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

[veni markovski]

To have at least wireless access is a must, so I hope that the Secretariate 
will organize it.
Otherwise - why bring notebooks at all??

please, do something.

thank you!

At 09:58 07.7.2003 'г.' Conve +0200, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>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, Valйrie 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>
>>Rйpondre а : Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr
>>Date : Fri, 04 Jul 2003 09:40:54 +0200
>>А : 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 connaоtre (avec Louise Lassonde) depuis quelques jours les
>>facilitйs de rйunion et de connexion а l'Internet qui seront disponibles
>>pour la sociйtй civile а l'UNESCO. Je n'ai pas encore de rйponse. Il
>>semble que s'il est sur qu'il y aura des salles on n'est moins sur de la
>>disponibilitй de postes de travail connectйs а l'Internet. J'ai donc
>>recherchй une solution alternative. L'ENST -l'йcole  nationale
>>supйrieure des tйlйcoms- situй а sept stations de mйtro de l'UNESCO
>>(sans changement)- a eu la gentillesse de nous proposer une salle avec
>>des micros plus un amphi de rйunion. L'objectif est bien de trouver ces
>>moyens а l'UNESCO, la solution ENST reste
>>le deixiиme choix.
>>
>>Bruno Oudet
>>Dйlйgation franзaise, en charge de la sociйtй civile
>>
>>
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