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<font size=3>Telecentre list colleagues--<br><br>
I am receiving list messages in the digest form. I would like to
second<br>
Stuart Mathison's 24 September message (Digest #21) in favor of Andy
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Carvin's option three, as did Cyrille on the same day (Digest #22).
And<br>
I am in favor of some regional representation as well.<br><br>
But this important procedural point does not address the
substantive<br>
issues that Stuart and others have put forward: what can we achieve at
<br>
WSIS II and beyond?<br><br>
I, for one, am very sceptical. The WSIS I process was very
energy<br>
and resource intensive for many civil society organizations who were
not<br>
welcomed with smiles and open arms by the ITU bureaucracy and its <br>
corporate allies. Methinks the negotiating spaces for civil society
groups<br>
at WSIS II have been fenced in and perhaps not much more than lofty<br>
phrases and generic commitments can be hoped for in the final
declaration<br>
of next year's Tunis event. No doubt we could draft this text now,
adjust our<br>
expectations and work on those issues where we share common goals
and<br>
a spirit of reciprocity re experiencies, strategic allies (e.g.
telecentres and<br>
microbanks), technical configurations, and optimal national regulatory
<br>
frameworks. <br><br>
Scott S. Robinson<br>
<a href="http://www.uam-antropologia.info/" eudora="autourl">www.uam-antropologia.info<br>
</a>Somos@Telecentros<br>
<a href="http://www.tele-centros.org/" eudora="autourl">www.tele-centros.org<br>
</a>Vinculart, A.C.<br>
Mexico DF<br><br>
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