<P>And the next speaker on behalf of WSIS-Cs will be Ayesha Asan from CCBI</P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack</P>
<P>CSDPTT-France<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 04/10/05 09:34<BR>> De : "Tatiana V. Ershova" <ERSHOVA@IIS.RU><BR>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : <BR>> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis<BR>> <BR>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]<BR>> <BR>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!<BR>> _______________________________________<BR>> <BR>> Robert,<BR>> <BR>> Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the <BR>> civil society I was guided by the following considerations:<BR>> <BR>> He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should <BR>> have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with <BR>> the topic.<BR>> <BR>> He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very <BR>> high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the <BR>> President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.<BR>> <BR>> His career comprises different kind of activities, including:<BR>> <BR>> - Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of <BR>> Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);<BR>> - Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples' <BR>> Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of <BR>> ADEMA-France (civil society);<BR>> - Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of <BR>> Mali (government);<BR>> - Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial <BR>> rank (both research/education and government).<BR>> <BR>> To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders' <BR>> experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking <BR>> abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at <BR>> such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is <BR>> most important, i.e. civil society.<BR>> <BR>> I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as <BR>> one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.<BR>> <BR>> Tatiana<BR>> ________________________________________<BR>> <BR>> Tatiana V. Ershova<BR>> <BR>> Co-Coordinator<BR>> WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family<BR>> <BR>> General Director<BR>> Institute of the Information Society<BR>> E-mail: info@iis.ru<BR>> URL: http://www.iis.ru<BR>> <BR>> Chair of the Board<BR>> Russian e-Development Foundation<BR>> E-mail: info@russia-gateway.ru<BR>> URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru<BR>> <BR>> 4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow<BR>> P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow<BR>> Russian Federation<BR>> Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27<BR>> E-mail: ershova@iis.ru<BR>> <BR>> ----- Исходное сообщение ----- <BR>> От: Robert Guerra<BR>> Кому: plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Отправлено: 3 октября 2005 г. 20:13<BR>> Тема: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Rik:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on <BR>> behalf of Civil Society at the tunis summit is strange and quite <BR>> problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted <BR>> to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names <BR>> and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that <BR>> it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the <BR>> director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> regards,<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Robert<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Begin forwarded message:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> From: Robert Guerra <RGUERRA@LISTS.PRIVATERRA.ORG><BR>> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00<BR>> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <PLENARY@WSIS-CS.ORG><BR>> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I <BR>> would like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from <BR>> Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known <BR>> experience in information society issues but also have participated in one <BR>> or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for the review <BR>> and consideration of the committee.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> additional names will be forthcoming.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> regards<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Robert<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Derrick de Kerckhove<BR>> Charles Taylor<BR>> Peter Leuprecht<BR>> Jean-Louis Roy<BR>> Jennifer Corriero<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Derrick de Kerckhove<BR>> (opening ceremony)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and <BR>> Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and <BR>> Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with Amilcare <BR>> Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984) two collections <BR>> of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and biology. He also co-edited <BR>> with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a <BR>> book which scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the <BR>> physiology and the psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La <BR>> civilisation vidéo-chrétienne appeared in France in December, 1990 and in <BR>> Italy the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes: Technology, Mind <BR>> and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the differences between the <BR>> effects of television, computers and hypermedia on corporate culture, <BR>> business practices and economic markets. The Skin of Culture (Somerville <BR>> Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the new electronic reality which <BR>> stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. It was translated <BR>> into a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and <BR>> Slovenian. