[Chapter-delegates] ISOC contributions to ITU WTPF (1)

[Bill Graham]

First, thanks to those of you who joined us for last week's conference  
call about the World Telecommunication Policy Forum.  I apologize for  
the technical glitch at my end when I lost power, but I do appreciate  
your interest in our work to try to ensure that the delegates to this  
important meeting are well informed, and hopefully will make decisions  
that are good for the future of the Internet.

I also appreciate your interest in contributing to the development of  
the various fact sheets that we're intending to submit to the ITU as  
part of our informational program.  I am attaching the first and  
largest group of these here.  These documents are to be used as part  
of a long term process to take advantage of discussions of Internet  
issues in international forums, taking advantage of the large  
attendance by developing country governments.  We are always  
appreciative of comments to improve these documents, so are sharing  
them with chapter delegates, org members and others in the technical  
community to get their advice.  Most of the documents attached here  
have already been posted to our website in slightly older versions for  
several months, and were promoted at previous ITU events.

Your help and comments to improve them will be much appreciated.   
Because the ITU WTPF will be held in April, I'd appreciate having all  
comments BEFORE MARCH 5, so we can get these distributed.  Comments  
received after that time will be kept on file for consideration in  
developing future versions.

The documents attached here are:

1. Reaching out to your government.doc (Note hyperlinks throughout) --  
this is a new document aiming to help ISOC members contact their  
governments on WTPF issues.

2.  IPv6 Allocation -- This document was produced to inform  
governments and others about the process, and to inform them about  
upcoming meetings

3.  The Internet and Standards -- This document describes the  
characteristics of an Internet standard and how they are developed.   
It has also been used previously.

4.  The User-Centric Internet -- This document has been a centrepiece  
of ISOC's global outreach, and has been used several times, including  
at last year's OECD Ministerial meeting on the information economy,  
where it was submitted as a contribution with the support of a wide  
range of Internet technical organizations.  It raises a number of  
important issues to be considered in the future development of the  
Internet, consistent with ISOC's overall goals and principles.

One document is still to come, and should be ready for distribution in  
the next few days.  It talks about the Internet and how it is  
different from the Next Generation Network as defined by the ITU,  
based on a joint IETF-ITU workshop held in 2005 where the issue was  
fully explored.  It will be useful to remind WTPF participants about  
the outcomes of that important event.

Regards,

Bill




  
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Bill Graham
Global Strategic Engagement
The Internet Society
graham at isoc.org
tel +1.613.231.8543 or
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