<DIV>Dear Civil Society Members:</DIV>
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<DIV>I suggest that we: </DIV>
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<DIV>1 ) Identify the issues that we think will be important to Civil Society in Phase 2</DIV>
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<DIV>2) Carry out a SWOT ( strenghs, weaknesses, opportunities, threats ) analysis of our current Civil Society co-ordination structure using a universally available collaboration tool.</DIV>
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<DIV>3 ) We can then conclude as to:</DIV>
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<DIV> a) Leaving the CS structure as it is for the future save us some </DIV>
<DIV> time so that we can address some real issues)</DIV>
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<DIV> b) Changing the structure to a certain extent to reflect new </DIV>
<DIV> priorites ( increase language translation capabilites )</DIV>
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<DIV> c) Throwing the old structure out completely and bring in the </DIV>
<DIV> new ! ( a lot of work !) </DIV>
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<DIV>I would be pleased to co-ordinate this analysis with others.</DIV>
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<DIV>Amali De Silva - Mitchell MSc.</DIV>
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<DIV>President Vancouver Community Network, Canada</DIV>
<DIV>Director Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Canada</DIV>
<DIV>Co-coordinator North American Caucus - WSIS CS</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">En Français ci-aprés...<BR>Dear All,<BR>Wolfgong is already in the content. It's easy to<BR>declare that we have not to reinvent the wheel... We<BR>are only on how to proceed so we avoid difficulties<BR>lived by many of us, especially those comming from<BR>africa during the Geneva Summit....<BR>Putting such a question i don't feel reinventing the<BR>weel but asking how to identify the best wheel we need<BR>and how to use it better for al, in the North but also<BR>in the South, in English, but also in other languages.<BR>All the best<BR>Djilali<BR>Chers vous tous,<BR>Wolfgong est déjà au niveau du contenu et nous<BR>recommande de nous pas perdre de notre temps à<BR>réinventer la roue !<BR>On peut ne pas être satisfait sur ce qui s'est fait et<BR>poser des questions et apporter des éléments de<BR>réponse sur de quelle roue s'agit-il, comment la<BR>définir ensemble et l'utliliser
ensemble que nous<BR>soyons du Nord ou du sud, d'Afrique ou des pays<BR>arabes, parlant ou non l'anglais et si nous répondant<BR>à ces préoccupations peut-être éviterions nous d'être<BR>méprisés à Tunis comme nous l'avons été à genève !<BR>Bien à vous<BR>Djilali<BR>--- wolfgang@imv.au.dk wrote:<BR>> Dear all,<BR>> <BR>> I fully suppoert Seans approach.<BR>> <BR>> Furthermore, while we need an evaluation and<BR>> re-definition of our priorities und strategies for<BR>> WSIS Phase II, we should base our plans and actions<BR>> and what we have achieved in WSIS Phase I. There is<BR>> always a risk to reinvent the wheel. It makes sense<BR>> to read the CS Declaration again and again. It makes<BR>> also sense, to single out a limited number of<BR>> concrete (key) proposals, formulated in the CS<BR>> declaration, and to repeat this as well again and<BR>> again. We need both innovation and consistency.<BR>> <BR>> Best<BR>> <BR>>
wolfgang<BR>> <BR>> -- Original Nachricht--<BR>> Von: Sean O Siochru <SEAN@NEXUS.IE><BR>> An: plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Senden: 12:19 PM<BR>> Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (absence of)<BR>> suggestion for Tunis meeting<BR>> <BR>> Djilali et amis<BR>> <BR>> Je suis d\'accord aussi avec Meryem sur les<BR>> questions de la reunion a Tunis, <BR>> la representation de la societe civile, et les<BR>> priorite pour le moment. <BR>> (Sorry Djilali - just token effort)<BR>> <BR>> Civil Society, and all its components (CS Plenary,<BR>> C&T Group, Working <BR>> groups, Bureau) must have an open and frank<BR>> discussion about the future, <BR>> and sort itself out before the first \'official\'<BR>> meeting, which is the <BR>> PrepCom. The upcoming Bureau meeting and the Tunis<BR>> meeting have no mandate <BR>> to take any decisions or make any statement on<BR>> behalf of civil <BR>> society. But of cours
