[WSIS CS-Plenary] Opening ceremony speaker

[Meryem Marzouki]

Hi all,

It seems that interesting discussions, with full "stakeholder" views, 
have already started, when we don't even know yet the topics of the 
round-tables, for which we're supposed to nominate speakers :-)

But as for now, there seems to be a hot discussion on Stallman for the 
opening ceremony.
My very personal point of view (not the HR caucus one, which has not 
yet discussed this issue) is that, if nominating a 5mn CS speaker for 
the opening ceremony has any meaning (and I am not quite sure it has 
one), we should avoid sectoral issues. And free software, though very 
important, is one among many others.

So, if a speaker should be nominated, s/he should be _really_ 
high-level, with a true vision, and speaking on _truly_ essential issue.

At this point, the best candidate in my opinion would be Aminata Traoré 
(I assume there is no need to introduce her). She will be in Geneva, 
for a Cardoso's Un High Level panel meeting, and I am not sure she 
would accept to leave the panel for yet another speech related to WSIS. 
But it is worth trying to get her for the opening ceremony, too.

Meryem
PS1. Ms Ebadi being unavailable at this time, since she's will be 
receiving the peace nobel prize.
PS2. Even if Aminata Traoré cannot make it for the opening ceremony, I 
don't think Stallman could be the right person, for many reasons 
already raised by othe people on this list.