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Dear Milton<br>
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Hi, Francis:
The Reference Group was meant to be a temporary coalition to identify
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I am not a native English speaker, and correct me if I am wrong,<br>
but the term Referring Group would have better...<br>
If I understand you well, this group does not constitute the CS
reference for OECD, but a<br>
group whose task is to refer or identify other CS stakeholders willing
to<br>
interface with the OECD <br>
Does this correspond to your understanding ? <br>
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<pre wrap=""> that would make a commitment to put their
shoulders to the wheel to get the civil society involvement in the OECD
ministerial started. Before that EPIC (Public Voice) already had an
established relationship with OECD and had been running the process; </pre>
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so the referring group task it to refer stakeholder <br>
in addition to EPIC (Public Voice) ?<br>
Is this correct ?<br>
On the WSIS lists, we haven't heard much from the referring/reference
group in their<br>
task to refer.... but it is never too late to start<br>
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<pre wrap="">the
OECD people wanted more groups involved but didn't know where to start.
There is no real governance structure for this group. The Public Voice
list is not run by the Ref Group, it is run unilaterally by EPIC.
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There is a PublicVoice list but no referring/reference group list.<br>
Is this correct ? <br>
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As I recall, around the time of its recognition by the OECD meeting in
OCtober, a French delegate </pre>
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who may be not aware of WSIS <br>
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<pre wrap="">gave us a list of French CS organizations to
contact. They were duly contacted but none really came forward.
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I was not among the ones being contacted, neither do seem most of my
friends...<br>
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Thanks for the info. <br>
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Francis<br>
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Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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Internet Governance Project:
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