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research <BR>> on new media and cognition. His latest book, The Architecture of <BR>> Intelligence, was first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English <BR>> (June 2001), Italian and German in September 2001. It was later translated <BR>> into Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman on <BR>> McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in September <BR>> 2003. de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history of <BR>> stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in collaboration <BR>> with Francesco Monico.<BR>> [edit]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Other work<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops worldwide, and now <BR>> offers this innovative approach to business, government and academe to help <BR>> small groups to think together in a disciplined and effective way while <BR>> using digital technologies. In the same line, he has contributed to the <BR>> architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative software now being developed <BR>> by Emitting Media and used for various educational situations.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies, de <BR>> Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming sessions for <BR>> the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, the Canada in <BR>> Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast Centre for the CBC. He was involved <BR>> in plans for a major exhibit on Canada and Modernism at the Cité des <BR>> sciences et de l’industrie in Paris for 2004 and was a member of the <BR>> cultural committee of Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a <BR>> member of several government task forces on developing a telecommunications <BR>> policy for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone <BR>> community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing <BR>> Committee on the Information Highway. A World Economic Forum Fellow, de <BR>> Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi Institut de prospective <BR>> where he is in charge of investigating the future technological and business <BR>> development of the new technologies. He was decorated by the Government of <BR>> France with the order of "Les Palmes académiques" and has been a member of <BR>> the Club of Rome since 1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of <BR>> the Papamarkou Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of Congress <BR>> in Washington, D.C.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Charles Taylor<BR>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)<BR>> http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html<BR>> http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian <BR>> philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity <BR>> of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"—a <BR>> humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to <BR>> cultural, social, or political life.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and <BR>> at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960, <BR>> Ph.D in 1961).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford <BR>> University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and <BR>> Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now <BR>> professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and <BR>> Philosophy at Northwestern University.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Noted books<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)<BR>> * Hegel (1975)<BR>> * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)<BR>> * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)<BR>> * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)<BR>> * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of Taylor's <BR>> Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of Authenticity (1992)<BR>> * Philosophical Arguments (1995)<BR>> * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Peter Leuprecht<BR>> http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html<BR>> http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Français]<BR>> http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm?bio_id=49&state=Print_List<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to 2003. He <BR>> teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the field of <BR>> international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he was appointed UN <BR>> Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia. Author <BR>> of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht has taught at the Universities of <BR>> Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at the European Academy of Law in Florence <BR>> (Italy) and at the Département des sciences juridiques de l'Université du <BR>> Québec à Montréal. Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights at <BR>> the Council of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in 1993. He <BR>> left his post before the end of his term because of his disagreement with <BR>> the dilution of Council of Europe standards. Awarded the Prix du civisme <BR>> européen in 1991, he was a member of a committee of four Sages asked to <BR>> prepare a human rights agenda for the European Union for the year 2000.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Peter Leuprecht a enseigné aux Universités de Strasbourg et de Nancy ainsi <BR>> qu'à l'Académie de droit européen de Florence. Professeur invité au <BR>> Département des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM et professeur à la Faculté de <BR>> droit de l'Université McGill dont il a été le doyen de 1999 à 2003, monsieur <BR>> Leuprecht possède des qualifications et une expérience exceptionnelles dans <BR>> les domaines du droit international et des droits de la personne. Dès 1961, <BR>> le jeune diplômé de l'Université d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une brillante <BR>> carrière au Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en 1997 après avoir été, <BR>> entre autres, secrétaire du Comité des ministres, directeur des Droits de <BR>> l'Homme et Secrétaire général adjoint (poste électif). Conseiller au <BR>> Ministère canadien de la Justice de 1997 à 1999, membre du Comité des « <BR>> Sages » qui a préparé le programme d'action sur les droits de la personne <BR>> pour l'Union européenne de l'an 2000, monsieur Leuprecht est aussi <BR>> représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour les droits <BR>> de la personne au Cambodge depuis août 2000.