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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Le 3/10/05 7:39, « Laina Raveendran Greene » <laina@getit.org> a écrit :<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Monaco"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:9.0px'><TT>Like Laina and Anuradha, I have the same need for clarification as i feel<BR>
there must have been an oversight about the education, academia and<BR>
research taskforce : it has a lot of members, has an action line on the<BR>
follow-up and also a high panel debate on the theme. It seems shocking that<BR>
there is no representative coming out from that part of civil society... <BR>
Best<BR>
Divina <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Arial">Thanks for keeping this issue alive Anuradha. I am still awaitingthe response to my question why all Caucuses were not included and also why some organisations and caucuses had more than one slot, sometimes with the same speaker speaking more than once. Was hoping we could discuss this and if Rik could share his wisdomw with us. Not trying to be difficult, just a matter of understanding the logic for this and hoping for more inclusiveness amonst CS as well.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Arial">Thanks,<BR>
Laina</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"> <BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="100%"></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma"><B>From:</B> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [<a href="mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]">mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>T N Anuradha<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 03, 2005 6:09 AM<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">I don't see anyone nominated from grassroots Caucus, If the basics of equal representation has been followed<BR>
Anuradha<BR>
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<B>From:</B> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [<a href="mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]">mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]</a> <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rik Panganiban<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> 30 September 2005 20:52<BR>
<B>To:</B> plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis<BR>
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Dear Friends,<BR>
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Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals:<BR>
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1 representative from each regional group<BR>
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1 representative of the CS Content and Themes<BR>
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1 representative of the CS Bureau <BR>
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1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory capacity<BR>
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The Committee worked hard to achieve several “balances” including regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic. We also worked hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of their nominations included. You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:<BR>
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<B> Opening Ceremony<BR>
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Gender: man (1) / woman (1)<BR>
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Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali<BR>
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<B> High Level Panel <BR>
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Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand, Philippines, India<BR>
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Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)<BR>
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<B> Round Tables<BR>
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Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2), Russian Federation<BR>
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Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)<BR>
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<B> Plenary Sessions<BR>
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Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3): Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1) <BR>
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Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)<BR>
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There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a very difficult and painful task. However we feel confident that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.<BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
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Rik Panganiban<BR>
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On Behalf of the Selection Committee<BR>
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