<div dir="ltr">Elizabeth,<div><br></div><div>fully agree and I again commend this approach as taken. Now is the time for us in chapters to forcefully make our basic points of view known to the national delegations that will be attending, and to make sure they continue to listen to us through the Plenipot. It is a long, gruelling few weeks, full of surprises and jarring violations of ground rules disguised in different ways. Secrecy in negotiations should not be allowed to hide what each delegation is doing, what principles they are actually championing and which they are hiding or openly violating. </div><div><br></div><div>It is hard to set in advance bright do-not-cross lines but we should try for that and convey it in a timely manner, then also continue to use social media and all channels as has been done successfully in the latest Plenipots and other preparatory conferences.</div><div><br></div><div>The Chapters' formal leaders should make sure that their members' efforts continue to be channelled both towards the Conference and in-country, in alliance with the sectors that believe in the same principles, and in negotiation with those with whom we may disagree (such as network operators, at times.) </div><div><br></div><div>And, we should avoig at all costs getting embroiled in the electoral politics of the ITU. While some of our Chapters have members and leaders as solid candidates, we should remember that there is a lot of non-transparent politics for these elections and that the negotiations may involve trading off or becoming silent on principles. And principles is what we are about.</div><div><br></div><div>Alejandro Pisanty</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 3:07 PM Elizabeth Oluoch <<a href="mailto:oluoch@isoc.org">oluoch@isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-8462934995375732730WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dear Mahad,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thank you for your email. If I may, I would like to respond. You raised an important question regarding options for our community’s participation and involvement at ITU Plenipotentiary (PP-18). While the event begins in two weeks, it is the culmination of months of preparations. Some of ISOC’s members have been involved in their national and in regional preparations, and helped shape the dialogue during these processes. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">An announcement for Fellows to PP-18 went out to ISOC members 5 months ago. Nadira Al Araj with ISOC Palestine, Paola Perez with ISOC Venezuela and Abdulkarim Oyolede from ISOC Nigeria were selected. Following the suggestion by Members to have someone with past ITU experience as a mentor for the fellows, Judith Hellerstein from the Washington DC Chapter was selected, given her many years of ITU related experience. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">However, there are practical and financial considerations to take into account which limit the size of ISOC’s delegation. While there are limited number of fellowship spots, there are ways that our community can be involved while the discussions are happening in Dubai. On the call with Chapters scheduled on Thursday, we will explore some of those options which includes our Communications Plan and how we can work together to deliver our PP-18 messages. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">ISOC has a PP-18 section on the website located here: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/un/plenipot-2018/isoc-activities/" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/events/un/plenipot-2018/isoc-activities/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Please continue to visit this page for the latest updates.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">I hope you can join the call on Thursday. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Thanks again. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Elizabeth <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Elizabeth Oluoch<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Senior Policy Advisor<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Internet Society<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>> on behalf of Mahad Farah <mahad@isoc.so><br><b>Date: </b>Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 6:03 AM<br><b>To: </b>Christine Saegesser <<a href="mailto:saegesser@isoc.org" target="_blank">saegesser@isoc.org</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Call with Chapters in advance of the ITU Plenipotentiary 2018 (18 Oct, 10:00 and 20:00 UTC)<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Christine, <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We are interested in this and we were even thinking of sending someone to attend this event in Dubai. However, we have learnt that this is only for government and associations like isoc etc. Unlike ICANN with its friendly approach of inviting all. So what other options are there? Can isoc sponsor a rep from our chapter who can contribute and lobby others to ensure the internet remains for all without any interference and restrictions, etc. and support all other initiatives of isoc. This is a very important event and the more people from isoc and chapters experienced with the ITU's complex bureaucracy and dynamic attending, the better.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Mahad<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:30 PM Christine Saegesser <<a href="mailto:saegesser@isoc.org" target="_blank">saegesser@isoc.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>(Sorry for cross-posting)</i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues, <br><br>We are organising a call with Chapters in advance of the ITU Plenipotentiary 2018. The call will take place on <b>18 October @ 10:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC</b> (to cover time zones). <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Please find the details below: </i></b><br><br>As you are fully aware the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference begins in Dubai later this month. The Plenipotentiary is an important conference that sets out the strategic agenda for the ITU for the next four years. The conference will take on key substantive matters that are of interest to the Internet Society community, e.g. Cybersecurity, Internet Governance, Access issues, within the context of the ITU’s role. Based on some of contributions submitted to the conference so far, there are proposals that seek a firm positioning of the ITU on Internet Governance matters. Given the Internet Society’s important mission for an “open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy Internet for everyone,” we have much work to do to ensure that the Internet continues to be an open, global platform for innovation and that collaborative governance processes that have enabled the Internet’s success continue to be supported. <span style="font-family:PMingLiU"><br></span> <span style="font-family:PMingLiU"><br></span>Please join the Internet Society’s PP-18 team for a discussion on our engagement at PP-18 on <b>Thursday, October 18 at 10:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC</b>. We will discuss amongst other topics, our goals, priorities and key messages. We would also like to hear from you on how we should engage with our Chapters during PP-18. We hope you can join us. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Connection details (Zoom)<br>======================</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>#1. Chapter Engagement Meeting on PP-18 / 10:00 UTC</b><br>Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: <a href="https://isoc.zoom.us/j/974681186" target="_blank">https://isoc.zoom.us/j/974681186</a><br> <br>Or iPhone one-tap :<br> US: +16465588656,,974681186# or +16699006833,,974681186# <br>Or Telephone:<br> Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): <br> US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833 <br> Meeting ID: 974 681 186<br> International numbers available: <a href="https://zoom.us/u/aPhIX7PJ6" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/u/aPhIX7PJ6</a><br> <br><b>#2: Chapter Engagement Meeting on PP-18 / 20:00 UTC</b><br>Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: <a href="https://isoc.zoom.us/j/892814371" target="_blank">https://isoc.zoom.us/j/892814371</a><br> <br>Or iPhone one-tap :<br> US: +16699006833,,892814371# or +16465588656,,892814371# <br>Or Telephone:<br> Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): <br> US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 <br> Meeting ID: 892 814 371<br> International numbers available: <a href="https://zoom.us/u/adnNsA5Be3" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/u/adnNsA5Be3</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best, <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Christine<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Internet Society (ISOC)<br>Christine Saegesser Baethge<br>Senior Manager Global Chapter Development<br>Website: <a href="http://www.InternetSociety.org" target="_blank">www.InternetSociety.org</a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Internet Society (ISOC)<br>Christine Saegesser Baethge<br>Senior Manager Global Chapter Development<br>Website: <a href="http://www.InternetSociety.org" target="_blank">www.InternetSociety.org</a><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">https://portal.isoc.org</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div>
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