Re: My appointment to President's Review Group, and resignation as Co-Chair

Dear Team,

I would like to thank Peter personally and on behalf of our group for 
the outstanding effort that Peter and team have invested into our joint 
efforts!
Without Peters achievements we would not be in the position we are 
today: We have a viable starting point and a rather small set of 
remaining issues to resolve.
I am happy and honored to have had the opportunity to collaborate with him.

While this is a dear loss to us, I am confident that we can continue 
operating as a group.
In order to make this happen, W3C and I have drafted a proposed plan how 
to continue
and will furthermore initiate a poll to survey our preferences as a 
group. This will explain our proposed way forward while gathering your 
feedback on our plans.


We will present and discuss plan and poll on our September 04 call.

I am looking forward to further collaboration with you and I am 
confident that we can now move to last call quickly.

Regards,

Matthias Schunter

On 28/08/2013 02:04, Peter Swire wrote:
>
> To the Working Group:
>
> Today the White House announced that I will be serving on President 
> Obama’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology.For 
> those of you who kindly wrote to me or posted on the list before the 
> official announcement, my thanks for the good words, and my apologies 
> that I could not respond until this was official.
>
> The text of the announcement is below.
>
> I feel a sense of responsibility in being asked to serve on the Review 
> Group, and to do so as effectively as possible.I therefore have 
> informed Jeff Jaffe of W3C that I will not be able to continue as 
> co-chair of the Working Group.
>
> Since last November, I have tried to work diligently with you to meet 
> the goals of theWorking Group.W3C has been a unique forum for bringing 
> together the diverse perspectives on how commercial actors collect and 
> use personal information on the Internet for advertising and other 
> purposes.We have clarified the key issues, and I hope all stakeholders 
> will continue your efforts to create a resolution that works well for 
> individual users and a better Internet generally.
>
> There are more people to thank than I can fit into this email, and any 
> such list would be incomplete.Anyone who looks at the public email 
> list will see the commitment and effort that so many have given to the 
> work thus far.
>
> I value the many personal relationships that have been established and 
> deepened during our hard work together.I will be traveling to D.C. 
> this fall in connection with the Review Group, especially early in 
> most weeks, and welcome the chance to see you there, in Atlanta, and 
> in future settings.
>
> With every best wish for your success,
>
> Peter
>
> THE WHITE HOUSE
>
> Office of the Press Secretary
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> August 27, 2013
>
> **
>
> *Statement by the Press Secretary on the Review Group on Intelligence 
> and Communications Technology*
>
> **
>
> On August 9, President Obama called for a high-level group of experts 
> to review our intelligence and communications technologies. Today the 
> President met with the members of this group: Richard Clarke, Michael 
> Morell, Geoffrey Stone, Cass Sunstein and Peter Swire.
>
> These individuals bring to the task immense experience in national 
> security, intelligence, oversight, privacy and civil liberties. The 
> Review Group will bring a range of experience and perspectives to bear 
> to advise the President on how, in light of advancements in 
> technology, the United States can employ its technical collection 
> capabilities in a way that optimally protects our national security 
> and advances our foreign policy while respecting our commitment to 
> privacy and civil liberties, recognizing our need to maintain the 
> public trust, and reducing the risk of unauthorized disclosure.
>
> The President thanked the Members of the Group for taking on this 
> important task and looks forward to hearing from them as their work 
> proceeds. Within 60 days of beginning their work, the Review Group 
> will brief their interim findings to the President through the 
> Director of National Intelligence, and the Review Group will provide a 
> final report and recommendations to the President.
>
> ###
>
>
>
> Prof. Peter P. Swire
> Nancy J. and Lawrence P. Huang Professor
> Law and Ethics Program
> Scheller College of Business
> Georgia Institute of Technology
>
> 240.994.4142
> www.peterswire.net
>