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

[Seun Ojedeji]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:28 PM, avri doria <avri at ella.com> wrote:

> No reason I see for not being able to sign. We are a bottom up
> organization that participates in icann and can do anything we please in
> terms of advocacy.
>

Hmm...actually i did not know NCSG is registered as an independent
organisation.

Thanks

Cheers!

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>
> avri
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at GMAIL.COM>
> Date:10/22/2014 7:05 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on
> period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations
>
> 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 wishes
>> Anne
>>
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