[WSIS CS-Plenary] From Jeanette - on speakers in general debate

[Meryem Marzouki]

Hi all,

Jeanette seems to have problem sending mails to the plenary, thus she
asked me to post this on her behalf. Meryem

Début du message réexpédié :

De: jeanette at wz-berlin.de
Date: Mer 12 nov 2003  19:38:33 Europe/Paris
À: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki at ras.eu.org>, plenary at wsis-cs.org,
hr-wsis at iris.sgdg.org, ct-speakers at wsis-cs.org
Objet: Rép : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Nominations for the general debate
Répondre à: jeanette at wz-berlin.de

On 12 Nov 2003 at 9:36, Meryem Marzouki wrote:


Hi, Meryem,

I have 2 comments or better, requests for clarification.

First, I don't understand why there should be only one way to select
speakers for the general debate and why active members of
caususes should be the only source for speakers. I would imagine
that their might be suitable candidates for the general debate who
didn't have the chance to contribute to a caucus. As you know
yourself, the WSIS  is a fairly time consuming business. In my view,
it seems a bit rigid to restrict the selection of speakers to caucus
members.

My second comment refers to the alternative declaration. Do you
think it should be just a compilation of contributions without any
further attempts to form a coherent vision?

jeanette

[To the speakers list: Sorry for the delay, I've problems with the SMTP
server, so I'm now using a webmail]

Hi all,

It seems that sending long messages isn't the best way to have them
discussed. I'm then reposting my proposal on the nominations for the
general debate (NOT Opening or Round-Tables):

"- Should the participating CS organizations nominate speakers for the
general debate ?
My own answer is yes, but only if the following process is adopted.
Although CS nominations are subject to acceptance or refusal by the
executive secretariat and the ITU, and although during the Summit there
wouldn't be any chance to see the Declaration and Plan of action
modified, this general debate could be seen by CS just like the PrepComs
and Intersessions plenaries, and it could be the occasion to present our
conclusions on the Summit official texts, process and follow-up. To this
end, these CS speakers for declarations during the general debate should
be nominated following exactly the same process as for the PrepComs and
Intersessions: each caucus should have a chance to tell its conclusions.
The Content and Themes groups should be in charge of coordinating these
nominations, and propose relevant merging if there are more proposals
than speaking slots.
The compilation of such declarations by caucuses could be a very good
alternative declaration from CS."

Thus, I would like to have your comments on that.

Meryem
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