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Peter Leuprecht est lauréat du Prix du civisme européen (1991) et du Human <BR>> Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Bob Carty<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les émissions The Sunday <BR>> Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de s’engager dans le <BR>> journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvré dans les domaines des droits de la personne <BR>> et du développement international, plus particulièrement en Amérique <BR>> centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs de la CBC à titre de chef du service <BR>> étranger et, plus tard, comme producteur senior du programme radio Sunday <BR>> Morning. Il a également travaillé pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it <BR>> Happens, Commentary et Morningside. À la fin des années 1980, et pendant <BR>> cinq ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits militaires <BR>> ainsi que les questions de développement et d’environnement en Amérique <BR>> centrale pour la CBC, la National Public Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe <BR>> and Mail. Il participe également à des projets spéciaux de journalisme d’enquête <BR>> avec CBC Radio News et CBC Television.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont reçu de nombreux prix dont le <BR>> prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres prix, <BR>> mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand <BR>> Award, le prix de l’Association canadienne des journalistes pour son travail <BR>> de journalisme d’enquête, le prix de l’Association canadienne des rédacteurs <BR>> scientifiques et le prix d’Amnistie internationale du Canada pour ses <BR>> informations sur les droits de la personne. L’Organisation des Nations Unies <BR>> lui a de plus exprimé une reconnaissance spéciale pour son programme radio <BR>> prônant les valeurs du système onusien. En 2004, il s’est vu remettre le <BR>> prix Online Journalism Award décerné par le Online News Association pour son <BR>> reportage sur les réactions indésirables aux médicaments. Il a été également <BR>> mis en nomination au Canada pour le prix Michener.<BR>> Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative <BR>> Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent défenseur de la liberté d’expression, il est <BR>> membre du conseil d’administration de Journalistes canadiens pour la liberté <BR>> d’expression (JCLE) et l’un des fondateurs de Échange international de la <BR>> liberté d’expression (IFEX)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> [english]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The Current <BR>> on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty worked in the field <BR>> of human rights and international development focussing on Latin America. In <BR>> 1981 he joined the CBC becoming foreign editor and later senior producer for <BR>> the radio programme Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for <BR>> the CBC Radio programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer of <BR>> Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central America <BR>> covering military conflicts, human rights, development and ecological issues <BR>> throughout Latin America for the CBC, National Public Radio, Monitor Radio <BR>> and the Globe and Mail. Returning to Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time <BR>> documentary work for Sunday Morning and later for the new CBC current <BR>> affairs programme This Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current <BR>> respectively). He also participates in special investigative projects with <BR>> CBC Radio News and CBC Television.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including a <BR>> prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes include the New <BR>> York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand Award, the Canadian <BR>> Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism, the Canadian <BR>> Science Writers’ award, Amnesty International of Canada’s award for human <BR>> rights reporting, and a special United Nations recognition for programming <BR>> which reinforces the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on <BR>> issues of adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award (2004) <BR>> given by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also nominated for a <BR>> Michener Award.<BR>> Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative <BR>> Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of expression issues as a board <BR>> member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and he is one of <BR>> the founders of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jean-Louis Roy<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy (International <BR>> Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in June and took up his <BR>> post on August 19, 2002.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was Secretary <BR>> General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from 1990 to 1998. He was <BR>> responsible for promoting cooperation between the 49 member states of the <BR>> Francophonie and for the implementation of political, economic and social <BR>> programmes agreed upon at summit meetings of Heads of State and Governments.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related issues and <BR>> was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario and at the <BR>> University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was appointed Chancellor <BR>> of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was Director of <BR>> the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to 1981. He was Director of <BR>> Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was named Québec Delegate General in <BR>> Paris and Delegate to Francophone Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until <BR>> 1990.