<DIV>Dear All,</DIV>
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<DIV>I am a liberian and a Student at the University Of Liberia . I was in Scotland as liberia Delegate to the 3 Wolrd Youth Congress .</DIV>
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<DIV>I was selected againg as member of Thimun Youth Delegation to WSIS Prepcom in Geneva . Unfortuante the WSIS Travelscholarship program closed on 5 August 2005.</DIV>
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<DIV>I need a travel scholarship to get to Geneva . I am appealing to WSIS Prepcom 2005 to please accept my Application for travel scholarship . </DIV>
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<DIV>CAN any body assist me with information regarding this .</DIV>
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<DIV>Zolu Gobah<BR><BR><B><I>Angela-Jo Medina <conciencia2@concienciaccion.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] <BR>_______________________________________<BR><BR><BR>Dear Robert: <BR><BR>Maybe a simultaneous virtual version could be held via listserv. Where<BR>key individuals upload summaries of what is going on in Geneva, ask for<BR>input "overnight" and present the ideas to the individuals present.<BR><BR>Saludos :)<BR><BR>Angela<BR>www.concienciaccion.org<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On<BR>Behalf Of Robert Guerra<BR>Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:01 AM<BR>To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary<BR>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Starting the planning for Prepcom 3<BR><BR><BR>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
entire<BR>list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for<BR>specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] <BR>_______________________________________<BR><BR>(I thought it would be a good idea to make the plenary list aware of <BR>the following topic being discussed on the Governance list)<BR><BR><BR><BR>From: rguerra@lists.privaterra.org<BR>Subject: [governance] Starting the planning for Prepcom 3<BR>Date: August 21, 2005 10:04:05 AM EDT (CA)<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR><BR>Given the importance of IG at Prepcom 3, i'm really disappointed by the<BR>very small # of fellowships (10-15) that will be available to fund CS<BR>participants to travel to and stay in Geneva. That's a real small #.<BR><BR>That raises the question, what (if anything) could be done virtually at<BR>the coming prepcom to allow those following the events in Geneva to<BR>participate in an effective and meaningful way. In terms of what's<BR>possible - given there's WiFi available
throughout the venue,<BR>streaming, podcasts, blogs and yes, even regular email updates are<BR>possible.<BR><BR>What to use, how to make it available to those who will not be in Geneva<BR>- well, that's the question i'd like to ask the list.<BR><BR>Look forward to comments.<BR><BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Robert<BR><BR>From: bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de<BR>Subject: Re: [governance] Starting the planning for Prepcom 3<BR>Date: August 21, 2005 10:58:27 AM EDT (CA)<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Reply-To: bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de<BR><BR>Robert Guerra wrote:<BR><BR><BR>> That raises the question, what (if anything) could be done virtually <BR>> at the coming prepcom to allow those following the events in Geneva to<BR><BR>> participate in an effective and meaningful way. In terms of what's <BR>> possible - given there's WiFi available throughout the venue, <BR>> streaming, podcasts, blogs and yes, even regular email updates are <BR>> possible.<BR>><BR><BR>Good
point, Robert. This caucus has a special responsibility, as half of<BR>the PrepCom (at least) will be consumed by IG debates. On the other <BR>hand,<BR>this is also an issue for general CS.<BR><BR>We at worldsummit2005.org will report every day and upload all important<BR>CS documents that are not available elsewhere. We will also try to <BR>link to<BR>all the blogs.<BR>I guess Rik will again provide meeting notes etc. on the CS section of<BR>wsis-online.net.<BR><BR>I sincerely hope the volunteer monitoring group coordinated by Jane<BR>Johnsen will again cover all the official plenary discussions. They <BR>might<BR>use some technical help (and definitely more volunteers!) to make their<BR>work more efficient. Cory Doctorow has recently talked about the way <BR>they<BR>did it at the WIPO meetings. Very professional. We should try to do<BR>something along those lines. I have pasted the relevant part below.<BR><BR>Maybe the CS prep event on the 18th should also have a monitoring /
