[Chapter-delegates] WTSA 2016 begins this week

[Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G.]

Good luck to all of you!!!

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
ISOC Costa Rica Chapter


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On 24 Oct 2016, at 16:55, Elizabeth Oluoch wrote:

> Dear Members,
>
> The ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 
> (WTSA-16<http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa16/Pages/default.aspx>) 
> begins on October 25th in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. The ISOC 
> delegation will join ITU members (governments, private sector, 
> non-governmental organizations, academia) in shaping the future 
> direction of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization sector (ITU-T). 
> One of our key messages for delegates at WTSA-16 is that the work 
> programs approved for the next study period should not lead to a 
> regulatory or operational role of the ITU in the governance of the 
> Internet. To get more insights into our other main objectives and the 
> key issues that we will be following at this meeting, we invite you to 
> read our 
> blog<https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/10/road-yasmine-hammamet-expectations-wtsa-16> 
> .
>
> Additionally, please visit the WTSA-16 
> section<https://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA> on our website for 
> additional resources for this meeting including the ITU WTSA-16 Issues 
> Matrix<http://www.internetsociety.org/wtsa/matrix> with Co-signatures 
> which reflects the Internet related resolutions that will be discussed 
> at the meeting.
> Link to WTSA-16 section: http://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA
>
> Our delegation members are: Mark Buell, Jane Coffin, Petko Kantchev 
> (ISOC Bulgaria), Verengai Mabika (ISOC Zimbabwe), Michuki Mwangi, 
> Alejandro Pisanty (ISOC Mexico), Elizabeth Oluoch and Sagarika 
> Wickramasekera (ISOC Sri Lanka).
>
> Finally, as the meeting progresses we will keep you informed of 
> developments on the ground via the WTSA-16 section on our website as 
> well as on this mailing list.
>
> We look forward to engaging with all of you over the course of the 
> next several days.
>
> Best regards,
> Elizabeth
>
> Elizabeth Oluoch
> Policy Advisor
> Internet Society
> Direct: +1 703 439 2138


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