[Chapter-delegates] UN request for info on ISOC steps toward enhanced cooperation

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Dear Bill Graham:

With reference to the request from the UN regarding enhanced  
cooperation, I would make the following suggestions:

1.	The first two pages of the October 6 2008 letter should stand by  
cross-reference, without repetition, so that our 2010 reply would  
concentrate on amplifying and updating the third page.

2.	Include a short definition of "enhanced cooperation" from the  
Internet Society's point of view.

3.	Broaden the concept of ISOC Cooperation to include (a) particularly  
the ISOC Chapter's presence in the ICANN At Large and (b) regional,  
cultural and linguistic cooperation among Chapters and with other  
entities.

4.	It might also enhance our reply in the UN context if we could  
provide a geographical distribution of Chapters, individual Membership  
and organisational Membership.

Regarding the last paragraph in the October 6 2008 letter, please  
recall that the Secretary General's report should in the first  
instance be considered by the CSTD (Commission for Science and  
Technology for Development) before being submitted to ECOSOC.

Regards,

Christopher Wilkinson




On 22 Feb 2010, at 20:56, Bill Graham wrote:

> Dear Chapter delegates,
>
> We received an email late Friday from the United Nations requesting  
> an update to the 2008 report on the steps ISOC has taken towards  
> enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to the  
> Internet.  The deadline for the response is 15 March.  I know that  
> other organizations have received the same request.  I am writing to  
> ask you to contribute to our response.
>
> I have attached the ISOC response to the last consultation.  As you  
> will see, it explains the Internet model in some detail, and then  
> focuses on three specific areas where we particularly cooperate with  
> other stakeholders: in public policy, standards, and education/ 
> capacity building.  I propose to update those comments in shorter  
> form.  This time, I would really appreciate hearing from you about  
> areas where the Chapters and Members of ISOC work with the private  
> sector, civil society, governments and international organizations  
> in those areas and other areas of Internet governance.
>
> Unfortunately, the deadline set by the UN is quite short -- we have  
> only 3 weeks to prepare a response, and the ICANN meeting is in the  
> middle of that. I apologize, but would ask if you can please send me  
> your responses by the end of your day Wednesday, 10 March.
>
> best regards,
>
> Bill
>
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