[WSIS CS-Plenary] ITU reform (Was WSIS: Golden Book)

[Parminder]

Dear Karen,

It will certainly be useful for CS to raise this issue - of open access to
the content produced by ITU -  more formally and more forcefully, now
especially when ITU also seems to be taking notice. Bill Drake also
suggested that CS does a sign-on letter on this issue. 

In which context you think can this submission be made. Shd we just address
a letter to ITU chief, or put in a submission to the Doha meeting. And I
understand that the online consultation on ITU reform is still on, and
accepting comments.

I can try and prepare a statement if there is enough support for submitting
such a statement. 

Regards

Parminder 

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Parminder Jeet Singh
IT for Change
Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities 
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hi

>It would be fun to look straight into Mr Utsumi's face to observe his
>reaction while asking him about the Creative Commons' practices of ITU...
:)

yes! - but on this note, parminder raised this issue prior to the ITU 
reform meeting

it would seem a useful thing for civil society fo followup on.. 
remembering the small indication that they were listening.. (in 
relation to 5.3 in any case, 5.2 lesser, 5.1 no - points below)

parminder - would you be interested in drafting something that folks 
could sign onto if they agreed?

karen
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The summary made by the Chairman of the ITU meeting on reform is now at:

 
<http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Feb-2006/docs/summary
_of_the_itu_reform_meeting.doc>http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group
_on_WSIS/Feb-2006/docs/summary_of_the_itu_reform_meeting.doc 


On openness there are the following statements:

  "5. Membership, access and openness

  "5.1. ITU is sufficiently open because legal entities can 
become  ITU Sector Members or Associates. Technical workshops are open to
  individuals and external organizations.

  "5.2. ITU's approach to membership could be adapted to create more 
openness in the post WSIS environment to benefit from the
  knowledge of civil society about local conditions. 
The  consequences of ITU decisions are very important to civil society
  as well as to the private sector.

  "5.3. ITU publications and standards should be freely 
available  for downloads."


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