[chapter-delegates] Latest ISOC WGIG statement
David McAuley
mcauley at isoc.org
Sat Jun 4 06:48:38 PDT 2005
Alejandro, thank you for your note.
I will forward to Lynn and Mirjam to bring to attention of
group.
Very best wishes
David
On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:37:48 -0500 (CDT)
Alejandro Pisanty <apisan at servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
> David,
>
> at any rate, let's see some action. WGIG has just
> published a
> work-in-progress, preliminary report of the responses to
> its
> questionnaire.
>
> Will this group be able to help provide a response?
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
>
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> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, David McAuley wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:56:18 -0400
> > From: David McAuley <mcauley at isoc.org>
> > To: 'Jacques Berleur' <jberleur at info.fundp.ac.be>
> > Cc: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
> > Subject: RE: [chapter-delegates] Latest ISOC WGIG
> statement
> >
> > Dear Prof. Berleur:
> >
> > I am sorry for the delay but I was doing some
> background checking on this
> > information inasmuch as I myself had not participated
> in it directly.
> >
> > Our Public Policy positions are developed based on
> long-established
> > principles developed with and agreed by the ISOC Board,
> members and
> > chapters, in some cases are reviewed with members of
> the I* community and
> > these and have been expressed in various ways - going
> back to some of the
> > first Member Briefings from the fall of 2003 when WSIS
> I was underway. This
> > was not a new position, the one you asked about.
> >
> > We have made statements or published papers at each
> WGIG or WSIS meeting and
> > our position has been consistent even though we
> developed it further over
> > time. If you look at some of our first info bulletins
> (?The Genius of the
> > Internet? (http://www.isoc.org/news/4.shtml); and ?The
> Internet Works
> > Through Coordination, Not Governance?
> (http://www.isoc.org/news/7.shtml))
> > you will find the same underlying position. It is
> possible that our language
> > has become a little more direct, perhaps because we
> felt that this was
> > needed in order to be heard by WGIG.
> >
> > And all the time we have worked closely with others of
> the I* community to
> > ensure we're not alone with our position. We also take
> steps to ensure our
> > statements are aligned with ISOC's principles and with
> the majority of our
> > members.
> >
> > Patrick Vande Walle mentioned a committee. That
> committee has 22 pretty
> > active participants, 11 of whom are also members of
> chapters although they
> > are not specifically asked to 'represent' their
> chapters. This is part of a
> > broad effort to accomplish what I mentioned: a
> statement aligned with ISOC?s
> > principles and with the majority of our members.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > David
> >
> > David McAuley
> > Membership Director
> > Internet Society
> > 703-326-9880, ext 104
> > 703-963-5887 (mobile)
> > mcauley at isoc.org
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jacques Berleur
> [mailto:jberleur at info.fundp.ac.be]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:01 PM
> > To: David McAuley
> > Cc: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
> > Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Latest ISOC WGIG
> statement
> > Importance: High
> >
> > Dear David,
> > I would be happy to have an information about the
> > process of elaboration of this statement of ISOC
> > to the WGIG. How have the chapters been involved
> > in this process?
> > I don't think that this position will help the
> > working group to come to a satisfactory position
> > for the next phase of the WSIS in Tunis. It seems
> > to me an aggressive position which doesn't take
> > into account so many voices around the world. I
> > don't understand how a technical position
> > (including standardization) could dictate a
> > global approach as requested by the WSIS (first
> > phase, Geneva) in its Declaration of Principles
> > (N° 48-50) as well as in its Plan of Action (N°
> > 13, where the terms of reference of the WG are
> > quite clear). There are surely technical
> > problems, but also public policy issues.
> > What has been the process of elaboration of the
> so-called "ISOC statement"?
> > Thanks for youir attention,
> > Jacques Berleur
> > ISOC-Belgium (Wallonia)
> >
> >
> >
> > >Dear Chapter Delegates:
> > >
> > >As you know, the World Summit on the Information
> Society (WSIS) and its
> > >Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) are
> engaged in a process that
> > is
> > >gathering steam. The importance of this discussion
> should not be
> > >underestimated.
> > >
> > >In that regard, I would like to draw your attention to
> ISOC's latest
> > >statement to the WGIG. You can see it at:
> >
>
>http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/documents/ISOC_WGIG_Commentary_20
> > 050418.pdf
> > >
> > >We commend this document to you. Please be sure to
> pass it on to your
> > >members, create links to it, bring to the attention of
> your partners and
> > >other organizations you work with - in brief please
> use this and related
> > >ISOC WSIS and WGIG materials for your chapter
> activities to inform and
> > >energize support for sound Internet development
> continuing into the future.
> > >ISOC will remain engaged and we will best do that with
> your input.
> > >
> > >Thank you.
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >David
> > >
> > >David McAuley
> > >Membership Director
> > >Internet Society
> > >703-326-9880, ext 104
> > >703-963-5887 (mobile)
> > >mcauley at isoc.org
> >
> >
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