[governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at WSIS+10 in Paris

[Deirdre Williams]

The choice of speakers has my support.
Perhaps the language issue can be brought up in these sessions as well?
Deirdre

On 20 February 2013 13:42, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Dear All
>
> As Nobert informed members, I will be the CS speaker during the opening
> ceremony. I have been allotted five minutes and would like to request
> members on these lists to let me know if there are issues you would like me
> to raise during the *opening ceremony.*  Anriette Esterhuysen and Michael
> Gurstein will be speakers during the  "High level" session on Monday
> afternoon, while Anita Gurumurthy will speak during the closing.
>
> My bit is only for the opening and would like to feel that I be
> highlighting your concerns.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Rgds
> Grace
>
> > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:19:28 +0100
> > From: nb at bollow.ch
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> > Subject: [governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at
> WSIS+10 in Paris
>
> >
> > Dear all
> >
> > As I mentioned before, Janis Karklins of UNESCO requested Marianne
> > Franklin (one of two co-chairs of the Internet Rights and Principles
> > Coalition) and myself to suggest speakers for the Paris WSIS+10 main
> > sessions to represent civil society. In the absence of any really
> > convincing answer to the question of who else should do this :-) we
> > have done so.
> >
> > By necessity my participation in this process was not a formal
> > nomination activity of the Caucus, which would have required a NomCom,
> > and without a standing NomCom available for any tasks that might come
> > up, there was simply not enough time for initiating a NomCom
> > process.
> >
> > First there was the request regarding the opening session, and very
> > recently the request regarding the other sessions. In each case a
> > reasonably quick response was expected.
> >
> > I recommend that for future major events, a NomCom should be set up well
> > in advance, and it should prepare well in advance with thoughts on
> > potential nominees and selection criteria.
> >
> > For the current WSIS+10 event, a very much ad hoc process was used,
> > where I have done my best to take into account the responses to the call
> > for expressions of interest that I posted here on the list.
> >
> > I believe that we have a very good end result:
> >
> >
> > Opening session:
> > Grace Githaiga
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I have also encouraged these civil society representatives to consult
> > widely, as per the email message pasted below.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
> >
> > --snip------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Janis Karklins <j.karklins at unesco.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I am writing to you with proposal to take the floor on behalf of the
> > > civil society
> >
> > Dear Anita, Anriette, Grace and Michael (the civil society
> > representatives at the plenaries of WSIS+10)
> >
> > As you probably know, Janis Karklins of UNESCO had requested Marianne
> > and myself to suggest speakers for the WSIS+10 main sessions to
> > represent civil society. In the absence of any really convincing answer
> > to the question of who else should do this :-) we have done so.
> >
> > Speaking just from my personal perspective right now, I would like to
> > encourage all of you to consult widely on what are important points to
> > make, using the mailing lists of the Internet Governance Caucus and the
> > Internet Rights and Principles coalition and whatever other networks
> > you're active in.
> >
> > Of course if you do that, given the great breadth and diversity of
> > civil society, you're going to get more suggestions than you can use,
> > and it's of course each panelist's discretion to select which of the
> > points you want to mention and which of them you want to specifically
> > emphasize and how much you want to add from your personal perspective -
> > also taking into account what in your view may have been
> > underemphasized by other civil society speakers.
> >
> > Overall (and I emphasize again that I'm speaking just from my personal
> > perspective here), I think that it is particularly important to clearly
> > draw attention to important points that have so far been largely
> > overlooked or ignored in the IGF process and other WSIS followup
> > processes.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
>
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