[WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] suggestion: press strategy list

[Adam Peake]

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what's being suggested here (and it is 
late here in Tokyo... forgive me!), but can we give one poor 
journalist the names of 2 dozen or more people representing almost as 
many (abused, ignored and angry) interests and expect him to be able 
to make sense of it all?

Please build on the documents from last week's meeting, and the press 
coverage we have seen since.

The secretariat (Gagne, others in Geneva) have been complaining about 
the government's unwillingness to compromise, they admit things are a 
mess.  We should build on this -- WSIS is deeply flawed.  That should 
be issue one. (Writing declarations a day before heads of state will 
sign! This is a joke and we should make clear it's a joke. This was 
the multi-stakeholder summit, right?)

Last week we identified two areas of major concern:  human rights and 
the imbalance between north and south -- these are things we need to 
push. On rights, explain the threat to universal rights, the lack of 
due attention to Gender and people with disabilities (there's a news 
story in each.) Internet governance will always be a hot issue, 
ICANN's always been good press. But please let the caucus decide how 
to respond on this. Last -- media need to step up, Steve's a great 
choice for a first contact/article.

Think we need to focus a little or Alf will  probably end up waving 
his hands and wandering away.

Thanks,

Adam



At 12:14 PM -0500 11/21/03, mclauglm at po.muohio.edu wrote:
>Excellent idea!
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>At 4:20 PM +0000 11/21/03, karen banks wrote:
>>hi
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>>Maybe i should send Alf the list of Civil Society CT, Caucus and
>>working group focal points as a start?
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>>http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html
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>>karen
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>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ct
>>Civil Society Plenary: http://www.wsis-cs.org/
>>Content & Themes Documents:
>>http://bscw.fit.fraunhofer.de/pub/bscw.cgi/0/42953798
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>Ct mailing list
>Ct at wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ct
>Civil Society Plenary: http://www.wsis-cs.org/
>Content & Themes Documents:
>http://bscw.fit.fraunhofer.de/pub/bscw.cgi/0/42953798


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