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<DIV><SPAN class=545473321-04052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
looks now that I'll be in Africa at that time.. the session I was going to be
co-organizing at the conference will be done by my colleague
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<DIV><SPAN class=545473321-04052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good
luck with it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=545473321-04052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>MG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Amali De Silva
[mailto:amalidesilva@yahoo.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 04, 2004 4:46
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Andy Carvin<BR><B>Cc:</B> AndyCarvin; amalidesilva@yahoo.com;
bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de; dcogburn@umich.edu; mgurst@vcn.bc.ca;
northamericalist; rguerra@cpsr.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [n_america] Re:
Virtual Link: WSIS CS meetings, Berlin, Seattle and Freistadt, 13
June<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Sounds good to me ! thank you !</DIV>
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<DIV>Sorry for the delay in replying was attending information sessions on the
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you again!</DIV>
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<DIV>Amali<BR><BR><B><I>Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org></I></B>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR><BR><BR>Then
we should plan to do this:<BR><BR>late afternoon on Saturday, June 12: North
America civil society meeting<BR>during the CTCNet conference's "birds of a
feather" session, where anyone<BR>can schedule an informal roundtable
meeting. I'll inform CTCNet of our<BR>intentions to do this, and will
confirm the time. The location of the<BR>meeting will probably not be known
until the final program comes out, but<BR>it'll be somewhere in the main
conference area. For more info on attending<BR>the conference, please visit
www.ctcnet.org and click on their annual<BR>conference link. Derrick will
work out an agenda for the gathering, which<BR>will last an hour. (assuming
that's the length of this years birds of a<BR>feather
sessions.)<BR><BR>Morning of Sunday, June 13: a subset of us will go online
to meet with the<BR>Berlin group. The technology used for this particular
meeting has yet to be<BR>determined. Ralf, please let us know what time you
would like to meet
that<BR>Sunday.<BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR>Andy
Carvin<BR>Program Director<BR>EDC Center for Media &
Community<BR>acarvin @ edc .
org<BR>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org<BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>To:
AndyCarvin <ACARVIN@EDC.ORG>,
bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de,<BR>dcogburn@umich.edu, northamericalist
<N_AMERICA@WSIS-CS.ORG><BR>cc: mgurst@vcn.bc.ca, rguerra@cpsr.org,
amalidesilva@yahoo.com<BR>bcc:<BR>Subject: Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS
meetings, Berlin, Seattle and<BR>Freistadt, 13 June<BR>Amali De Silva
<AMALIDESILVA@YAHOO.COM><BR><BR>04/29/2004 10:12 AM MST<BR><FONT
size=-1></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>I
was hoping that we would all meet (NA caucus) for a discussion before
the<BR>meeting with Berlin - otherwise what would be said in the
cross-continent<BR>dialogue ( we need some consensus) ? Also, we need
to look at our<BR>structure / reporting / advocacy strategies going in to
Phase 2. These<BR>would actually be somewhat different from the EU
side.<BR><BR>However, Andy if you think that this is over kill then what we
can do is<BR>just set the time with Ralf. Please make sure though that you
do post the<BR>information to the list for all of us on the NA caucus who
want to be<BR>present, to be present.<BR><BR>The conference does not
represent the NA caucus I just want to be clear on<BR>that. The NA caucus
are those who are on our list. There is always a<BR>problem with WSIS CS on
the legitimacy of those who represent the whole. We<BR>do want to ensure
transparency and inclusivity.<BR><BR>So, to move forward:<BR><BR>Andy -
please set up a 1 hour teleconference with Berlin for the day and<BR>inform
us of the time and location. Please post the "birds of a
feather"<BR>activities to the NA caucus list so that people can
attend.<BR><BR>Derrick - if you have done work on a full agenda - those of
us who are<BR>interested can meet virtually to discuss before June 13th or
post it to the<BR>NA list for discussion as soon as possible. We have
a good 6 weeks to have<BR>a good discussion.<BR><BR>I post this to the NA
list as people have approached me for status on
this<BR>activity.<BR><BR>Thank you all for making this happen
!<BR><BR>Amali<BR><BR>AndyCarvin <ACARVIN@EDC.ORG>wrote:<BR>I'm a little
unclear if we are to have one meeting or two - are we meeting<BR>as a group
at ctcnet, then going online to report to the Berlin group, or<BR>are we
doing it all at once? As Ralf said, the former might be easiest.<BR><BR>If
that's the case, I propose the NA folks meet late saturday afternoon
as<BR>one of the conference birds of a feather sessions, then a subgroup of
us<BR>can go online sunday morning seattle time to report to the berlin
group.<BR><BR>would that be good? If so I will finalize both meeting times
with ctcnet<BR>and ralf, then we can post invitations to the
list.<BR><BR>Andy<BR><BR>Amali De Silva-Mitchell
AAT,BSc.(Econ)Warwick,MSc.(Int.Acc/Fin)LSE<BR><BR>Tel:
1-604-736-9012 & Email:
amalidesilva@yahoo.com<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>n_america
mailing
list<BR>n_america@wsis-cs.org<BR>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/n_america</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>
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<P><STRONG>Amali De Silva-Mitchell <FONT
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<P>Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: <A
href="mailto:amalidesilva@yahoo.com">amalidesilva@yahoo.com</A></P>
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