On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:28 PM, avri doria <[log in to unmask]> 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! > > > avri > > Sent from a T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Seun Ojedeji <[log in to unmask]> > Date:10/22/2014 7:05 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 <[log in to unmask]> 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 <[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 <http://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 >> *********************************************** >> >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > *Seun Ojedeji,Federal University Oye-Ekitiweb: > http://www.fuoye.edu.ng <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng> Mobile: +2348035233535**alt > email: <http://goog_1872880453>[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>* > > The key to understanding is humility - my view ! > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji,Federal University Oye-Ekitiweb: http://www.fuoye.edu.ng <http://www.fuoye.edu.ng> Mobile: +2348035233535**alt email: <http://goog_1872880453>[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* The key to understanding is humility - my view !