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Dear Chapter Leaders,<br>
<br>
As many of you know an important battle was won in last years
Plenipotentiary Conference when an agreement was made to open up
some ITU Council working groups and allow for open and public
consultations. The ITU Council revised Resolution 1344 which
directed the Council Working Group on International Internet-related
public policy issues (CWG-Internet), which had been limited to
Member States, to begin a process of open consultation to all
stakeholders, and to conduct such open consultation according to
specific guidelines. At the 2015 Council Working Group session in
2105 it was resolved that the CWG-Internet should hold both open
online consultation and a physical open consultation meetings, with
remote participation, within a defined period prior to each
CWG-Internet meeting. <br>
<br>
The ITU Council also resolved that all relevant inputs received in
the open consultation will be available to the CWG-Internet and all
other stakeholders on a dedicated publicly accessible webpage, that
is a web page that did not require participants to have a specific
ITU log in to view the materials of the CWG-Internet website. It is
these inputs from the open online consultation on the topic or
topics decided by the CWG-Internet that will form the basis of
discussion at the physical open consultation meetings. It was also
decided at this meeting that all relevant responses will be
submitted to the CWG-Internet for consideration of the issues chosen
for its next meeting. <br>
<br>
The battle to open up this working group was long and hard fought
and now that we have established an open consultation we need to
make sure that there are enough responses so I encourage all Chapter
leaders to contribute to this important endeavor<br>
<br>
As was decided at the February 2015 meeting of the CWG-Internet,
Internet Exchange Points was the topic chosen.<o:p></o:p> The exact
wording of the topic is:<br>
"With a view to discussing the establishment of Internet Exchange
Points (IXPs) to advance connectivity, improve service quality and
increase network stability and resilience, fostering competition and
reducing interconnection costs, as proposed by Opinion 1 of WTPF-13
and consistent with PP-14 Resolutions 101 and 102, stakeholders are
invited to elaborate and exemplify on the challenges faced and
identify widely accepted best practices for the design, installation
and operation of IXPs."<o:p></o:p>
<br>
<br>
The deadline for submissions is
<b><span style="color:red">August 28<sup>th</sup></span></b>.<b> </b>To
submit inputs or for further information, please visit the following
link:
<a
href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx">http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/consultation-june2015.aspx</a>
There are currently 4 submissions and I am hoping that many more
will be coming. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Judith<br>
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Hellerstein & Associates
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