<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Dear all:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I just have received a rather troubling email - one where my proposal for a side event - that was submitted just before the end of the day on April 30th (in my time zone) - has seemingly been rejected/refused by the organizers.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I don't believe which time zone was the one to submit by was ever mentioned - and as such, i and likely a few others - believed it was the local time zone. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>While I have contacted the side-event organizers to clarify the point for my particular submission , i think it is an issue to be addresses by the bureau. Despite our call for effective engagement in the prepatory process - we aren't being engaged in matters that count. Date of meetings and the deadline specifics need, - actually must be - communicated to the CSB so </DIV>that we can inform the larger CS constituency.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Francis and Renata's earlier messages seem to indicate that there - indeed was an issue with deadlines, however there was going to be a certain amount of flexibility on how dates were going to be considered. Obviously from the message i just got from the side-event team - well, that doesn't seem to be the case.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The reason i'm - particularly concerned - is that the proposal was related to a presentation/panel on Censorship and Freedom of expression in the North African and Middle East. It was being proposed by the organization i am associated with - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) - together with Human Rights Watch (HRW) . My fear is that the pretext of - sorry it was late - was used to dismiss a proposal that has a human rights component. This may not be the case - but, i don't know and would ask for the bureau and ES to help me clarify the details.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>regards</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Robert</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Guellouz ridha" <<A href="mailto:smsi-evenementsparalleles@mincom.tn">smsi-evenementsparalleles@mincom.tn</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 5, 2005 5:18:48 AM EDT (CA)</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Robert Guerra" <<A href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org">rguerra@privaterra.org</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>Re: Request for participation to the Parallel Events / WSIS Second Phase</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Guellouz ridha" <<A href="mailto:smsi-evenementsparalleles@mincom.tn">smsi-evenementsparalleles@mincom.tn</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">With reference to your request to organise parallel events during Tunis 2005</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">WSIS, we would like first to thank you for your interest.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">However since we have received your request on 1st of may<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>at 5:31, we</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">apologize to consider it as being out of date limits, according to the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">guidelines of the parallel events.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Best Regards</DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>Original submission date..</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>From: </B>Robert Guerra <<A href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org">rguerra@privaterra.org</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Date: </B>April 30, 2005 10:40:22 PM EDT (CA)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>To: </B><A href="mailto:smsi-evenementsparalleles@mincom.tn">smsi-evenementsparalleles@mincom.tn</A>, <A href="mailto:wsis-parallelevents@mincom.tn">wsis-parallelevents@mincom.tn</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Cc: </B><A href="mailto:privaterra@privaterra.org">privaterra@privaterra.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Subject: </B><B>Request for participation to the Parallel Events / WSIS Second Phase</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Mime-Version: </B>1.0 (Apple Message framework v728)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Message-Id: </B><<A href="mailto:D63222E9-58CB-4415-A2EF-97B6B378C4E3@privaterra.org">D63222E9-58CB-4415-A2EF-97B6B378C4E3@privaterra.org</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Content-Type: </B>multipart/mixed; boundary=Apple-Mail-9--830930726</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Request for participation to the Parallel Events / WSIS Second Phase</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">See attached file and below for details</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR></DIV><pre id="ciphire-signature" title="Digital Signature created by Ciphire Mail - www.ciphire.com">
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