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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Request for Comments - Statement on Net Neutrality ‏
by Barrack Otieno 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Luca Belli <lucabelli(a)hotmail.it> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:16:41 +0200 Subject: Re: [Internet Policy] Request for Comments - Statement on Net Neutrality ‏ To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> FYI From: LB(a)lucabelli.net To: nncoalition(a)mailman.edri.org; global-nn(a)lists.riseup.net Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:58:15 -0700 CC: bestbits(a)lists.bestbits.net; governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org Subject: RE: Request for Comments - Statement on Net Neutrality ‏ Dear all, (apologies for crossposting) Many thanks for your comments to the previous versions of the Net Neutrality Policy Statement that will be presented at the IGF. Comments re: the previous drafts are public and will remain available at the Draft 1.0 googledoc, the Draft 2.0 oogledoc and in the archives of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality mailing-list. Please find in attachment, the DRAFT 3.0 of the Net Neutrality Statement. Feel free to comment and modify it using this googledoc or this pad or sharing your views via the DCNN mailing-list. This final comment-period will last until 25 June. Please do not hesitate to share this email through your networks. Thanks in advance for your inputs and feedback. Best regards, Luca -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Request for Comments - Statements on Net Neutrality ‏ From: <LB(a)lucabelli.net> Date: Mon, May 18, 2015 5:07 pm To: "DC NN" <nncoalition(a)mailman.edri.org>, global-nn(a)lists.riseup.net Cc: bestbits(a)lists.bestbits.net Dear all (apologies for crossposting), Many thanks for the numerous comments to the initial draft statement (see eg this google doc). The DRAFT 2.0 is in attachment and can be commented on using this googledoc, this pad or via the mailing-list of the Dynamic Coalition on network Neutrality (DCNN). Comments converged as regards the need for a concise NN statement that may be compatible but independent from the Model Framework on Network Neutrality (MF), elaborated by the DCNN and presented at the 8th IGF. Michael and I consolidated the received comments into a quite concise Draft 2.0 and would like to have your advise on whether to include or not the specialised service provisions in this Draft. The possible options would be to: (i) Have a separate statement on specialised services. In this case a specialised service statement will be circulated in the forthcoming days for comments. (ii) Include concise specialised service provisions in the attached Draft 2.0. This option may provide a more complete text but may also make it more difficult to reach consensus on the Statement. (iii) Include detailed provisions on specialised service in an updated version of the MF. Such option would allow to have both a principle-statement, expressing a common IGF vision on NN, and a detailed MF 2.0 supported by DCNN members (and perhaps by GNN members?) providing specific indications on how to frame both NN and specialized services. The deadline to comment this second draft is Saturday 29 May. Subsequently a final draft will be shared and, if needed, an extra 10-day comment period will be opened. Thanks a lot for your contributions! Best,Luca Dear all, (apologies for crossposting) This is a Request for Comments with regard to the development of two Policy Statements on Net Neutrality promoted by members of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality (DCNN) and the Global Coalition on Net Neutrality (GNN), to be discussed within the IGF community at-large. SUBJECT The development of the DRAFT Net Neutrality Policy Statements aims at promoting the endorsement of an agreed position on net neutrality by the IGF community, based on the Model Framework on Network Neutrality developed by the DCNN. The development of these Policy Statements is consistent with the Final Chair's Summary of the IGF 2014, according to which "The ninth IGF concluded with looking at the role of the IGF in taking the network neutrality discussion forward. [...] The Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality will continue the discussions leading up to the 2015 meeting, but the view was also held that there was a need to develop a process that allowed the entire IGF community to weigh in and validate the findings of the Dynamic Coalition." The DCNN Model Framework (MF) was presented at the 8th IGF in Bali and included in a Report on "Protecting Human Rights through Network Neutrality" delivered to the Council of Europe Steering Committee on Media and Information Society to be used as a working document for the elaboration of a Draft Recommendation on Net Neutrality. To date, the MF has been conveyed to several Parliamentary