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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 id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:19:28 +0100<br>> From: nb@bollow.ch<br>> To: governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br>> Subject: [governance] Brief report Re: Civil society representation at WSIS+10 in Paris<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>> 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 <j.karklins@unesco.org> 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></body>
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