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<div>Renate:</div>
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<div>In regards your earlier message - all i'll say is that i'm
concerned by the fact that not too much is known about the details of
the - secretariat - as mentioned @ the cape town meeting. Surely, if
there's a staff person now available - there's a terms of
reference and a set of tasks the person is responsible for.
Personally, i think more should have been shared (either on, or off
the mailing list). </div>
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<div>I think I know you well enough to believe that the intentions are
good, however others who don't know you, or who don't know your and
CONGO's involvement to-date might think otherwise. Being proactive in
regards to releasing details will prevent unnecessary criticism in the
days ahead.</div>
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<div>In summary - The matter of fact approach of setting up the
secretariat, and now obtaining the "staff" person -
well, isn't too transparent. Though well intentioned , great care must
be taken and more information needs to be provided if you don't want
to subject to criticism.</div>
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<div>In regards to the Cape Town meeting:</div>
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<div>* Again i would like to thank those who were able to secure
funding to bring us all to cape town. Please let me know if
personalized thank you letter to the funders might be
useful/helpful.</div>
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<div>In regards to PC 2 :</div>
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<div>* I would like to point out that the accreditation deadline for
new organizations is coming up. I think it's Jan 8. This really needs
to be pointed out on lists and other spaces. I would recommend that
the point be mentioned to the WSIS ES , so that they can communicate
the deadline.</div>
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<div>* Fellowships - A two week prepcom in geneva will be
significantly more expensive than the meeting in Cape Town.
Would it help to start obtaining cost estimates ( travel and
accommodation) so we can have an idea of what funding would be needed
? </div>
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<div>- I have performed a very quick and high ended calculation for me
, and my numbers are as follows:</div>
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<div>a. Travel - 1100 CDN</div>
<div>b. Accommodation (15 day) - 201 CDN/Day = 3015 CDN</div>
<div>c. Per Diem - (meals and other expenses) based on high end rate -
160 CDN/day</div>
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<div>Total : 6515 CDN . At today's exchange rate = approx 4000
Euro.</div>
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<div>The numbers are in a sense, a high end (conservative) estimate of
what the projected costs for me will be like. It's likely to be
less.</div>
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<div>Multiply that # by 20 (approx bureau people), and you get 80,000
Euros. that's quite a sum to get in less than a month.</div>
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<div>Thus the question - should we try to secure funding just for the
coming event, or more funds to cover the bureau (and possibly others
too) from now to the Summit?</div>
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<div>* Accommodation - Can we reduce the cost of lodging/accomodation
by having those in geneva make a bulk reservations ?</div>
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<div>* Virtual Participation - How can we develop options so that
those not physically able to travel to Geneva can participate in a
more effective and meaningful way? Can we plan in advance - so that
virtual attendees can participate in sessions?</div>
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<div>* Schedule / Program - Andy Carvin and others are starting to ask
about the meeting schedule/agenda. Is it available anywhere? If not -
do we have an idea of what will be discussed @ what week of the
meeting?</div>
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<div>* Tasks - by when can we develop a concrete list of tasks, when
they have to be done by and who will help with them.</div>
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<div>those are my thoughts for now.</div>
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<div>looking for all your comments</div>
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<div>regards</div>
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<div>Robert</div>
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<div>At 7:02 PM +0100 1/3/05, Renata Bloem wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Courier New" size="-1">As of
today we have a WSIS staff person. I will in time introduce her to
you. Next mandatory step is to secure/finalize logistics. The UN is
still closed today, and the person in charge, Danielle Boccard, on
vacation until the 10th when we have a meeting with
her.</font></blockquote>
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