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    Hi. <br>
    See attached the contribution from Bulgaria, sent to the Ministry in
    a timely manner. I am sending you just the English part of it, there
    was a letter in Bulgarian, too. Hope that other chapters have
    managed to help their own governments, as well.<br>
    <br>
    best,<br>
    veni<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/23/13 02:38, Władysław Majewski
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAL7SUs9WxtyU7i-HCnNMhny4BKvJW5w74dzS9hc2xfp9KdvArw@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">Just FYI: Polish Ministry of Administration and
        Digitalizion started public consultation on December, 11th:
        <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://mac.gov.pl/dzialania/grupa-robocza-itu-zbiera-informacje-o-polityce-w-sprawie-internetu-w-krajach-czlonkowskich-onz/"
            target="_blank">https://mac.gov.pl/dzialania/grupa-robocza-itu-zbiera-informacje-o-polityce-w-sprawie-internetu-w-krajach-czlonkowskich-onz/</a> <br>
        </div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Additionally on December, 19th they send an invitation to
          ISOC Polska and 10 other IT-related organizations (including
          Industry Chambers and two of our close allies: Modern Poland
          Fundation and Panoptykon Fundation).</div>
        <div><br>
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        <div>Consultation period ends January, 20th.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>My first personal reaction was... mixed. Should we
          legitimize ITU efforts to gain a reports about progress in
          areas which have nothing to do with ITU mission and real
          activities?</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Nevertheless it is a chance to include something important
          into Government's report. So probably the best way is to
          provide an input about what the real problems are, what was
          done about them, how was it done and by whom. In wider
          perspective Civil Society, including Internet Society, IETF,
          IGF participants, Privacy advocates did a lot. Governments and
          their umbrellas - not that much.  </div>
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        <br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">2013/12/23 Veni Markovski <span
            dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:veni@veni.com" target="_blank">veni@veni.com</a>></span><br>
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            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Dear all,<br>
              <br>
              The Bulgarian ministry of telecom has just started a
              public comment period on the questionnaire we discussed
              with Sally:<br>
              <br>
              <span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="http://www.mtitc.government.bg/page.php?category=106&id=6917"
                  rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mtitc.government.bg/page.php?category=106&id=6917</a><br>
                <br>
                They accept comments on 3 questions - the original from
                the ITU (we listed below earlier), plus two more:<br>
                <br>
                2) What is the ITU role to encourage governments in
                their work on Internet-related public policy?<br>
                3) Which international organizations/forums are best for
                getting governmental support on those issues, related to
                Internet public policy?<br>
                <br>
                Anyone can participate, deadline: January 14. Let me
                know, if you have comments. ISOC-Bulgaria will be
                sending some, so feel free to forward anything you feel
                appropriate. <br>
                <br>
                veni.<br>
              </span>
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                <div class="h5"><br>
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                  <br>
                  <div>On 11/27/13 11:22, Sally Wentworth wrote:<br>
                  </div>
                  <blockquote type="cite"> Hi all
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>In all the list traffic over recent days, I
                      wanted to underscore Veni's excellent note below
                      regarding the ITU Council Working Group on
                      international Internet public policy issues.  
                      This is a good opportunity for Chapters to work
                      with their national governments to help shape
                      gov't input to the group.   As many of you did in
                      the run-up to WCIT, this is also a chance to
                      encourage your government to have an open and
                      inclusive process for addressing this activity as
                      well as in their preparations for upcoming ITU
                      Conferences like the World Telecom Development
                      Conference and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.
                        These events seem like they are a long way off
                      but, as you can see from Veni's note, the work is
                      already underway to prepare.  </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Veni's message spells out the details quite
                      well so please read that carefully.  As you'll
                      see, the ITU Group is considering a number of very
                      important Internet issues.  </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>As you reach out to policymakers in your
                      country,  you may also wish to share your
                      experiences with other chapters so we can all
                      learn from one another about your experience and
                      what is happening at the local level.  </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>Kind regards,</div>
                    <div>Sally</div>
                    <div><br>
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                    <div><br>
                      <div><span
                          style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px">Sally

                          Wentworth<br>
                          Senior Director, Strategic Public Policy<br>
                          Internet Society <br>
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="tel:%2B1%20703%20439%202146"
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                            439 2146</a><br>
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:wentworth@isoc.org"
                            target="_blank">wentworth@isoc.org</a><br>
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://www.isoc.org" target="_blank">www.isoc.org</a></span>
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                      <br>
                      <div>
                        <div>On Nov 16, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Veni Markovski
                          <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:veni@veni.com" target="_blank">veni@veni.com</a>>