assemblies (EU Parliament, Argentinian Senate and South Korean Parliament) by DCNN members. However, although it has already played an inspirational role, the model has never been officially validated by the IGF community at-large, as pointed out by the Chairs Summary. This lack of validation is primarily due to the lack of an official validation process for dynamic coalitions' outcomes within the IGF structure. The development of the Policy Statements aims therefore at filling this gap through a self-organised and bottom-up process, which is the very essence of the IGF. DRAFT POLICY STATEMENTS During the RightsCon joint meeting of the DCNN and the GNN, consensus emerged as regards the elaboration of one or more DRAFT Net Neutrality Policy Statement(s) to be presented to the IGF MAG and discussed - and hopefully endorsed - by the IGF community at-large. The initial DRAFT policy statements are in attachment. The first policy statement (I. On Network Neutrality) aims at providing a concise and "human readable" version of the MF, while the second statement (II. On Specialised Services) aims at expanding the MF definition and provisions on specialised services, adding some further elements. The statements also include a "restyling" of the MF (APPENDIX Model Framework v.2.0). The original provisions of the MF have been reorganised within this restyled version, in order to identify with more clarity the key issues that should be evoked in the policy statements. The only modification to the MF content concerns the expansion of the specialised service provisions, in order include the additional elements that are proposed in Statement II. DRAFTERS According to DC NN Rules of Procedure, two drafters have been designated in order to "manage the elaboration of the position or statement and consolidate received comments with the aim of achieving a consensus document." The two individuals who volunteered as drafters are: - Luca Belli, DCNN Co-Chair and Researcher at the Center for Technology & Society, FGV Rio de Janeiro - Michał Woźniak, Warsaw Hackerspace and Polish Linux Users Group CALENDAR Comments to this initial DRAFT should be sent by 10 May 2015. After this deadline, the drafters will consolidate the comments and provide an updated draft that will be shared for a second round of comments. According to DCNN Rules of procedure, "DCNN members will be provided with 14 calendar days to comment, followed by a revised draft, and 10 calendar days to comment the revised draft." To foster the inclusion of widest number of comments from the IGF community at-large, all individuals will be allowed to comment the Draft statements using this google doc and this Pad. You are also free to share your inputs and critiques writing to the DCNN mailing-list MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "email07.europe.secureserver.net" claiming to be MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "email07.europe.secureserver.net" claiming to be nncoalition(a)mailman.edri.org to which you can subscribe following this link. Thanks in advance for your comments and, please, do not hesitate to share this email. Best regards, Luca Luca Belli, PhDResearcher, Center for Technology & Society, FGV Rio de JaneiroFounder and Co-chair, IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network NeutralityCo-founder and Co-chair, IGF Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility _______________________________________________ NNcoalition mailing list NNcoalition(a)mailman.edri.org http://mailman.edri.org/mailman/listinfo/nncoalition -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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10 days left to apply for Citizen Lab Summer Institute
by Mose Karanja 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Listers, The Citizen Lab Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and Rights is a series of intensive research workshops hosted annually at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The 2015 Citizen Lab Summer Institute (CLSI) will be held at the University of Toronto from June 24 to 26, 2015. The workshop will bring together participants from across a range of academic disciplines and practitioner communities. Building on our 2013 <https://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/2013.html> and 2014 <https://citizenlab.org/summerinstitute/2014.html> Summer Institutes, the Institute will be convening to learn how censorship, circumvention, and surveillance may have changed over the past year, what new developments are possible to research information controls, and whether there are trends to the development of information control and freedom tools and policies. The deadline for applications is 30 April 2015. Find more here <http://goo.gl/z2uIei>. -- Mose Karanja +254 724 162536 | @Mose_Karanja <https://twitter.com/Mose_Karanja> PGP: 0604 3438 218F B62D 38E4 09DE FD15 D21D 1529 552F <https://twitter.com/Mose_Karanja>

