[CS Bureau] Working Space for Civil Society at the Kram Center

[Adam Peake]

Internet governance caucus would like an office 
for November 13-15.  All day, for 3 days.

Before I fill out the form I'd like to get 
reaction from bureau members.  I am hoping you 
will see this as a sensible request and not 
selfish. We don't want a room to sleep in!

We expect Sub-Committee A will be meeting almost 
continuously (Sub-Committee B also?)  If the 
committee works as it did during PC3 in Geneva 
then we can expect to be a called on at almost 
anytime to give a comments.  It got quite hectic.

We would like a space where we can draft text.  A 
space where other caucuses and WG can come and 
find us and give text and work on drafts. A place 
to coordinate who will speak.  We may have a 
limited seats in the main hall, expect people 
will be going back and forward from the hall to 
the drafting room. etc. They need somewhere to go 
to!

A printer is necessary as the Sub-Committee staff 
ask for any comments to be handed in as a printed 
copy.

I don't know what's happening with Sub-Committee 
B, but they may benefit from the same.

None of us know the Kram Center, I think we need 
central points where we can find each other and 
work.

Could the CS secretariat also push for overflow 
rooms with video so we can all follow what's 
going on.

I'll wait for comments before submitting forms.

Many thanks,

Adam



At 9:09 AM +0100 11/7/05, CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza wrote:
>Dear Caucus/WG/Family coordinator,
>
>During the Tunis Summit, Civil Society will have 
>a space at the Kram Center. In this space we 
>will have several offices, a working space (with 
>PC, printer and photocopy facilities) and two 
>meetings rooms for all civil society 
>participants. 
>
>If your caucus/family is planning to have a 
>meeting or will need a working space (office) 
>either during the resumed PrepCom-3 or the 
>Summit please fill out the forms attached and 
>send it back to us at 
><mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org>wsis at ngocongo.org or 
>by fax +41 22 301 2000 no later than Wednesday 
>9th November, 2005.
>
>Please note that we do not have the confirmation 
>yet if the civil society space will be available 
>during the resumed PrepCom-3. We hope to have a 
>confirmation next week. However let us know if 
>your caucus will need to book a meeting room or 
>an office for those days.
>    
>For your booking take into consideration:
>
>- There are two Meetings Rooms; one has the 
>capacity of 45 seats and it is equipped with 1 
>video projector; the second one has the capacity 
>of 35 seats. The rooms will be allocated in one 
>hour time slot (more than one hour can be booked 
>if needed). The working hours is still to be 
>confirmed, but we think that will be from 8:00 
>am to 20:00 pm, from 13 ­ 19 November 2005. 
>There won¹t be interpretation facilities in both 
>rooms.  
>
>- 7 Offices (we requested to be equipped with 2 
>big desks, 4 chairs, 1 PC connected to Internet, 
>2 additional laptop connections, 1 filing 
>cabinet of shelving, and 1 local phone) The 
>offices will be allocated in two hours time slot 
>as from 8:00 am to 20:00 pm (working hours also 
>to be confirmed), from 13 ­ 19 November 2005.  
>
>Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need more information.
>
>Best regards
>
>
>Alejandra Mendoza León
>CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>11, Avenue de la Paix
>CH-1202 Geneva
>Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>E-mail:wsis at ngocongo.org  
>Website: <http://www.ngocongo.org/>www.ngocongo.org 
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>Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, 
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