It has been signed today as well. I signed it yesterday as an individual. Helén -----Original Message----- From: "Dorothy K. Gordon" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:53:18 +0000 Subject: Re: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU Plenipot joint recommendations > Is it not too late? > > best > > Dorothy K. Gordon > Director-General > Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT > Mobile: 233 265005712 > Direct Line: 233 302 683579 > Website: www.aiti-kace.com.gh > Encrypt Everything - https://gpgtools.org https://silentcircle.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Drake" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 October, 2014 9:12:31 AM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / > Monrovia > Subject: Fwd: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU > Plenipot joint recommendations > > 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 < [log in to unmask] > > > Date: October 20, 2014 at 10:38:08 PM GMT+2 > > To: " [log in to unmask] " < [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: [bestbits] Time-sensitive: 24 hour sign on period for ITU > Plenipot joint recommendations > > Reply-To: Anne Jellema < [log in to unmask] > > > > > 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 ( [log in to unmask] ) 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 > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > [log in to unmask] . > To unsubscribe or change your settings, visit: > http://lists.bestbits.net/wws/info/bestbits > > *********************************************** > William J. Drake > International Fellow & Lecturer > Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ > University of Zurich, Switzerland > Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency, > ICANN, www.ncuc.org > [log in to unmask] (direct), [log in to unmask] (lists), > www.williamdrake.org > ***********************************************