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

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Norbert, I will be there but not as speaker :)

frt rgds

--c.a.

On 02/04/2013 04:28 PM, 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
>
> * 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)
>
> ?
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>

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