[WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: salles pour l'intersession/meeting rooms during the inter session

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear Friends,

It's clear that the CS secretariat and the UNESCO organizers at this 
point do not seem to have anticipated the needs of the NGOs who will be 
attending the intersessional. (I assume the private sector will have 
the same problems we do, BTW.) This is a disaster for the reporting I 
was planning on doing from Paris to our networks.

I think we need to think of other on-site alternatives. We need a Plan 
C.

Plan C: Our own Hub. Is anyone coming who might be able to bring a 
wireless or traditional hub that other people could plug into with 
their laptops?  We might at least be able to get a few connections 
going on-site and time-share access.  I know the Youth Caucus had an 
Airport hub at the last prepcom.

Plan D: "sneaker-net". I.e. have volunteers shuttle back and forth 
between the conference site and an internet point with floppies and 
send and receive documents that way.  In know, this is very 1992.

It's sad that we have to even think about this, but c'est la vie.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM


On Vendredi, juil 4, 2003, at 20:15 Europe/Zurich, Valérie Peugeot 
wrote:

> As several French NGOs have asked what the facilities would be inside 
> the
> UNESCO for civil society to meet, this is the answer we got from the 
> person
> in charge of the relationships with WSIS civil society in the French
> government.
>
> Valerie
> ----------
> De : oudet <Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr>
> Répondre à : Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr
> Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:40:54 +0200
> À : vpeu <vpeugeot at vecam.org>
> Objet : salles pour l'intersession
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I have been trying (with Louise Lassonde)  to know the facilities that
> will be offer to the civil society for working at the intersession
> meeting: meeting rooms, computers with  internet connexions. I have not
> yet the answer. Meeting rooms wil be available for sure, computer with
> internet connexions are less sure. I have looked at an alternative
> solution. Our  National school of telecommunication  (ENST) is kind
> enough  to propose one room mith micro-computers plus a large class
> room.  The objective is to find the facilites at UNESCO, ENST is the
> backup solution.
>
> Bruno Oudet
> French delegation, in charge of the civil society
> _________
> Bonjour,
>
> j'essaie de connaître (avec Louise Lassonde) depuis quelques jours les
> facilités de réunion et de connexion à l'Internet qui seront 
> disponibles
> pour la société civile à l'UNESCO. Je n'ai pas encore de réponse. Il
> semble que s'il est sur qu'il y aura des salles on n'est moins sur de 
> la
> disponibilité de postes de travail connectés à l'Internet. J'ai donc
> recherché une solution alternative. L'ENST -l'école  nationale
> supérieure des télécoms- situé à sept stations de métro de l'UNESCO
> (sans changement)- a eu la gentillesse de nous proposer une salle avec
> des micros plus un amphi de réunion. L'objectif est bien de trouver ces
> moyens à l'UNESCO, la solution ENST reste
> le deixième choix.
>
> Bruno Oudet
> Délégation française, en charge de la société civile
>
>
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