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Tatiana and Anriette should have promptly sent back messages regarding
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Nick Ashton-Hart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nashton@consensus.pro" target="_blank">nashton@consensus.pro</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
A thought has struck me: did you provide alternates for each of the first string representatives that you nominated in case one or more were unable to attend? If not, perhaps that’s an improvement that could be implemented for the next time round.<br>
<br>
Regards, Nick<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
> On 16 Dec 2015, at 12:01, Carlos Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Dear Ian,<br>
><br>
> I suggest we do not do that. First of all, Deborah is a natural<br>
> replacement for Anriette - I do not think she will do a speech diverging<br>
> in any way from what Anriette would do.<br>
><br>
> Second, we do not have issues with the choice of Mathew as you state<br>
> correctly, except for the fact that he is not from Tatiana's region. But<br>
> there is another civil society rep from the South listed, which is<br>
> Parminder (whatever the divergences of approach).<br>
><br>
> Third, I am sure that to do the replacement through our committee there<br>
> simply would not be enough time.<br>
><br>
> Finally, if we are failing to present the reps we chose, this is not the<br>
> fault of OPGA, it is our fault.<br>
><br>
> IMHO<br>
><br>
> fraternal regards<br>
><br>
> --c.a.<br>
><br>
> On 16-12-15 04:04, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
>> We have just been informed that OPGA has made two changes to the civil society speakers nominated for WSIS+10. Tatiana Kapinga, who was unable to secure a US visa, and Anriette Esterhuysen, who was unable to stay to address the meeting, were replaced by Deborah Brown of APC and Matthew Shears of Center for Democracy and Technology.<br>
>><br>
>> While not wishing to be critical of either of the people chosen, members of the Civil Society Selection Committee believe that, despite the short timeframe, it should have been consulted about these changes. In particular, we are concerned that the changes made by OGPA resulted in four of our five speakers being from WEOG areas. This lack of geographic balance is unfortunate, and could have been avoided.<br>
>><br>
>> We will convey our disappointment to OPGA at a later stage, but wanted civil society networks to be aware of this issue.<br>
>><br>
>> Ian Peter<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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