[governance] Civil Society speaker slots at WSIS+10 in Paris

[michael gurstein]

It looks now that I'll be there and I'm interested in presenting in one of
the slots... preferably one where my interests/involvements in grassroots
and community based use of ICTs (community informatics) would be of some
value. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_informatics

Depending on the slot it might be interesting/useful to engage the broader
community informatics network(s) (currently about 1500 strong)
http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/arc/ciresearchers in providing input
into a presentation.  

The current plan now among those of us active/interested in both the CI
networks and IG/WSIS issues is to work towards some active involvement from
that network in the WSIS +10 preparations and then the event itself (and
hopefully broaden the current base of engagement to include a lot more
grassroots actors and associated researchers).

M

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[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 7:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [governance] Civil Society speaker slots at WSIS+10 in Paris


On 4 Feb 2013, at 13:28, Norbert Bollow wrote:

> [IGC Coordinator hat on]
> 
> Could we have a quick show of hands/emails please who (besides myself) 
> will be in Paris for the WSIS+10 event including in particular the 
> opening session and is

i will be there.

> * interested in being considered for representing civil society in the  
> opening session or other such speaking slots that might become  
> available (as a way to provide diversity in a practical way and to  
> acknowledge this large constituency symbolically, ideally we should  
> have two civil society representatives in each such session, but I  
> don't know whether the organizers will agree with that principle), and

> 
> * willing to consult as broadly as reasonably possible among civil  
> society on points to make (such consultation needs to be broader than  
> just the IGC, as WSIS+10 is topically much broader than Internet  
> Governance - perhaps there is a reasonable way to quickly form an  
> informal "Civil Society Caucus for the Information Society"), and
> 
> * willing and able to make points that are clear and make an impact  
> (empty container speeches and repetitions of what everyone else has  
> been saying are neither interesting nor useful for moving things
>  forward)
> 

avaialble as needed.

avri




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