<BR>online<BR>participation meeting in the afternoon.<BR><BR>Best, Ralf<BR><BR>http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003214.html<BR><BR>One of the truly subversive and amazing things the NGOs did is that <BR>we set<BR>up open WiFi networks that weren't connected to the Internet -- because<BR>there was no Internet access at the meetings when we started -- and then<BR>we would take exhaustive collaborative notes on what was said. It's very<BR>hard to take notes at these events. Diplomatic speech is very <BR>stylized, so<BR>you'll have a typical intervention which begins something like, "Mr.<BR>Chairman, allow me to congratulate you as I take the floor for the first<BR>time, on your reappointment to the chairmanship. I have every confidence<BR>that with your steady hand at the tiller, you'll guide us to a swift and<BR>full consensus on the issues at hand. The delegation from Lower <BR>Whatistan<BR>is pleased to take the floor." Und zo weiter. Eventually you get to the<BR>point, and
after 20 minutes it boils down to, "No." Taking notes on that<BR>kind of speech is really grueling, because it's very hard to stay<BR>attentive and catch the one little phrase that has meaning.<BR><BR>So we'd have teams of three or four people using collaborative note- <BR>taking<BR>software, and one would be taking notes, one would be adding commentary<BR>and another would be following behind and correcting typos and <BR>formatting<BR>and the like. Meanwhile, we're all of us checking each other as we go --<BR>filling in the blanks, noting discrepancies and so on -- and then<BR>publishing it twice a day at lunch and dinner.<BR><BR>Now, the delegations there were accustomed to the old WIPO regime, where<BR>the notes would be taken by the secretariat, sent out for approval by <BR>the<BR>delegates, sanitized -- all the bodies would be buried -- and then<BR>published six months later. And what happened once we started working<BR>together like this is that delegates would get calls on
their lunch <BR>break<BR>about things they'd said that morning. Suddenly, they're immediately<BR>accountable for their words, which completely changed the character <BR>of the<BR>negotiations.<BR><BR><BR>From: vb@bertola.eu.org<BR>Subject: Re: [governance] Starting the planning for Prepcom 3<BR>Date: August 22, 2005 9:31:59 AM EDT (CA)<BR>To: bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de<BR>Cc: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR><BR>Il giorno dom, 21-08-2005 alle 16:58 +0200, Ralf Bendrath ha scritto:<BR><BR>> We at worldsummit2005.org will report every day and upload all<BR>> important<BR>> CS documents that are not available elsewhere. We will also try to <BR>> link to<BR>> all the blogs.<BR>> I guess Rik will again provide meeting notes etc. on the CS section of<BR>> wsis-online.net.<BR>><BR><BR>I don't know whether ITU is going to do webcasts and of what, but it<BR>would be good to have webcasts as well. If you want, I can contact the<BR>people who did the webcast of the WGIG
meetings using only free software<BR>solutions. This has some practical disadvantages (clients are not so<BR>nice, the system is still under development, etc) but I think it's<BR>certainly better (in terms of political correctness) than using the<BR>average Real stuff.<BR><BR>I don't think they could afford coming for two weeks to Geneva to do the<BR>webcasts themselves, but I think that they would be more than happy to<BR>help some volunteer to install the recording software, make it work, and<BR>perhaps also provide (part of) the servers and bandwidth.<BR><BR>But the question is, is there anyone in CS (or maybe a team) who has a<BR>suitable laptop/webcam couple, will attend the entire PrepCom, and would<BR>spend his/her time doing the webcast?<BR>-- <BR>vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----<BR>http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>governance mailing
list<BR>governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> But the question is, is there anyone in CS (or maybe a team) who has a<BR><BR>> suitable laptop/webcam couple, will attend the entire PrepCom, and <BR>> would spend his/her time doing the webcast?<BR>><BR><BR>A variety of CS reporting modalities would be ideal.<BR><BR>Certainly a dedicated person for live streams would be needed. However,<BR>should be be ok with a delayed feed - then, it might be easier.<BR><BR>We'd need to co-ordinate volunteers and make sure<BR>they have the right software and connectors...<BR><BR>I'll bring some additional equipment (mostly audio adaptors) so that I<BR>can record the audio stream directly and not by placing my webcam in the<BR>headphones as i did in prepcom II. Others with laptops and ipods, could,<BR>perhaps, do something similar.<BR><BR>The larger question is how to co-ordinate all of this? Is there an<BR>existing "reporting
group", if not, can a specific PrepCom III adhoc<BR>group be created for this?<BR><BR><BR>regards<BR><BR>Robert<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Plenary mailing list<BR>Plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Plenary mailing list<BR>Plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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