[governance] Next CSTD WG meeting scheduled

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Well.. at least they have some support for civil society. They told me
they had none. But this might be because they supported my travel to
CSTD earlier this year.

Anyway.. I will participate remotely.

Anriette



On 12/10/11 19:15, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> Hello Anriette,
> 
> These is unfortunate news... I hope there is still some other way out...
> 
> I think I will be there, although the issue of the ticket is still not
> resolved: CSTD Secretariat agreed to cover expenses, but the booking is
> taking longer than expected and as far as I understand their internal
> deadline to buy the ticket has already passed. Hope to have a more clear
> position before Friday.
> 
> Marília
> 
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org
> <mailto:anriette at apc.org>> wrote:
> 
>     I think it would be good go suggest that some Geneva-based CS attend.
>     Unfortunately I will not be able to attend as there is no financial
>     support available and APC does not any project funds that can go towards
>     covering my participation.
> 
>     Marilia, Parminder, will you be there?
> 
>     Anriette
> 
> 
>     On 12/10/11 17:49, Marilia Maciel wrote:
>     > +1
>     >
>     > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, William Drake
>     <william.drake at uzh.ch <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>
>     > <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Oct 6, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
>     >
>     >>     The next meeting of the CSTD WG for IGF improvement has been
>     >>     scheduled for 31 Oct until 02 Nov, in Geneva. Apparently, it will
>     >>     be open only for participants of the WG, but as the chair has
>     >>     changed, I think it could be useful to write to him and ask about
>     >>     the possibility of allowing observers in the room.
>     >
>     >     Apparently the CSTD secretariat believes this to be a very highly
>     >     sensitive and political process that should be restricted to
>     members
>     >     and existing participants.  As such, a letter just from CS seems
>     >     unlikely to have much impact.  If, however, there was a joint
>     letter
>     >     with the technical and business communities asking for an
>     acceptably
>     >     sized peanut gallery of silent observers, and some member
>     >     governments expressed support for the principle, we might get
>     >     somewhere.  Perhaps our coordinators could reach out to ISOC
>     and ICC
>     >     and see if there'd be any interest?  The meeting's less than three
>     >     weeks off, so anything would have to happen soon…
>     >
>     >     Bill
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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