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

[William Drake]

Hi Parminder,

I'd think the first thing to do would be to get up to speed on where the
conversation is within the ITU.  This is a very long-running debate, and
there have been recent proposals by some member governments to make ITU
standards and some other materials freely available (not sure the format
issue has been addressed), so it's already a live topic the secretariat is
looking at.  An optimal letter would be aware of/positioned within that
context.  Never hurts to give a nod toward the esteemed delegation of
country xyz etc.

It wouldn't hurt to submit the letter via the online forum, just for the
record, but probably few member governments or firms are bothering to look
there anymore.  Maybe they will before the Council meeting.  Either way,
I'd also submit it directly to the SG and perhaps copy the heads of SPU,
external relations, and the sections.

I'm leaving town in a couple of hours but would be happy to follow up on
this with you and others from next week.

Cheers,

Bill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of 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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> 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/do
cs/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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