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individual civil society<BR>> members who agree with <BR>> this can play an important role in making known, in<BR>> Tunis, the huge effort <BR>> that has gone into civil society in terms of<BR>> organising, the major role we <BR>> played leading up to and at Geneva, and that we are<BR>> in the process of doing <BR>> so again for this round. And that we expect the<BR>> full (hands-off) support <BR>> of the new Secretariat in doing that, and in<BR>> enabling civil society to <BR>> again play a key role, in ways that we will inform<BR>> themof in coming months.<BR>> <BR>> Sean .<BR>> <BR>> At 01:22 24/02/2004 -0800, you wrote:<BR>> <BR>> >Bravo Myriem pour cette analyse, on ne peut plus<BR>> >claire, on ne peut plus objective et on ne peut<BR>> plus<BR>> >constructive.<BR>> >Le temps joue contre la société civile qui certains<BR>> >représentant en situation dominante par la langue<BR>> et<
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>par leur expérience durant la première phase du<BR>> SMSI<BR>> >se confinent dans leur aveuglement.<BR>> >Il faut que la société civile arabe, africaine et<BR>> du<BR>> >tiers monde puisse démarrer un processus difficile<BR>> >pour faire valoir son point de vue et ne pas<BR>> laisser<BR>> >aux associations du Nord qui plus est angloxaxone<BR>> >s\'exprimer à leur place.<BR>> >Les tunisiens aussi doivent saisir l\'occasion en<BR>> >Tunisie et hors de tunisir de saisir cette<BR>> opportunité<BR>> >extraordinaire pour faire progresser leur situation<BR>> et<BR>> >là tout est ouvert y compris l\'option pour bouder<BR>> le<BR>> >sommet ou susciter un contre sommet, encore<BR>> >faudrait-il rester partie prenante dans<BR>> l\'évolution<BR>> >des choses.<BR>> >Merci de continuer à nous tenir informés sur<BR>> >l\'évolution des choses et des écrits même en russe<BR>>
ou<BR>> >en chinois.<BR>> >Amitiés<BR>> >Djilali<BR>> >Sorry Myriem, no comment in English as long as<BR>> English<BR>> >spoken members of this discussion group will<BR>> express<BR>> >only in English. It is time here also to clarify<BR>> the<BR>> >situation.<BR>> ><BR>> >--- Meryem Marzouki <MARZOUKI@RAS.EU.ORG><BR>> wrote:<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Le lundi, 23 fév 2004, à 07:23 Europe/Paris,<BR>> Veni<BR>> > > Markovski a écrit :<BR>> > ><BR>> > > > Meryem,<BR>> > > > we all know there are problems in Tunisia,.<BR>> but<BR>> > > what do you suggest we<BR>> > > > can do?<BR>> > > ><BR>> > ><BR>> > > Veni, and all,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > First of all, some people who are already far<BR>> more<BR>> > > informed than others asked me to go on posting<BR>> information article<BR
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on<BR>> > > Tunisia like those I\'ve posted. They find them<BR>> useful.<BR>> ><BR>> > > Secondly, I suggest doing simply nothing as for<BR>> now.<BR>> > > This Tunis meeting is a closed meeting (a non<BR>> closed meeting is a <BR>> > meeting where anyone can<BR>> > > participate, at the very least those who have<BR>> participated for two<BR>> > > years in the WSIS process, and not a meeting by <BR>> invitation only.<BR>> > > So, those who are invited and willing to go<BR>> obviously will go, this<BR>> is<BR>> > > their perfect right. But I consider that they<BR>> don\'t represent the<BR>> > > others. Consequently, they don\'t have anything<BR>> to say in the WSIS<BR>> CS<BR>> > > name (let me add that it seems that they don\'t<BR>> have anything to<BR>> say,<BR>> > > anyway). They will just speak for themselves.<BR>> They will listen
to<BR>> what<BR>> > > will be said, and, hopefully, some of them will <BR>> report to us.<BR>> > > And be sure I would have said exactly the same<BR>> thing if the meeting<BR>> was<BR>> > > not convened in Tunis.<BR>> > > The fact that WSIS 2nd phase is in Tunis<BR>> shouldn\'t hide the fact<BR>> that<BR>> > > WSIS CS has to sort out its own business. If the<BR>> first PrepCom is<BR>> > > scheduled for this spring, we don\'t have a lot<BR>> of time remaining to<BR>> do<BR>> > > that. This should be, in my opinion, our first<BR>> and most important<BR>> task.<BR>> > > Regarding the Tunisia issue per se, let\'s have<BR>> the relevant people<BR>> take<BR>> > > care of this as for now and let\'s see what<BR>> happen.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > [Français]<BR>> > > D\'abord, des personnes bien mieux informées que<BR>> > > d\'autres m
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demandé<BR>> > > de continuer à poster de tels articles<BR>> d\'information<BR>> > > sur la Tunisie.<BR>> > > Ils les trouvent utiles.<BR>> > > Ensuite, je suggère de ne rien faire pour<BR>> l\'instant.<BR>> > > Cette réunion de<BR>> > > Tunis est une réunion close (une réunion ouverte<BR>> est<BR>> > > une réunion où<BR>> > > chacun peut participer, au moins ceux qui ont<BR>> > > participé au processus du<BR>> > > SMSI depuis deux ans maintenant, et non une<BR>> réunion<BR>> > > réservée à ceux qui<BR>> > > sont invités.<BR>> > > Par suite, ceux qui ont été invités et qui<BR>> > > souhaitent se rendre à cette<BR>> > > réunion iront, évidemment, et c\'est leur droit<BR>> le<BR>> > > plus absolu. Mais je<BR>> > > considère qu\'ils ne représentent qu\'eux-mêmes.<BR>> En<BR>> <BR>=== message truncated
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