[council] Re: [soac-discussion] [ALAC] Fwd: ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

An Excellent initiative, thanks for sending this Olivier.

I am copying the GNSO Council for any input they might wish to provide.

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Registry Relations and Strategy Director
Group NBT

Le 12 juil. 2012 à 09:48, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond a écrit :

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> please be so kind to find my message to our at-Large lists attached below.
> As a part of ICANN which has an extensive local footprint, we are asking our 
> members to think globally but act locally. I know that several of your 
> communities also have a wide footprint. 
> How can we collaborate together to make our local action more effective? 
> How can we work together to defend the multi-stakeholder model that we all 
> support?
> 
> Warmest regards,
> 
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
> 
> -------- Message original --------
> Sujet:        [ALAC] Fwd: ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR 
> Documents
> Date :        Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:37:34 +0200
> De :  Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx>
> Pour :        ALAC Working List <alac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, At-Large 
> Worldwide <at-large@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Copie à :     ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I know that several of you are following the World Congress on
> Information Technology (WCIT) issues closely -- and you are right to do
> so since the outcome of the WCIT discussions will directly affect our
> communities. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) member
> states will meet in Dubai in December 2012 to update the International
> Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), last updated in the late eighties.
> The big difference with the eighties is that it is proposed that the
> regulations would include the Internet.
> 
> The ALAC has a WIKI page of relevant links for all of you to learn about
> the WCIT issues. There are links to further information under several
> sub-headings:
> 
> - Internet Governance
> - Domain Name
> - IPv6
> - Other
> 
> Please be so kind to inform staff if you know of a good resource to list
> on that WIKI page. Also, if anyone knows of a good short, easy to
> understand introduction to the subject of ITU, WCIT & ITRs, please be so
> kind to suggest it for inclusion on that page. It is really important
> that we have resources to help our local Internet users understand what
> is about to happen and why we all need to be concerned about this.
> 
> The message attached below, forwarded from ISOC, points to at least a
> partial opening of the ITU's document database and I hereby ask staff to
> add the link to the WIKI.
> 
> The Internet Society has asked its chapters around the world to find out
> way to liaise with government officials in their own country and thus
> bring the input of individual internet users to the discussion. I
> believe that the At-Large community, which has a wide footprint by also
> having a local presence in so many countries around the world, has an
> important part to play in informing their governments that we actually
> take part in ICANN's multi-stakeholder policy making model and that we
> support the current multi-stakeholder Internet Ecosystem as being one
> which promotes innovation and development better than any other top-down
> system.
> 
> You will find a list of the government officials of ITU member states
> listed here:
> http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1
> 
> Please be so kind to find out who your government officials and local
> organisation observers are and discuss locally within your organization
> what you could do at local level to engage a dialogue with your local
> officials and ministers for them to make sure they are aware of the
> issues and not make the mistake of supporting recommendations that will
> cripple their local economy by crippling the Internet's potential for
> innovation.
> 
> Also -- please email suggestions as to what we, the At-Large Community
> of ICANN, could do to continue promoting the multi-stakeholder model 
> that we are engaged in.
> 
> Warmest regards,
> 
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> ALAC Chair
> 
> 
> -------- Message original --------
> Sujet:        [Itu2012chapters] ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to
> ITR Documents
> Date :        Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:29:17 -0400
> De :  Sally Wentworth <wentworth@xxxxxxxx>
> Pour :        itu2012chapters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> 
> Today, the ITU Council took up the issue of transparency of ITU WCIT
> documents and Member State proposals.   Karen Mulberry has, again,
> offered a summary of the discussion and the decision below.  In
> short, the Council?s final decision is to post only CWG-WCIT TD-64 (the
> draft ITRs) for public access on the WCIT-12 website
> (http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12) and that the ITU will have a publicly
> available space on this site for all stakeholders to post opinions and
> comments.  There will be no consultation process as was originally
> proposed by the SecGen and no other WCIT documents will be made publicly
> available.   The responsibility is really now with the Member States to
> have an open and participatory national process to allow for a full and
> transparent discussion about the WCIT. 
> 
> *============================*
> 
> *ITU Council Decision on WCIT Open Access to ITR Documents*
> 
> 11 July 2012 the ITU Council discussed a process regarding open and
> unrestricted access to WCIT and ITR proposals and documents. 
> 
> The Sec Gen presented a plan to make the CWG-WCIT document TD-64 openly
> accessible to the public to address the public request for access,
> openness and transparency.  The SecGen also proposed that any CWG-WCIT
> proposals that are made openly accessible should be posted without any
> reference to their source contributor.  There was also a proposal by
> Japan to make CWG-WCIT TD-62 (the compilation of proposals) openly
> accessible as this would assist in national consultations.  However,
> there were other countries that wanted all ITR proposals to be withheld
> from the public and not accessible without a TIES password.  In
> addition, it was noted that changes to the procedures to enable the
> publication of proposals to ITU conferences will need ITU
> Plenipotentiary Conference consideration in 2014 before any open process
> can be adopted.  In the meantime, it is up to Member States to conduct
> open consultations to prepare for WCIT where the Member State can freely
> share its proposals and information. 
> 
> Secretary General Toure also presented a proposal for a public online
> consultation to be moderated by his office where all stakeholders would
> have the opportunity to submit proposals and comments on the ITRs. The
> Secretary General thought that  this would allow the ITU to strengthen
> its credibility and reputation as well as the credibility of the WCIT
> process, which have both been victim to a series of inaccurate media
> reports.  The SecGen also noted that proceeding with an open
> consultation will continue to foster an image of the ITU as an open,
> transparent and listening organization; and will provide a transparent
> platform for all stakeholders to engage, participate and air their
> views.  Submissions to the ?Public Consultation? would be posted on the
> WCIT-12 web site and MAY be considered by Member States when preparing
> their proposals for the ITRs.
> 
> After much discussion, the Council?s final decision is to post only
> CWG-WCIT TD-64 (the draft ITRs) for public access on the WCIT-12 website
> (http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12) and that the ITU will have a publicly
> available space on this site for all stakeholders to post opinions and
> comments.  There will be no consultation process as was originally
> proposed by the SecGen and no other WCIT documents will be made publicly
> available.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sally Wentworth
> Internet Society 
> +1 703 439 2146
> wentworth@xxxxxxxx <mailto:wentworth@xxxxxxxx>
> www.isoc.org
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