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<DIV>Yes, good suggestions all round.</DIV>
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<DIV>It will be up to CSCG if they decide to send anything. If they do, I would
hope it would be in the context of lessons learnt from this current exercise,
and in the spirit of seeking better collaboration and communication next time
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<DIV>There was a lot with the process adopted by DESA which could be improved,
and the suggestions being made here are very helpful. And yes, we can certainly
improve the way we do things from the civil society end as well. </DIV>
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<DIV>None of which is to detract from the qualities of the CS speakers who will
represent us! </DIV>
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<DIV>Ian </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=udochukwu.njoku@unn.edu.ng
href="mailto:udochukwu.njoku@unn.edu.ng">Chris Prince Udochukwu Njoku</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 17, 2015 6:19 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=nashton@consensus.pro href="mailto:nashton@consensus.pro">Nick
Ashton-Hart</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ca@cafonso.ca href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">Carlos
Afonso</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] WSIS+10 speakers</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Carlos and Nick. To add to their remarks, I see another omission on the civil
society's side in the circumstance. Tatiana and Anriette should have promptly
sent back messages regarding their setbacks. If they had done so, CSSC might
have selected and forwarded replacements to OPGA (that is still if the time was
enough for that).<BR><BR></DIV>Best regards,</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Nick Ashton-Hart <SPAN
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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>
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<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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