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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Rik</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you forgot to add western aAsia and middle east
region to the list of the committee. please modify.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amir</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rikp@earthlink.net href="mailto:rikp@earthlink.net">Rik
Panganiban</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plenary@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org">plenary@wsis-cs.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=bureau@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:bureau@wsis-cs.org">bureau wsis</A> ; <A title=ct@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:ct@wsis-cs.org">ct@wsis-cs.org</A> ; <A
title=workingmethods@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:workingmethods@wsis-cs.org">workingmethods@wsis-cs.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposal for
nominations for Tunis speakers</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Friends,</DIV>
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<DIV>I will repeat here the plan for how civil society goes about the
selection of proposed speakers for the Tunis Summit, which was accepted at the
CS Plenary meeting this morning.</DIV>
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<DIV>1. the list of nominated persons has been provided for the plenary this
morning</DIV>
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<DIV>2. A selection committee to shorten the list of proposed speakers will be
composed of:</DIV>
<DIV> - 1 member from each regional group (Africa, Asia,
Latin America / Carribean, and West Europe / US)</DIV>
<DIV> - 1 member from bureau</DIV>
<DIV> - 1 representative of Content and Themes</DIV>
<DIV> - a representative the WSIS Executive Secretariat in
advisory capacity</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>3. Content and Themes Group discusses at its meeting at 1800 hours in Rm
XXII the qualifications that the selection committee should take into account,
i.e. thematic balance, regional balance, gender balance, age diversity, "high
profile" speakers, and other considerations</DIV>
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<DIV>4. The selection committee then meets in the evening to go through the
nominations and bring them down to an acceptable number</DIV>
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<DIV>5. The selection committee reports tomorrow morning on the selection to
plenary for final approval.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>
<DIV>Rik Panganiban</DIV>
<DIV>CONGO</DIV><BR><BR>
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