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<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hi all<br>Yes Anita was right the blame should not be ours in selection committee (CS) because we did provide some backups, however we are gathering the lessons thereof for the future and which should entail that UN agencies give us enough time to work things out incase of this kind of eventuality, more so considering visa issues too. <br>In some countries it take longer time than the other except for those already with visa.<br>Regards<br>Remmy </div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:anita@itforchange.net">anita</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">17/12/2015 06:53</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [governance] WSIS+10 speakers</span><br><br></div>
Dear Carlos<br>
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Greetings!<br>
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Indeed if we did take a position that selection of speakers should
be organisational and not individual, it would not matter who speaks
from any organisation. The selection committee decided to shortlist
individuals, and process wise, this is something to consider for the
future in terms of nominations. (the SDGs process officially
recognised only groups and civil society organised itself around
these)<br>
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Secondly, it was Matthew who replaced Anriette. So, there is a
randomness there about the process and again, for me, it is about
the way we had, as the selection committee, spent time in achieving
a balance among individuals.<br>
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Finally, about whose fault it is - I believe that CS protocol should
be that if I am selected, and then invited, and cant go, I should
inform the CSCG as I would inform DESA/ OPGA. This is about internal
accountability in civil society. Indeed, we do need to as a group
persist with our criteria and impress upon OPGA that the selections
and back ups (and we did submit backups) have a particular logic
that we believe are about representativity. I do think that it may
be our failure if we were unable to prevail upon the UN. But we all
know that much of our power as civil society is only a moral
force... I dont think therefore that it was 'our' fault.<br>
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Best wishes and hope you have a nice end of year and great new year!<br>
<br>
anita<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday 16 December 2015 10:31 PM,
Carlos Afonso wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Dear Ian,
I suggest we do not do that. First of all, Deborah is a natural
replacement for Anriette - I do not think she will do a speech diverging
in any way from what Anriette would do.
Second, we do not have issues with the choice of Mathew as you state
correctly, except for the fact that he is not from Tatiana's region. But
there is another civil society rep from the South listed, which is
Parminder (whatever the divergences of approach).
Third, I am sure that to do the replacement through our committee there
simply would not be enough time.
Finally, if we are failing to present the reps we chose, this is not the
fault of OPGA, it is our fault.
IMHO
fraternal regards
--c.a.
On 16-12-15 04:04, Ian Peter wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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.
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.
We will convey our disappointment to OPGA at a later stage, but wanted civil society networks to be aware of this issue.
Ian Peter
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