<div dir="ltr">Hi Grace:<div><br></div><div style>Thanks for reaching out.</div><div style><br></div><div style>I would certainly appreciate if you could spare 45 secs or thereabouts to raise awareness, by mention, of the challenges facing Small Island Developing States.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>For guidance, there is some excellent information emanating from the recently held IGF-12 Workshop on a similar topic at <a href="http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no81-internet-governance-and-sustainable-development-case-small-island-developing-states">http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no81-internet-governance-and-sustainable-development-case-small-island-developing-states</a> as well as at <a href="http://www.commonwealthigf.org/blog/internet-governance-challenges-in-small-island-developing-states-raising-the-volume-of-our-voices/">http://www.commonwealthigf.org/blog/internet-governance-challenges-in-small-island-developing-states-raising-the-volume-of-our-voices/</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Thanks in advance.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Rgds,</div><div style><br></div><div style>Tracy</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Grace Githaiga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear All<div><br></div><div>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 <b>opening ceremony.</b> <span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">Anriette Esterhuysen and Michael Gurstein will be speakers during the </span><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt">"High level" session on Monday afternoon, while Anita Gurumurthy will speak during the closing. </span></div>
<div><br></div>My bit is only for the opening and would like to feel that I be highlighting your concerns. <br><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to hearing from you.</div><div>Rgds</div><div>Grace</div><div><br><div><div>
</div>> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:19:28 +0100<br>> From: <a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
> Subject: [governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at WSIS+10 in Paris<div class="im"><br>> <br>> Dear all<br>> <br>> As I mentioned before, Janis Karklins of UNESCO requested Marianne<br>
> Franklin (one of two co-chairs of the Internet Rights and Principles<br>> Coalition) and myself to suggest speakers for the Paris WSIS+10 main<br>> sessions to represent civil society. In the absence of any really<br>
> convincing answer to the question of who else should do this :-) we<br>> have done so.<br>> <br>> By necessity my participation in this process was not a formal<br>> nomination activity of the Caucus, which would have required a NomCom,<br>
> and without a standing NomCom available for any tasks that might come<br>> up, there was simply not enough time for initiating a NomCom<br>> process.<br>> <br>> First there was the request regarding the opening session, and very<br>
> recently the request regarding the other sessions. In each case a<br>> reasonably quick response was expected.<br>> <br>> I recommend that for future major events, a NomCom should be set up well<br>> in advance, and it should prepare well in advance with thoughts on<br>
> potential nominees and selection criteria.<br>> <br>> For the current WSIS+10 event, a very much ad hoc process was used,<br>> where I have done my best to take into account the responses to the call<br>> for expressions of interest that I posted here on the list.<br>
> <br>> I believe that we have a very good end result:<br>> <br>> <br>> Opening session:<br>> Grace Githaiga<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br></div><div><div class="h5">> I have also encouraged these civil society representatives to consult<br>
> widely, as per the email message pasted below.<br>> <br>> Greetings,<br>> Norbert<br>> <br>> <br>> --snip------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Janis Karklins <<a href="mailto:j.karklins@unesco.org" target="_blank">j.karklins@unesco.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>> > I am writing to you with proposal to take the floor on behalf of the<br>> > civil society<br>> <br>> Dear Anita, Anriette, Grace and Michael (the civil society<br>> representatives at the plenaries of WSIS+10)<br>
> <br>> As you probably know, Janis Karklins of UNESCO had requested Marianne<br>> and myself to suggest speakers for the WSIS+10 main sessions to<br>> represent civil society. In the absence of any really convincing answer<br>
> to the question of who else should do this :-) we have done so.<br>> <br>> Speaking just from my personal perspective right now, I would like to<br>> encourage all of you to consult widely on what are important points to<br>
> make, using the mailing lists of the Internet Governance Caucus and the<br>> Internet Rights and Principles coalition and whatever other networks<br>> you're active in.<br>> <br>> Of course if you do that, given the great breadth and diversity of<br>
> civil society, you're going to get more suggestions than you can use,<br>> and it's of course each panelist's discretion to select which of the<br>> points you want to mention and which of them you want to specifically<br>
> emphasize and how much you want to add from your personal perspective -<br>> also taking into account what in your view may have been<br>> underemphasized by other civil society speakers.<br>> <br>> Overall (and I emphasize again that I'm speaking just from my personal<br>
> perspective here), I think that it is particularly important to clearly<br>> draw attention to important points that have so far been largely<br>> overlooked or ignored in the IGF process and other WSIS followup<br>
> processes.<br>> <br>> Greetings,<br>> Norbert<br>> <br></div></div></div></div> </div></div>
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