<BR>> President of the Ligue des droits et libertés du Québec (Quebec's Civil <BR>> Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the Commission des <BR>> droits et libertés de la personne du Québec (Québec's Human Rights <BR>> Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the Prix Droits et Libertés (Human <BR>> Rights Prize) of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de <BR>> la jeunesse du Québec (Québec Human Rights and Rights of Youth Commission).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the European <BR>> Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet communautaire and <BR>> Une Nouvelle Afrique à l'aube du XX1e siècle. He has been awarded an <BR>> Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sainte Anne in 1985, and an <BR>> Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Moncton in 1992<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer Corriero<BR>> http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer Corriero is an innovator and leader, bringing tremendous insight <BR>> into understanding, reaching and motivating youth. Jennifer's experience <BR>> includes developing and driving youth programs related to technology, <BR>> collaboration and entrepreneurship. Jennifer has been selected by the World <BR>> Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2005) and Global Leader for <BR>> Tomorrow (2002).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In 1999, Jennifer co-founded TakingITGlobal, a non-profit social venture <BR>> which connects and supports over 75,000 members across 200 countries to <BR>> create positive change. TakingITGlobal.org is the world's premier global <BR>> online community for youth interested in making a difference, receiving more <BR>> than 1.4 million hits per day. TIG partners with five UN agencies, and is <BR>> supported by several corporations and philanthropic foundations.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer is an Organizing Committee member for the Youth Employment Summit <BR>> Campaign, and was a member of the Canadian government delegation to the <BR>> World Summit on the Information Society. She has presented at events <BR>> including the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the 5th Stockholm <BR>> Challenge Global Forum in Sweden, the 2nd Global Knowledge Conference in <BR>> Malaysia, the Hague International Model United Nations, and the 2003 UNESCO <BR>> Youth Forum in Paris.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In 2000, Jennifer spent six months in Redmond advising Microsoft on various <BR>> aspects of the next generation of workers (often referred to as the "Net <BR>> Generation"). Jennifer has also worked on various consulting projects for <BR>> companies such as MDS, Xerox, VanCity Credit Union, Bootlegger, J. Walter <BR>> Thompson, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TD Bank, Royal Bank, Nike, <BR>> D-Code, Swatch, McDonalds and HP.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer has a BA (Liberal Studies) with a focus on 'Business, <BR>> Communications, Technology and Culture' and is currently pursing her Masters <BR>> at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her area of <BR>> concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity-Building Across Cultures'.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer has served on the youth board of YouthFluence, was an International <BR>> Youth Ambassador for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, she <BR>> coordinated the Ontario Science Centre's Online Youth Advisory Team (for the <BR>> Innovation Project), and is a Youth Champion for Pollution Probe, an <BR>> environmental non-profit organization. She also serves as an advisor to the <BR>> Global Youth Action Network and Chat the Planet.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In 1998, Jennifer was the project manager for a website funded by a Canadian <BR>> philanthropist dedicated to promoting Canadian women's history. She attended <BR>> the Shad Valley Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship summer program and <BR>> was a student at the Ontario Science Centre Science School where she studied <BR>> OAC Chemistry, Physics and Science & Society.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer has served as a digital dignitary for 3Com's Planet Project, the <BR>> largest Internet-based poll of the human race, and was featured in articles <BR>> in Fast Company and TIME Magazine; was named as one of the "Shapers of Our <BR>> Future" in the area of technology and education by Converge Magazine; was <BR>> the 2001 Wired Woman Young Woman of the Year; has been recognized by the <BR>> National Congress of Italian Canadians as a Youth Achievement Award winner; <BR>> and was an award winner for McGill University's Management Achievement <BR>> Award.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jennifer is available for speaking engagements through The Lavin Agency.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "I like keeping it real and staying true to what drives me. I love to create <BR>> beautiful things and share them with the world...whether it be ideas, <BR>> artwork, energy...the universe speaks through me, as it does you -- and when <BR>> this connection is made, the rewards are awe-inspiring!"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make, we have <BR>> an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around us. Most of the <BR>> time, we are unconscious of the impact that we have. I think that the first <BR>> way for 'others to make an impact' is to become more conscious and aware of <BR>> the decisions we make and the choices we have. Once this happens, we are <BR>> able to critically examine our own lives, and imagine new possibilities for <BR>> ourselves and the world. There are an infinite number of ways to affect <BR>> change and have an impact - the question we should ask ourselves should <BR>> center around what contribution we want to make, what kind of experiences we <BR>> want to have, and what kind of world we want to live in." <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Plenary mailing list<BR>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary<BR>> <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE>