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color=#0000ff size=2>Dear Jean-Louis,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I do understand your frustration and I am pleased to have
met you and heared your interventions in Geneva. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>HAving said that, we all know that CS is not one voice but
many. This is the reason we have caucuses. Again, my point why we should have
had caucuses at the least nominate people they feel spoke for their group at the
least. I also agree with the point raised by another person on another note that
for well known influential people in their field, such as Prof Swaminathan (the
father of the Green Revolution in India and very well known for his ICT4D
projects in India, it would not be wise to get his speech vetted by an armophous
group of peoplewith different voices and who are people with the time and
resource to attend PrepCom. For others, maybe I agree with your point,
especially if they appear to speak for their caucus, they should at least get
the caucus point of view. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I understand that you are frustrated with the current
process, and I share many of your sentiments. I also feel that perhaps we could
give some perspective that we are now in the midst of the reshaping of a
"new form of cooperation" not just with governments, but amongst CS.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I think you may want to be involved on the mailing
list of the Working Methods group to get us better organised even though it
may appear to be too late. The whole WSIS process has taken NGO participation in
the UN to another level (not as much as we would have liked) and we should build
upon it. Much ofwhat we learn there could also be used to build on learnings the
Internet community has learnt on how to create some level of legitimacy,
accountability, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I know this does not give you answers but I just thought we
could find a way to tap your points into making the future better, hopefully.
Perhaps even WSIS Tunis.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=041401101-12102005><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>Jean-Louis
FULLSACK<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list
transmitted to the ITU<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P>You are fully right Vittorio, and it's time for our "facilitators"
to be aware of our determination. Otherwise, we the CS deny any speaker to
speak in our name and on our behalf and we make our opinion public </P>
<P>We are fed up with fiddled public declarations (the "Common CS plenary and
private sector declaration" during PepCom-2 is the best example of them) and
press conferences, as well as with misused speaking slots in plenaries.</P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack</P>
<P>CSDPTT <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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_______________________________________<BR>> <BR>> Rik Panganiban ha
scritto:<BR>> > I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki,
and anyone <BR>> > could go in and edit their speech for them, and we
could all sign off <BR>> > on every speech as coming from "global civil
society." But I know <BR>> > ourselves and our processes enough to think
that this is unrealistic.<BR>> > <BR>> > We're just not a
monolithic entity that can force our will on anyone. <BR>> > All we can
do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.<BR>> <BR>> Well, we
could (should?) have asked some commitments to our speakers <BR>> before
appointing them, but in any case it is the ITU, not us, that <BR>> formally
chooses them, right?<BR>> <BR>> In any case, we could for example ask
all speakers to release a draft of <BR>> their intervention by, say, one
week before the Summit, to the Plenary <BR>> list, so that the drafts can
be commented and they can then incorporate <BR>> reasonable suggestions. I
think this is a reasonable request, in view of <BR>> the role that we are
giving them.<BR>> -- <BR>> vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a]
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