[bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations

[Mamadou LO]

Hi;

I express the same concerns as Seun!! Can someone enlighten us?

Regards!

Mamadou

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:05:46 +0100
From: seun.ojedeji at GMAIL.COM
Subject: Re: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations
To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

Hi,

I will add a +1 to this if indeed NCSG can sign which i doubt, considering that this is a stakeholder group within ICANN. Perhaps it will be good to check if NSCG has ever signed anything outside of ICANN's jurisdiction 

Cheers!

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:12 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I mentioned this before—is there any chance NCSG can sign on collectively in support of opening the ITU up a bit?  This is of relevance to the IG environment.  I’ve signed as an individual but network/org endorsements matter much more in UN-land.
Bill

Begin forwarded message:
From: Anne Jellema <anne at webfoundation.org>
Date: October 20, 2014 at 10:38:08 PM GMT+2
To: "bestbits at lists.bestbits.net" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>
Subject: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations
Reply-To: Anne Jellema <anne at webfoundation.org>

Dear colleagues
As you know, a fluid working group was formed after the IGF to try to come up with joint recommendations for the ITU Plenipot. We produced the open letter on transparency and participation in the Plenipot process itself, which many of you signed (thank you!). Our second and harder task was to develop positions on some of the most important substantive issues before the conference. The output of this second phase of our work is a 7 page lobby document that is now available for endorsement for the next 24 hours at:
http://bestbits.net/itu-plenipot-notes

The fluid working group struggled to obtain the conference proposals on which to base our analysis and recommendations, both because of the ITU's restrictions on document access and because many Member States submitted their proposals quite late in the day. As a result, our drafting process has taken us hard up against the start of the Plenipot itself. 
It is now very urgent to get this text in front of delegations, so we are opening it for endorsements rather than comment. If however someone has a red flag, "absolutely can't live with it" issue that prevents them from signing on, they should email me personally in the next 24 hours to propose an edit(s) to resolve this issue, and I will consult the other members of the ITU fluid working group on whether to accept this edit. 
Due to the lack of time for comment and consensus, we are not presenting these recommendations in the name of Best Bits or on behalf of civil society in general but only on behalf of the specific organisations endorsing. 
If you would like your organisation to be listed, please send your logo to Carolina Rossini (crossini at publicknowledge.org) by 22:30 CET (16:30 EST) tomorrow, 21 Oct.
Best wishesAnne
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