<DIV>ok - let me make myself understood. Most of the organization for the WSIS - NA - CS meeting was done between Andy / Ralf and the conference people off-list / off- email ( of the group / subgroup) list. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you Andy for making it happen for all.</DIV>
<DIV>Michael Gurstein thank you for making the suggestion.</DIV>
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<DIV>My initial suggestion early on in the year 2004 to the conference organizers got little response so I was very pleased when Michael Gurstein suggested it and Andy Carvin pursued the matter.</DIV>
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<DIV>Michael Gurstein had mentioned that he would be hosting an event at the conference. Andy also mentioned birds of a feather events - nobody mentioned if these events were one and the same, similar, or completely different events. </DIV>
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<DIV>So this email now clarifies for all ( thank you for responding MG and AC ) what Michael Gurstein and Andy Carvin's intentions are for the NA caucus meeting in Seattle.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for all the work.</DIV>
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<DIV>I look forward to hearing from Derrick closer to the date, if it is possible to post the agenda to the list that would be great. If not that is fine. All persons are volunteers in this WSIS - CS process. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you - and I am well pleased to hear that the NA CS meeting is all organized well in advance !</DIV>
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<DIV>Amali<BR><BR><B><I>Michael Gurstein <mgurst@vcn.bc.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi Everyone,<BR><BR>(If I'm the Michael/MG being referred to below), <BR><BR>I'm a bit confused, but planning for events and so on at the CTCnet<BR>should probably at this point exclude me or my connection to CTCnet as<BR>it looks now that I'll be leaving my activities there to colleagues.<BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>MG<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Andy Carvin [mailto:ACarvin@edc.org] <BR>Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 2:07 AM<BR>To: Amali De Silva<BR>Cc: 'Andy Carvin'; bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de; dcogburn@umich.edu;<BR>mgurst@vcn.bc.ca; 'northamericalist'; rguerra@cpsr.org<BR>Subject: RE: [n_america] Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS meetings, Berlin,<BR>Seattle and Freistadt, 13 June<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Hi Amali,<BR><BR>I don't understand; Michael is referring to my email about our meeting<BR>at CTCNet in Seattle. The details, as they stand now, are further down<BR>in th
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email; see below.<BR><BR>ac<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: mgurst@vcn.bc.ca, 'Andy Carvin' <ACARVIN@EDC.ORG><BR>cc: 'AndyCarvin' <ACARVIN@EDC.ORG>, bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de,<BR>dcogburn@umich.edu, 'northamericalist' <N_AMERICA@WSIS-CS.ORG>,<BR>rguerra@cpsr.org<BR>bcc:<BR>Subject: RE: [n_america] Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS meetings,<BR>Berlin, Seattle and Freistadt, 13 June<BR>Amali De Silva <AMALIDESILVA@YAHOO.COM><BR><BR>05/14/2004 08:19 PM 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>Andy - I assume that you know who MG is making reference to / birds of a<BR>feather meetings ? and that you will enlighten us on the dates / times /<B
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closer to the date of the conference.<BR><BR>thank you !<BR><BR>Amali De Silva - Mitchell<BR>President Vancouver Community Network, Canada.<BR><BR>Michael Gurstein <MGURST@VCN.BC.CA>wrote:<BR>It looks now that I'll be in Africa at that time.. the session I was<BR>going to be co-organizing at the conference will be done by my colleague<BR><BR>Good luck with it.<BR><BR>MG<BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Amali De Silva [mailto:amalidesilva@yahoo.com]<BR>Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 4:46 PM<BR>To: Andy Carvin<BR>Cc: AndyCarvin; amalidesilva@yahoo.com; bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de;<BR>dcogburn@umich.edu; mgurst@vcn.bc.ca; northamericalist; rguerra@cpsr.org<BR>Subject: Re: [n_america] Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS meetings, Berlin,<BR>Seattle and Freistadt, 13 June<BR><BR><BR>Sounds good to me ! thank you !<BR><BR>Sorry for the delay in replying was attending information sessions on<BR>the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.<BR><BR>Thank you again!<BR><BR>Amali<BR><BR>Andy Carvin
<ACARVIN@EDC.ORG>wrote:<BR><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<BR>anyone can schedule an informal roundtable meeting. I'll inform CTCNet<BR>of our intentions to do this, and will confirm the time. The location of<BR>the meeting will probably not be known until the final program comes<BR>out, but it'll be somewhere in the main conference area. For more info<BR>on attending the conference, please visit www.ctcnet.org and click on<BR>their annual conference link. Derrick will work out an agenda for the<BR>gathering, which will last an hour. (assuming that's the length of this<BR>years birds of a feather sessions.)<BR><BR>Morning of Sunday, June 13: a subset of us will go online to meet with<BR>the Berlin group. The technology used for this particular meeting has<BR>yet to be determined. Ralf, please let us know what ti
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would like<BR>to meet that 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 , bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de, dcogburn@umich.edu,<BR>northamericalist<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 Amali De Silva<BR><BR>04/29/2004 10:12 AM MST<BR><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<BR>the meeting with Berlin - otherwise what would be said in the<BR>cross-continent dialogue ( we need some consensus) ? Also, we need to<BR>look at our structure / reporting / advocacy
strategies going in to<BR>Phase 2. These 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<BR>the information to the list for all of us on the NA caucus who want to<BR>be present, to be present.<BR><BR>The conference does not represent the NA caucus I just want to be clear<BR>on 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.<BR>We 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<BR>the NA list for discussion as soon as possible. We have a good 6 weeks<BR>to have a good discussion.<BR><BR>I post this to the NA list as people have approached me for status on<BR>this activity.<BR><BR>Thank you all for making this happen !<BR><BR>Amali<BR><BR>AndyCarvin wrote:<BR>I'm a little unclear if we are to have one meeting or two - are we<BR>meeting as a group at ctcnet, then going online to report to the Berlin<BR>group, or are we doing it all at once? As Ralf said, the former might be<BR>easiest.<BR><BR>If that's the case, I propose the NA folks meet late saturday afternoon<BR>as one of the conference birds of a feather sessions, then a subgroup of<BR>us can go online sunday morning seattle time to report to the berlin<BR>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&
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