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color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would
mainly like to hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register
my concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation
represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and inclusive
ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying
this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=419274003-04102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=419274003-04102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Laina</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rik
Panganiban<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 03, 2005 2:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of
speakers for Tunis<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Greetings to all,
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<DIV>As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday, the
selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected list of civil
society Tunis speakers based on a number of considerations, including gender
balance, regional balance, and thematic diversity, as well as being at a
high-level in their organization, being a "high-profile" person, general
competence, involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability. As I noted, we
were not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of nominees
from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-all it was probably the
best list we could provide in the time allotted and the restricted number of
slots.</DIV>
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<DIV>I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue to
receive individual nominations from organizations over the next days, and to
present to the Selection Committee a final list for our consideration and
feedback probably by the end of this week. At this point, the committee
will see what can be done to make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is
the most representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within the
requirements presented to us by the ITU.</DIV>
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<DIV>We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees, which
you can direct to me at <A
href="mailto:rikp@earthlink.net">rikp@earthlink.net</A>. I will make sure
all of these concerns are directed to the committee.</DIV>
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<DIV>We appreciate your support and understanding.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rik Panganiban</DIV>
<DIV>on behalf of the Selection Committee<BR>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><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> <A
href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org">plenary@wsis-cs.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for
Tunis<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN>
<DIV class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends,</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>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:</DIV>
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<DIV> 1 representative from each regional group</DIV>
<DIV> 1 representative of the CS Content and Themes</DIV>
<DIV> 1 representative of the CS Bureau </DIV>
<DIV> 1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat
in an advisory capacity</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal>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:</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><B> Opening Ceremony</B></DIV>
<DIV> Gender: man (1) / woman (1)</DIV>
<DIV> Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa
(1): Mali</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoHeader> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><B> High Level Panel
</B></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> Geographical Balance:
Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand, Philippines,
India<BR></DIV>
<DIV> Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><B> Round Tables</B></DIV>
<DIV> Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal;
Asia (4) : India, Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe
(4) : France, Germany (2), Russian Federation</DIV>
<DIV> Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><B> Plenary Sessions</B></DIV>
<DIV> 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) </DIV>
<DIV> Gender balance : Women (10) / Men
(12)</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal>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.</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal>Rik Panganiban</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal>On Behalf of the Selection Committee</DIV>
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