[discuss] ITU PP-14 has started in Busan, Korea

[Adam]

On Oct 21, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Statements are important. Even more is what you think about the internet-related documents, which are now publicly accessible on the ITU site. 
> 

<https://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Pages/default.aspx>

Internet Society's work very helpful 

<http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2014/10/itu-plenipotentiary-2014-opens>

Particularly the issues matrix <http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/key-resolutions-and-issues-watch-2014-itu-plenipotentiary-conference>

Adam




> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, Adam <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> Thanks Paul.
> 
> New civil society statement might be of interest -- and I hope will gain support, see http://bestbits.net/itu-plenipot-notes/
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Anne Jellema <anne at webfoundation.org> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Anne Jellema
> > CEO
> > +27 061 36 9352 (ZA)
> > +1 202 684 6885 (US)
> > @afjellema
> >
> > World Wide Web Foundation | 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 500, Washington DC, 20005, USA | www.webfoundation.org | Twitter: @webfoundation
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 21, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Paul Wilson wrote:
> 
> > Friends,
> >
> > You are probably aware that the ITU’s 2014 plenipotentiary conference started yesterday, and will run for the next 3 weeks.
> >
> > The event webcast is available here:
> >
> >   https://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Pages/webcast.aspx
> >
> > and please note the links to real time captioning services on this page.
> >
> > For twitter, the “official" hashtag is #Plenipot14
> >
> >
> > If anyone is aware of useful reports or commentaries on the meeting as it goes on, hope you will share them here.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> > Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                      <dg at apnic.net>
> > http://www.apnic.net                                     +61 7 3858 3100
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > discuss mailing list
> > discuss at 1net.org
> > http://1net-mail.1net.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> discuss mailing list
> discuss at 1net.org
> http://1net-mail.1net.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best,
> Veni
> http://veni.com
> https://facebook.com/venimarkovski
> https://twitter.com/veni
> ***
> The opinions expressed above 
> are those of the author, not of 
> any organizations, associated 
> with or related to him in 
> any given way.
> ***
> 
> 
> == Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are caused by the touchscreen keyboard. Also, that's the reason for using short words and phrases. 
> 
>