[cooperation-wg] RIPE NCC Contribution to the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation

Dear Chris,

Thank you for this. Indeed your reply is very useful.  But I would like one further clarification: were all five of the technical community participants in WGEC consulted, or only some of them?  If so, which?

Thanks and best,
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Buckridge [mailto:chrisb at ripe.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 12:11
> To: Richard Hill
> Cc: RIPE Cooperation Working Group
> Subject: Re: [cooperation-wg] RIPE NCC Contribution to the CSTD Working
> Group on Enhanced Cooperation
> 
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Thanks for your comment.
> 
> This was a document developed and submitted by the RIPE NCC (on behalf
> of the organisation, rather than the RIPE community), which I hope was
> explicit in the document itself. I believe that the content was in line
> with the principles of the RIPE community, but as we took up the
> opportunity to respond quite late in the comment window, it was not
> possible to fully develop a response with the community.
> 
> If community members feel that more substantial RIPE community input to
> the WGEC is warranted, I am sure that there will be future
> opportunities for input (either via formal submission or in
> communications to the technical community members of the Working
> Group).
> 
> Incidentally, the technical community participants in the Working Group
> (as selected via a process facilitated by the Internet Society) are:
> 
> 	• Nick Ashton-Hart (GCSP)
> 	• Nigel Hickson (ICANN)
> 	• Constance Bommelaer (ISOC)
> 	• Janvier Noulaye (University of Yaoundé)
> 	• Jovan Kurbalija (DiploFoundation)
> 
> I hope that this is useful.
> 
> Best regards,
> Chris
> 
> 
> > On 23 Dec 2016, at 11:46, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for this.
> >
> > Could you please explain the process that was used to develop this
> paper, who approved it, and why (apparently) some members of this list
> were consulted but not others?
> >
> > Thanks and best,
> > Richard
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cooperation-wg [mailto:cooperation-wg-bounces at ripe.net] On
> >> Behalf Of Chris Buckridge
> >> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 11:43
> >> To: RIPE Cooperation Working Group
> >> Subject: [cooperation-wg] RIPE NCC Contribution to the CSTD Working
> >> Group on Enhanced Cooperation
> >>
> >> Dear colleagues,
> >>
> >> One of the outcomes of last year’s 10-year review of the World
> Summit
> >> on the Information Society (WSIS) was the formation of a Working
> >> Group on Enhanced Cooperation on Public Policy Issues Pertaining to
> >> the Internet (WGEC). Established under the United Nations’
> Commission
> >> on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), the Working Group
> >> was set up in response to the feeling expressed by some UN Member
> >> States that there was a need to "develop recommendations on how to
> >> further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis
> Agenda."
> >>
> >> More information on the Working Group is available at:
> >> http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WGEC-2016-to-2018.aspx
> >>
> >> Coming out of the Working Group’s initial meeting in September,
> there
> >> was an open call for contributions in response to two questions:
> >>
> >>> - What are the high level characteristics of enhanced cooperation?
> >>> - Taking into consideration the work of the previous WGEC and the
> >> Tunis Agenda, particularly paragraphs 69-71, what kind of
> >> recommendations should we consider?
> >>
> >>
> >> Working closely with one of the technical community members of the
> >> Working Group, Nick Ashton-Hart, the RIPE NCC developed and
> submitted
> >> a document responding to these questions:
> >> https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/multi-
> stakeholde
> >> r- engagement/wsis/ripencc-ecwg-submission-201612.pdf
> >>
> >> In summary, the document notes that, while cooperation amongst all
> >> stakeholders is vital in developing Internet capacity, it is
> >> important that these efforts focus on practical benefits, and that
> >> they be minimally distortive or disruptive to the shared platform
> >> that is the Internet.
> >>
> >> The Working Group will hold its next meeting on 26-27 January 2017
> in
> >> Geneva, where it will consider the contributions received and the
> way
> >> forward for its work.
> >>
> >> Happy, as always, to discuss any questions or comments. Meanwhile,
> >> best wishes to those celebrating Christmas/New Year in the coming
> >> days and weeks!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Chris Buckridge
> >> External Relations Manager
> >> RIPE NCC
> >
> >
> >
>