                          wrote:</div>
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                          <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">After my
                            initial reaction, and positive feedback I am
                            getting from you, I decided it's a good time
                            to share something we have prepared couple
                            of days ago, which fits perfect in Lynn's
                            informative message:<br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            ISOC-Bulgaria has been following the
                            developments around Internet governance on
                            the global arena since 2001, when we started
                            participate in the WSIS process. Our
                            representatives supported the efforts of the
                            Bulgarian government to make sure the
                            Internet is developed in an open, bottom-up,
                            and transparent way. <br>
                            Last week in Geneva (November 11-12) at the
                            ITU there was a meeting of the ITU Council <a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://www.itu.int/council/groups/CWG-internet/index.html"
                              target="_blank">Working Group</a> on
                            international Internet-related public policy
                            issues. The group finished its discussions
                            with a question that the ITU will send to
                            all member states (note – that means to
                            governments!), and the text accepted by the
                            group is:<br>
                            <br>
                            <span>“Recognizing the scope of work of ITU
                              on international Internet-related public
                              policy matters, represented by the list of
                              topics in Council Resolution 1305 Annex 1
                              which was established in accordance with
                              decisions of ITU membership at the
                              Plenipotentiary Conference, the Council
                              Working Group on International Internet
                              Related Public Policy invites Member
                              States to provide their position on
                              following question:</span><br>
                            <br>
                            <span>Q1. What actions have been undertaken
                              or to be undertaken by governments in
                              relations to each of the international
                              Internet-related public policy issues
                              identified in Annex 1 to Resolution 1305
                              (adopted by Council 2009 at the seventh
                              Plenary Meeting)?”</span><br>
                              <br>
                            Annex 1 gives the following issues:<br>
                            - Multilingualization of the Internet
                            Including Internationalized (multilingual)
                            Domain Names<br>
                            - International Internet Connectivity<br>
                            - International public policy issues
                            pertaining to the Internet and the
                            management of Internet resources, including
                            domain names and addresses<br>
                            - The security, safety, continuity,
                            sustainability, and robustness of the
                            Internet<br>
                            - Combating Cybercrime<br>
                            - Dealing effectively with spam<br>
                            - Issues pertaining to the use and misuse of
                            the Internet<br>
                            - Availability, affordability, reliability,
                            and quality of service, especially in the
                            developing world<br>
                            - Contributing to capacity building for
                            Internet governance in developing countries<br>
                            - Developmental aspects of the Internet<br>
                            - Respect for privacy and the protection of
                            personal information and data<br>
                            - Protecting children and young people from
                            abuse and exploitation)<br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            ISOC-Bulgaria urges all ISOC chapters around
                            the world, but also Internet Service
                            Providers, Regional Internet Registries,
                            Internet-related companies and organizations
                            that are involved in any of the 12 issues,
                            to reach out to their governments, and help
                            them explain to the ITU what actions are
                            being undertaken in their respected
                            countries or territories. <br>
                            <br>
                             <br>
                            <br>
                            <b>Why is it important? </b><br>
                            <br>
                            For several reasons. <br>
                            <br>
                            There are views at the ITU that the
                            organization should “take care” of the
                            Internet. Different countries understand it
                            differently. The ITU itself has been talking
                            about “establishing international control
                            over the Internet using the monitoring and
                            supervisory capabilities of the ITU”.<br>
                            <br>
                            Some countries believe that governments play
                            too small role in the Internet coordination
                            on a world scale, and believe that they
                            should take care of all the 12 issues listed
                            above.<br>
                            <br>
                            Some countries say that there should be
                            regulation of Internet content, access to
                            the Net, and some request web sites to be
                            registered with the government, and content
                            providers to be responsible for published
                            content. Others claim that this is
                            impossible to achieve because of the nature
                            of the Internet. Some believe that the
                            current Internet is not well designed and
                            built, and there should be a new internet
                            developed, by governments, which will be
                            more secure, and without spam, harmful
                            content, etc.<br>
                            <br>
                            There are, in general, two views of
                            development of the Internet. The President
                            of Estonia <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.president.ee/en/official-duties/speeches/7589-the-president-of-estonia-at-the-international-conference-of-cyber-conflict-8-june-2012/"
                              target="_blank">covered both views</a> in
                            his speech at a conference last year in
                            Tallinn. <br>
                            ISOC – Bulgaria dealt with these issues back
                            in 1999, when it <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://isoc.bg/kpd" target="_blank">
                              filed a case</a> against the government at
                            the Supreme Administrative Court, and
                            reached an out-of-court agreement to get rid
                            of any licenses or registrations about ISPs,
                            content, or any Internet-related business.  <br>
                            <br>
                            We would like to see Bulgaria’s leading role
                            on the ITU question, and we are hopeful that
                            other countries will also step in, and will
                            share their positive experience in the
                            Internet pubic policy that they have
                            accepted within their national territories.
                            Bulgaria, by the way, did that in an <a
                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/"
                              target="_blank"> official information
                              document</a>, submitted to the ITU
                            Plenipotentiary Conference in 2010.<br>
                            <br>
                             <br>
                            Best,<br>
                            Veni<br>
                            <br>
                            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://www.isoc.bg/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.bg</a><br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            <div>On 11/15/13 23:19, Lynn St.Amour wrote:<br>
                            </div>
                            <blockquote type="cite"> Dear
                              Chapter leaders,<br>
                               <br>
                              Please find the second of what is planned
                              to be regular updates on key Internet
                              governance activities.  Future updates
                              will be shorter.  The background included
                              here is to help layout today’s overall
                              environment. <br>
                            </blockquote>
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Best, 
Veni Markovski
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.veni.com" target="_blank">http://www.veni.com</a>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://twitter.com/veni" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/veni</a>

The opinions expressed above are those of the 
author, not of any organizations, associated 
with or related to him in any given way. </pre>
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            As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically
            subscribed<br>
            to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the
            Internet Society<br>
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        -- <br>
        W Majewski<br>
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    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 

Best, 
Veni Markovski
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.veni.com">http://www.veni.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.facebook.com/venimarkovski">https://www.facebook.com/venimarkovski</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/veni">https://twitter.com/veni</a>

The opinions expressed above are those of the 
author, not of any organizations, associated 
with or related to him in any given way. </pre>
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