My support goes for this Regards, WISDOM DONKOR Sosftware / Network Engineer Web/Open Government Platform Portal Specialist National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana Tel; +233 20 812881 Email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Skype: wisdom_dk facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:52 AM, David Cake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would support this. > > David > > On 22 Oct 2014, at 5:12 pm, 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 > *********************************************** > > >