[WSIS CS-Plenary] Submitting comments/documents - Procedural comment...

[Ralf Bendrath]

Robert Guerra wrote:

> Another document that also hasn't been posted at all, anywhere, is the 
> bureau-2-bureau document formulated at PrepCom 2 (Tunis phase).
I have posted it a while ago at 
<http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CSB-Summit_and_beyond_modalities_final.rtf>

> Despite 
> assurances that it would be posted by the WSIS ES, i do not think any 
> NGO that forms part of the CSB officially submitted it. 
It even took me a few emails to get the final version from the CS bureau 
members.

> 2. As the privacy and security working group is not "an accredited 
> entity" , but instead a "grouping of accredited entities" - it SHOULD 
> ALSO submit it's proposal to the wsis ES (email address above) . How can 
> it do so? Well, one or more of the members of the Working group submit 
> the document "on behalf of" the working group. It's that easy 
You can also just submit it on behalf of the CS Privacy and Security 
Working Group. That's what I did with the Comments on the WGIG report. 
They were online the next day, see 
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing.asp?lang=en&c_event=wg|ig&c_type=co|>, 
the very last entry.

> In summary : I can't stress how important it is to follow the procedure 
> that has been established. 
And use the right emails. I first sent the above mentioned comment to 
<wgig at unog.ch> and only the next day realized it should have gone to 
<wsis-contributions at itu.int>. But they still accepted it, though the 
official deadline was already over.

I general, the ITU/WSIS website people are very helpful and responsive. 
You just have to send them the stuff.

Best, Ralf