A way forward for the CS structure - a suggestion - [WSIS CS-Plenary] (absence of) suggestion for Tunis meeting

[djilali benamrane]

Dear Amali,
This is a good proposal to start a process responding
to crucial questions. We must invest on your proposals
and Jean Louis comments.
Perhaps con you begin with Jean Louis waiting for
other volonteers to collect contributions.
I propose that as fist point we try to do a rapid
evaluation of Geneva Summit and the deficit of SC
forces and weakness faced during the summit, this help
to define benchmarks for the future.
Then come your Sd and Trd part.
All the best
Chère Amali
C'est une excellente proposition pour a
--- Amali De Silva <amalidesilva at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Civil Society Members:
>  
> I suggest that we: 
>  
> 1 ) Identify the issues that we think will be
> important to Civil Society in Phase 2
>  
> 2) Carry out a SWOT ( strenghs, weaknesses,
> opportunities, threats ) analysis of our current
> Civil Society co-ordination structure using a
> universally available collaboration tool.
>  
> 3 ) We can then conclude as to:
>  
>                                       a) Leaving the
> CS structure as it is for the future    
>                                           (save us
> some time so that we can address some 
>                                            real
> issues)
>  
>                                       b) Changing
> the structure to a certain extent to reflect 
>                                           new 
> priorites ( increase language translation 
>                                          
> capabilites )
>  
>                                       c) Throwing
> the old structure out completely and 
>                                            bring  in
> the new ! ( a lot of work !) 
>  
> I would be pleased to co-ordinate this analysis with
> others.
>  
> Amali De Silva - Mitchell MSc.
>  
> President Vancouver Community Network, Canada
> Director Freedom of Information and Privacy
> Association, Canada
> Co-coordinator North American Caucus - WSIS CS
> 
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane at yahoo.com> wrote:
> En Français ci-aprés...
> Dear All,
> Wolfgong is already in the content. It's easy to
> declare that we have not to reinvent the wheel... We
> are only on how to proceed so we avoid difficulties
> lived by many of us, especially those comming from
> africa during the Geneva Summit....
> Putting such a question i don't feel reinventing the
> weel but asking how to identify the best wheel we
> need
> and how to use it better for al, in the North but
> also
> in the South, in English, but also in other
> languages.
> All the best
> Djilali
> Chers vous tous,
> Wolfgong est déjà au niveau du contenu et nous
> recommande de nous pas perdre de notre temps à
> réinventer la roue !
> On peut ne pas être satisfait sur ce qui s'est fait
> et
> poser des questions et apporter des éléments de
> réponse sur de quelle roue s'agit-il, comment la
> définir ensemble et l'utliliser ensemble que nous
> soyons du Nord ou du sud, d'Afrique ou des pays
> arabes, parlant ou non l'anglais et si nous
> répondant
> à ces préoccupations peut-être éviterions nous
> d'être
> méprisés à Tunis comme nous l'avons été à genève !
> Bien à vous
> Djilali
> --- wolfgang at imv.au.dk wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I fully suppoert Seans approach.
> > 
> > Furthermore, while we need an evaluation and
> > re-definition of our priorities und strategies for
> > WSIS Phase II, we should base our plans and
> actions
> > and what we have achieved in WSIS Phase I. There
> is
> > always a risk to reinvent the wheel. It makes
> sense
> > to read the CS Declaration again and again. It
> makes
> > also sense, to single out a limited number of
> > concrete (key) proposals, formulated in the CS
> > declaration, and to repeat this as well again and
> > again. We need both innovation and consistency.
> > 
> > Best
> > 
> > wolfgang
> > 
> > -- Original Nachricht--
> > Von: Sean O Siochru 
> > An: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> > Senden: 12:19 PM
> > Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (absence of)
> > suggestion for Tunis meeting
> > 
> > Djilali et amis
> > 
> > Je suis d\'accord aussi avec Meryem sur les
> > questions de la reunion a Tunis, 
> > la representation de la societe civile, et les
> > priorite pour le moment. 
> > (Sorry Djilali - just token effort)
> > 
> > Civil Society, and all its components (CS Plenary,
> > C&T Group, Working 
> > groups, Bureau) must have an open and frank
> > discussion about the future, 
> > and sort itself out before the first \'official\'
> > meeting, which is the 
> > PrepCom. The upcoming Bureau meeting and the Tunis
> > meeting have no mandate 
> > to take any decisions or make any statement on
> > behalf of civil 
> > society. But of cours e, individual civil society
> > members who agree with 
> > this can play an important role in making known,
> in
> > Tunis, the huge effort 
> > that has gone into civil society in terms of
> > organising, the major role we 
> > played leading up to and at Geneva, and that we
> are
> > in the process of doing 
> > so again for this round. And that we expect the
> > full (hands-off) support 
> > of the new Secretariat in doing that, and in
> > enabling civil society to 
> > again play a key role, in ways that we will inform
> > themof in coming months.
> > 
> > Sean .
> > cut 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.
> 
> Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva at yahoo.com
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