
<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Greetings from Winnipeg where a Canadian WSIS Civil society meeting has just started.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A civil society communiqué is being drafted <FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.7px;"> by a group of canadian civil society representing a diversity of peoples, backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives at the meeting.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.7px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.7px;">To ensure an open process, one that allows virtual participants to contribute their thoughts and comments - we've decided to go through the process of formulating and creating the document using an open wiki.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.7px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.7px;">We'd like your input and contributions - please send them to the wiki @</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12.7px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.distlearn.ca/wiki/index.php/WSIS_Working">http://www.distlearn.ca/wiki/index.php/WSIS_Working</A></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></BODY></HTML>