[WSIS CS-Plenary] Opening ceremony speaker

[Meigs]

Le 7/11/03 9:04, « Fullsack Jean-Louis » <jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr> a écrit :

Hi, all

I agree with Meryem and support also the nomination of Aminata Traore, as
she will be able to address our overarching issues, and be inclusive.
Best
Divina Frau-Meigs
 
> Many thanks, Meryem, this is a very good suggestion.
> I fully support the initiative to nominate Aminata Traore for the opening
> session CS speaker ; she is one of the most qualified person really aware of
> the main issues the Summit ought to tackle and as far as it is possible to
> (help to) solve.
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki at ras.eu.org>
> To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: <hr-wsis at iris.sgdg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:10 PM
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Opening ceremony speaker
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
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