<DIV>My reading of the WSIS website instructions is that while the organizations registering persons must have met the now-past deadline for accreditation, accredited organizations can even register persons at the desk on opening day. There are instructions there for both pre-registration and on-site registration.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Mark Silbergeld</DIV>
<DIV>Consumer Federation of America<BR><BR><B><I>Bill McIver <mciver@albany.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>Lisa,<BR><BR>I think the deadline was only for the fellowships.<BR><BR>I do not think that the travel information is necessary to<BR>complete the registration.<BR><BR>I am a focal point and have successfully registered someone<BR>without that information.<BR><BR>It may also be possible to go back and update the information.<BR>I am not sure though.<BR><BR>WJM<BR><BR>mclauglm@po.muohio.edu wrote:<BR><BR>> Thanks, Olivier, but I'm sure that this is the case for registering <BR>> persons for the actual summit. My organization is accredited and has <BR>> been registered for Prepcoms 2 and 3. Since the registration for the <BR>> summit per se only began on 1 October, I doubt that the deadline has <BR>> passed, unless there was only the smallest window of opportunity for <BR>> registering participants. This is the registration situation to which <BR>> I refe
r, and,
as you can see, on-site registration is possible (I <BR>> would just prefer to register my people online prior to the summit):<BR>><BR>> Geneva Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society<BR>> Geneva Palexpo, 10-12 December 2003<BR>><BR>> INFORMATION NOTE TO DESIGNATED FOCAL POINTS<BR>><BR>> REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS<BR>><BR>><BR>> Dear Madam/Sir,<BR>><BR>> Registration of participants<BR>> As designated focal point for the participation of your delegation - <BR>> Union<BR>> for Democratic Communications - to the World Summit on the Information<BR>> Society, the Secretariat is pleased to provide you with direct access <BR>> to the<BR>> on-line system set up for registration purposes.<BR>><BR>> The on-line registration system will be available from Wednesday 1 <BR>> October<BR>> 2003 at: <BR>> http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/wsis/auth/evrs.registration.wsis03<BR>> .<BR>><BR>> Confirma
tion of
registration<BR>> You are kindly requested to register each member of your delegation<BR>> individually. When completed, both the focal point and registered<BR>> participant will receive:<BR>> 1) acknowledgement of request to participate in WSIS<BR>> 2) within a 5-day period, a confirmation letter providing registration ID<BR>> number and further useful information. Please note that this confirmation<BR>> letter should be carried with the participant to the Summit site and<BR>> presented to the WSIS Badging Desk, together with one form of photo<BR>> identification, in order to receive a badge. The letter can also be <BR>> used as<BR>> a supporting document to obtain a visa to enter Switzerland.<BR>><BR>> If required, the Secretariat can provide you with standard, off-line<BR>> registration forms. Such requests should be submitted to <BR>> WSIS_ARP@itu.int.<BR>><BR>> The Secretariat would strongly advise you to register all m
embers
of your<BR>> delegation in advance in order to avoid delays upon arrival at the Summit<BR>> site.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>> Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1<BR>>> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by <BR>>> mcsaix05.mcs.muohio.edu id h9SGT4P6091240<BR>>><BR>>> Hi Lisa,<BR>>> Unfortunately, the dateline is over. Wish you better luck next time.<BR>>> Regards<BR>>> Olivier<BR>>><BR>>> mclauglm@po.muohio.edu wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Hi all,<BR>>><BR>>> I'm wondering if anyone has information regarding the deadline for<BR>>> organizaiton focal points to register participants for the December<BR>>> WSIS? The form asks for certain participant's information (airline<BR>>> flight numbers, etc.) that may not be available at this time. But,<BR>>> I've not been able to locate a deadline on any documents or web sites.<BR>>><BR>>>
Many
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