[WSIS CS-Plenary] orientation meetings for NGOs new to the process?

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear Friends,

Have arrangements been made to conduct some kind of orientation 
meetings next week for groups who are new to the WSIS process by the 
Bureau or other body? I have this nightmare about hundreds and hundreds 
of NGOs who have not participated in prior Prepcoms asking what is the 
Bureau, Content and Themes, the families and caucuses, etc, etc.  And 
we may need to organize some meeting, perhaps on Saturday, to begin to 
discuss what are the future civil society structures groups want in 
place between now and Tunis 2005.

I am of course happy to participate and help facilitate any such 
orientation sessions that are organized.

On a similar note, the "official" WSIS side-events are listed on the 
wsis-online.net site, but I am sure that there will be other meetings 
organized by civil society groups that will be organized on an ad hoc 
basis. Will there be a calendar somewhere where groups can find out 
about these events?  I'm hoping the civil society secretariat, APC, the 
Boll Foundation or someone else can host this calendar.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
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