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<span style="font-size: large">'''The Overview'''</span> | <span style="font-size: large">'''The Overview'''</span> | ||
The upcoming meeting of the ITU is called the '''World Conference of International Telecommunications (WCIT)''' - set to run from 3-14 December 2012 in Dubai. If you want a quick summary overview of what the ITU is, how it came to be, | The upcoming meeting of the ITU is called the '''World Conference of International Telecommunications (WCIT)''' - set to run from 3-14 December 2012 in Dubai. If you want a quick summary overview of what the ITU is, how it came to be, and why this meeting of the WCIT is important - the two best introductions we've found are at: | ||
* '''[https://www.whatistheitu.org/ "What Is The ITU"]''': has a quick four-minute long video which gives you the rundown of what the ITU is. | * '''[https://www.whatistheitu.org/ "What Is The ITU"]''': has a quick four-minute long video which gives you the rundown of what the ITU is. | ||
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<span style="font-size: large">'''Issues'''</span> | <span style="font-size: large">'''Issues'''</span> | ||
Like any international issue, | Like any international issue, once you get beyond the basics - things can get very complicated, very quickly. WCIT will be considering proposals that touch upon a whole range of different concerns. To make all this easy to digest, we've assembled some of the best analyses on the web for a few of the key issues below so you can read about how the decisions made by the ITU in December might affect issues that are most important to you. | ||
* '''Transparency''' | * '''Transparency''' | ||
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* '''Economic Impact and Global Development''' | * '''Economic Impact and Global Development''' | ||
<span style="font-size: large">'''DIY Policy Research'''</span> | <span style="font-size: large">'''DIY Policy Research'''</span> | ||
This list has been hand-picked and curated, but they come from a bunch broader set of resources that civil society organizations have put together. We've drawn from | This list has been hand-picked and curated, but they come from a bunch broader set of resources that civil society organizations have put together. We've drawn from these extensive and useful lists, and are worth browsing if you'd like to dig deeper: | ||
* [http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page The Association for Progressive Communications] | * [http://africa-ig.wiki.apc.org/index.php/Main_Page The Association for Progressive Communications] | ||
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== Next: Customize Your Message == | == Next: Customize Your Message == | ||
Now that you've learned a bit about the issue - it will be important to craft and customize your own message. | Now that you've learned a bit about the issue - it will be important to craft and customize your own message that you want to spread and rally people around. We want to support every webmaker and internet citizen to be heard by the ITU about how they think the web should be governed. So, the first questions to ask yourself are: '''What do I think about WCIT and the ITU? What concern me the most? How do I want the web to be governed?''' | ||
' | Once you've identified this - the next step is to find a way to rally people to it. There's a few other things that are useful to keep in mind and ask yourself as you shape your message: | ||
* ''Target Audience:'' Who needs to hear about the ITU? Who can you get involved? | * ''Target Audience:'' Who needs to hear about the ITU? Who can you get involved? | ||
* ''Local Needs:'' What will make the ITU relevant to your local community? | * ''Local Needs:'' What will make the ITU relevant to your local community? | ||
* ''Call To Action:'' What do you want people to do? How will they do it? | * ''Call To Action:'' What do you want people to do? How will they do it? | ||
* ''Sharing:'' How do you make the message sharable? Is there someone that others can do to help you spread the word? | * ''Sharing:'' How do you make the message sharable? Is there someone that others can do to help you spread the word? | ||
Now, this message might take a variety of forms. You could write a blog post, share the message on social media, or even just start talking to friends in your local community about it. | |||
'''The message you make might also take the form of a video.''' Video is one of the most shareable and most compelling ways to get a message across to people. To make it easy for you to express your message, Mozilla has launched a project for you on Popcorn -- a web-based user-friendly video editing platform that lets anyone customize and remix video. In collaboration with [https://www.accessnow.org/ Access Now] and [http://www.fightforthefuture.org/ Fight for the Future], we've put together a basic video about the ITU that you can customize for your own needs and share with others. | |||
The Popcorn project helps us—the web—speak in one voice while celebrating the plurality of languages and viewpoints that make the web such an amazing place to be. There's no sign-up or other commitment needed, '''[https://www.webmaker.org/en-US/projects/roll-your-own-itu-activism-video/ just follow this link and you'll be editing the video in minutes.]''' | |||
== Now: Activate! == | == Now: Activate! == | ||
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<span style="font-size: large">'''Organize A Local Event'''</span> | <span style="font-size: large">'''Organize A Local Event'''</span> | ||
Sometimes, the most important mobilization will be done on the ground in your community. [https://www.webmaker.org/en-US/events/ Webmaker] is a platform set up by Mozilla that allows you to easily schedule your own events and get people mobilized. | Sometimes, the most important mobilization will be done on the ground in your community. [https://www.webmaker.org/en-US/events/ Webmaker] is a platform set up by Mozilla that allows you to easily schedule your own events and get people mobilized. There's a few allies that you might want to team up with and get in touch with to collaborate on something: | ||
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