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<font size="+1">Dear all<br>
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<font size="+1">From APC the following will be present: Karen
Banks, Valeria Betancourt, Chat Garcia Ramillo<font size="+1">.<br>
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<font size="+1">I think the input from CS should focus on the
CS statement we drafted and submitted in December 2003<font
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needs". This was a powerful document.. and as research APC
is doing at the moment suggests.. many of the proposals in
it have been overlooked<font size="+1"> in the post<font
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process.</font><br>
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<font size="+1">As for possible speakers<font size="+1"> I
would propose people who were involved activity in CS
participation in WSIS.<br>
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<font size="+1">Many names come to mind, and I know
Wolfgang will be there, and of <font size="+1">course
Karen Banks who played a key role. Also Avri
Doria.<br>
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<font size="+1">But I wonder if Renate Bloem would
be in Paris. Renate?<br>
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<font size="+1">Renate sweat blood and tears to
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having her speak at the opening of
WSIS+10 would <font size="+1">be very
appropriate.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/02/2013 20:28, Norbert Bollow
wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">[IGC Coordinator hat on]
Could we have a quick show of hands/emails please who (besides myself)
will be in Paris for the WSIS+10 event including in particular the
opening session and is
* interested in being considered for representing civil society in the
opening session or other such speaking slots that might become
available (as a way to provide diversity in a practical way and to
acknowledge this large constituency symbolically, ideally we should
have two civil society representatives in each such session, but I
don't know whether the organizers will agree with that principle), and
* willing to consult as broadly as reasonably possible among civil
society on points to make (such consultation needs to be broader than
just the IGC, as WSIS+10 is topically much broader than Internet
Governance - perhaps there is a reasonable way to quickly form an
informal "Civil Society Caucus for the Information Society"), and
* willing and able to make points that are clear and make an impact
(empty container speeches and repetitions of what everyone else has
been saying are neither interesting nor useful for moving things
forward)
?
Greetings,
Norbert
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anriette esterhuysen <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>
executive director, association for progressive communications
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.apc.org">www.apc.org</a>
po box 29755, melville 2109
south africa
tel/fax +27 11 726 1692</pre>
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