[cooperation-wg] WTPF in Geneva

On 6 maj 2013, at 10:20, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:

> On 6 May 2013, at 08:42, Patrik Fältström <paf at frobbit.se> wrote:
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>> I encourage everyone to, for example, have a look at this document and others that describe one view of the Internet that for example does not match my personal view.
> 
> Thanks for this Patrik. It's all very well to look at these documents and perhaps comment on them here. But what should people do if they want to have their views heard where it would have the most impact? Should they make a trip to Geneva? Is the WTPF meeting open to non members? If not, how do non-ITU members get someone (who?) to make representations on their behalf? Would the NCC do this? How? Will the NCC even be at WTPF?

They should write for example comments on this document and pass to whoever from their Government is going to Geneva.

> What are the likely consequences of this WTPF meeting? Can it decide anything which influences or determines ITU policy, eg create a resolution that becomes a binding agenda item for the next plenipot or requires the ITU to set up a new study group? 

They can accept statements that then will be referenced in for example PP-14.

> So many questions...
> 
> I wonder too why ITU is continuing to discuss Internet governance when that issue is supposed to be something they've to leave alone.

Because governments do want to control for example IP address allocation, tie that to licensing, and use that in turn to control "what is information" and how that is allowed to flow within their state.

   Patrik