<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hello<div><br></div><div>A group of civil society folks have been trying to assemble a input letter for the ITU Plenipotentiary conference asking for what should be some rather simple things, i.e. transparency and inclusiveness. A number of NCUCers have been involved (e.g. Avri, Niels, Lea, Deborah, myself) in this discussion. The letter has now gone out for endorsements, and a number of civil society organizations including NCUC/SG members have signed on. I think it’d be nice if we could as a network, whether at the SG level or at the constituency level. </div><div><br></div><div>On the assumption that the SG should have “first dibs” on any policy statements, would it be possible for the NCSG PC to organize a decision on the timeline below?</div><div><br></div><div>Bill<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Anne Jellema <<a href="mailto:anne@webfoundation.org">anne@webfoundation.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[bestbits] ITU Plenipot transparency & participation letter - comments close Weds, 4:00 pm EDT/ 10:00 pm CET</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">October 7, 2014 at 9:40:07 PM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Anne Jellema <<a href="mailto:anne@webfoundation.org">anne@webfoundation.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Dear friends,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">• Pre-conference knowledge sharing;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">• Coordination of specific advocacy efforts;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">• Organising on the ground civil society activities in Busan.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">As part of coordinating specific advocacy efforts, the group has developed a letter with several specific asks regarding PP Conference processes. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Please find the letter here: </span><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.4444446563721px"><a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Z2Rf7Zrxwk">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Z2Rf7Zrxwk</a> .</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px">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, </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px">a final text, which we'll try to pull together as fast as possible, will be available for 24 hours for endorsements</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px">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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">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.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">This letter will be sent to the ITU Secretary General/Secretariat later this week, and then to various ITU delegations as an FYI.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.4444446563721px">Special thanks to Matthew Shears and Lea Kaspar for leading the drafting.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">In addition, if anyone else is interested in contributing to the efforts of the fluid working group, please drop me a note. <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Very best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-repeat:initial">Anne</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="'Lucida Grande'" style="font-size:11px">Anne Jellema </font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="'Lucida Grande'" style="font-size:11px">CEO <font color="#b8265c"> </font></font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="'Lucida Grande'" style="font-size:11px">+27 061 36 9352 (ZA) <br></font><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="'Lucida Grande'" style="font-size:11px"><font>+1 202 684 6885 (</font>US)</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="'Lucida Grande'" style="font-size:11px">@afjellema </font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><b><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(81,144,50)"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></span></b></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><b><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(81,144,50)"><span style="font-size:11px">World Wide Web Foundation | 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC, 20005, USA | </span><span style="font-size:11px"><a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(81,144,50);text-decoration:none">www.webfoundation.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11px"> | Twitter: @webfoundation</span></span></b><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></div></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"> </font><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; text-align: -webkit-auto; word-wrap: break-word;"><br></div></div>
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