the
>table at Dubai, and join a broad, open and multi-stakeholder process that
>would bring together all the government, civil society and business
>interests to look at the future of the internet.  Regrettably, the ITU
>rejected this.”
>
>“The danger for the upcoming World Conference on International
>Telecommunications (WCIT-12) is that certain governments will attempt to
>undermine the multi-stakeholder approach behind closed doors and without
>full transparency.
>
>“Certain proposed changes cause a great deal of alarm to the global labour
>movement - in particular, introduction of a pricing regime; requirements
>that the internet only be used in a ‘rational’ way - these are changes
>that ought to be openly debated; not behind closed doors as the ITU plans.
>
>“We can’t afford to have vested interests of some governments and
>telecommunications companies take over the internet as we know it.
>
>“An internet totally controlled by government and big business contradicts
>the very essence of what the internet represents - open and free access for
>all.
>
>“These are hugely important issues, which should be dealt with in an open,
>transparent and inclusive way,” said Ms Burrow.
>
>Phillip Jennings, the General Secretary of UNI Global Union which represents
>workers in the telecoms and internet sectors, called on the ITU to accept
>trade unions as full discussion partners, which it had never done despite
>repeated requests from UNI.
>The meeting with Dr Toure came a week after Equal Times launched ‘Stop the
>net grab’, a global online campaign to press for an open consultation on
>internet regulation
>http://www.equaltimes.org/news/stop-the-net-grab-ituc-launches-global-campai
>gn-against-internet-crackdown .  The ITUC and Greenpeace signaled their
>concerns in a joint letter to UN Secretary General Ban K-moon last Friday.
>
>ENDS
>
>What’s at stake?
>
>If accepted, the changes would allow:
>
>*         Increased government restriction or blocking of information
>disseminated via the internet
>
>*        Creation of a global regime of monitoring internet communications,
>including the demand that those who send and receive information identify
>themselves
>
>*         Requirement that the internet only be used in a ‘rational’ way
>
>*         Governments to shut down internet access if they decide that it
>may interfere in the internal affairs of countries or that information of a
>‘sensitive nature’ might be shared
>
>*         Introduction of a new pricing regime which would increase costs
>and slow down internet growth, especially in the poorer countries.
>
>The ITUC represents 175 million workers in 308 affiliated national
>organisations from 153 countries and territories.
>
>Follow us on the web: http://www.ituc-csi.org  and
>http://www.youtube.com/ITUCCSI
>
>
>
>--
>                     >> Izumi Aizu <<
>Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo
>Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
>Japan
>www.anr.org
>

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