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Fw: [rpd] Policy Development Working Group: New Co-Chairs selected
by Walubengo J 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

Meanwhile, in other and perhaps more important news, one Barry Macharia (of KIXP) was appointed co-chair of the policy development working group. This is the group that deliberates and adopts how the IP resources will be used and dished out in Africa. Congrats Barry. Thanx for stepping up and getting voted. regards. walu. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ernest <ernest(a)afrinic.net> To: AfriNIC Resource Policy Discussion List <rpd(a)afrinic.net> Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 7:35 PM Subject: [rpd] Policy Development Working Group: New Co-Chairs selected All, During the AFRINIC-22 Public Policy Meeting held in Tunisia on 03 June 2015, the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) reappointed Seun Ojedeji for another 2-year tenure (June 2015 - 2017) as its co-Chair. Consequent to the resignation of one of the co-chairs before completion of tenure, the PDWG appointed Barry Apudo Macharia to complete the remaining tenure that expires in June 2016. Congratulations to Barry and Seun. regards, ernest. _______________________________________________ rpd mailing list rpd(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd

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Fwd: [ISOC] Registration for InterCommunity 2015 is open!
by Barrack Otieno 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ted Mooney <mooney(a)isoc.org> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 21:43:10 +0000 Subject: [ISOC] Registration for InterCommunity 2015 is open! To: "isoc-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org" <isoc-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear Internet Society Member: Exciting news! Registration for InterCommunity 2015, 7/8 July, is now open! Watch this video from our President and CEO Kathy Brown to get more details. Click here to watch the video: https://youtu.be/xwx1gi6SL00 Participation is easy -- you can join online, from wherever you are, or in-person at a Regional Event in your area. These 15 events will have their own regional activities and then link to the online InterCommunity discussions. To find a regional event near you, visit: http://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/participate InterCommunity is an ideal opportunity to talk with the ISOC Board, share ideas and viewpoints, and discuss topics that we all care deeply about -- issues including Collaborative Security, Internet governance and bringing the nextbillion people online. Want to help promote InterCommunity? You can download postcards and posters to share with your friends: https://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/downloads Plan to join us at InterCommunity -- THE place to connect and inspire each other as we work together to make a difference. Visit the InterCommunity webpage http://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/ for more information! And join our Connect community at https://connect.internetsociety.org/communities/community-home?communitykey… for detailed member-only information. Register Today! https://www.internetsociety.org/intercommunity2015/form/ic Best regards to all, Ted Mooney Senior Director, Community Services The Internet Society 1775 Wiehle Avenue Reston, VA 20190 USA Office: +1 703-439-2774 Cell: +1 301-980-6446 eMail: mooney(a)isoc.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [isoc_ke] [kictanet] Why is Kenya indifferent to how Africa's internet is managed?
by Walubengo J 01 Jun '15

01 Jun '15

+1. walu. From: Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] Why is Kenya indifferent to how Africa's internet is managed? Badru Thanks for your response. I read Walu's article and I saw it a little bit differently. For me the issue is more meaningful discourse between government and the private sector on the softer issues of policy and engagement on critical ICT Infrastructure. And here I don't necessarily mean the 'dishing' out of board seats, tenders on installation and management of critical infrastructure. I mean softer but equally important issues to do with Net Neutrality, Multi-Stakeholder engagement etc. These are being ignored. Or people who engage in them labelled 'Activists'.Let me explain:- 1. Internet.org. Is the regulator even interested in the damage this can do to our painstakingly built startup ecosystem? Not to mention the issue of potentially killing local content? We have asked what the country position is on this. We will probably discuss it at the Kenya IGF in July but without meaningful participation by the government side this will be another exercise in futility. 2. Net Neutrality. The telcos in this country are breaking all sorts of rules regarding Net-Neutrality. What is the regulator's response? Nothing. Let me rephrase this. What is our position on this? There has been very vigorous debate in India on this issue. We have the same (Albeit much smaller) ecosystem as them. Why are we not paying hid to this important issue? I can go on and on.. Badru, I think the point Walu was trying to bring across is this malaise in government and the private sector in our region regarding these critical issues. And there I think he hit the Bulls Eye. Ali HusseinHussein & Associates+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassimBlog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Badru Ntege via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @ Barrack @Ali I read Walu’s article with interest but I think he has left out some pertinent details. Walu has been representing the East African region alongside myself on the Afrinic board. He first joined the board in 2010 and was re-elected as an alternate board member in 2013. The same time I was also elected on the board as a primary board member. When the incident of disconnection happened all board members were given prior notice to inform members not in good standing to fix or make solid commitments. Unfortunately for Kenya this was not done in time. In fact Walu played a key role in getting Kenya back online. And it helped that Kenya was represented an board level. Board representation is not by country but by Region. I have been the board member for the region since 2013 and the region has been represented. I’have business interest in the Telecom space in all East African countries and I have been active in the region for over 8 years. I believe the whole region is represented. I would say Kenya has been well represented over that period. A number of kenyans have also been very active in the Africa internet space for quite a long time. I remember I was introduced into the Internet space back in the 2002 by kenyans like, Michuki, Mucheru, Lwongwe, Alice to name but a few. These and many are names that make us in the East African Region proud. So I think the article is slightly not fare to the many kenyans very active and making the internet what is today. The issue with government The internet community have this love hate relationship. On one side we want them near but on the other we do not want them anywhere near the internet. Its like come but please just seat in the corner and look pretty. We are definitely a strong community in the African internet space and as Board member I have made sure that our impact is felt and as they say the struggle continues, we have to build on what our many veterans like the one I named above to build our regional internet in a proactive and co-operative way. I’m standing for re-election this year and hope to be given the mandate to continue representing the entire region. If the community feels they are areas key I have and continue to listen thus my being active on various lists. I hope this helps us clarify. regards <A6B4555D-F867-4A2F-A9F9-BAF29039D12B[5].png> On 5/26/15, 11:05 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Barrack Thanks for sharing this information. Walu, thanks for bringing up this critical issue. My humble view is this has been a major bone of discussion on this list. Policy makers in this country are abdicating their responsibilities by not addressing these critical issues. We have asked and discussed issues of critical importance to this country without their participation. These ‘soft’ issues don’t seem to be at the forefront of the key decision makers in this country. Its high time these issues are given the importance they deserve. Thanks & Regards Ali Hussein ali(a)hussein.me.ke +254 770 906375 Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: Abu-JomoLinkedIn: http//ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com On May 26, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Barrack Otieno via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: Listers, http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2729620/-/yrlji… Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ _______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. 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