[WSIS CS-Plenary] Preparing for PrepCom 2

[Robert Guerra]

Reading the ongoing discussion that is going on, has me thinking if 
the same energy and great effort being expended could not also be 
used for another very important issue - that of starting to prepare, 
organizing and discussing the coming PrepCom 2...


It is my view that in addition to an ongoing debate and/or discussion 
we need, we must also start focusing our attention on the coming 
prepcom...

Here's my list of suggested list of items that I think we should 
start planning for:


* A debriefing session for the different working groups and caucuses 
- Where each group could update each other on activities we've been 
involved in and the try to agree on objectives to achieve for Week 1 
& 2 of the prepcom

* Press Briefings -
This was done very effectively at really only PrepCom 1 of the first 
phase. It would be good to organize a daily public press briefing


* Meeting with the governments
As in the past, I think it would be quite effective to try to arrange 
one or more meetings with the regional blocks such as the EU, Africa, 
GRULAG etc.  For this it would be good to start planning already.

* Building an online resource for the CS delegates .
Given enough time - something we have now -  an online resource of 
some kind could be setup so that not only do we know how to get in 
touch with each other, but also what our common positions and 
objectives are for the meeting.

* Communications
One of the issues that came up in this month's public voice 
teleconference is that we need to better share news and updates that 
are going on.

I for one have started a blog to keep this caucus and others informed 
on my wsis activities. If you have a blog, or know others who do - 
please let me know so that I can feed them into the WSIS news section 
on my site.

http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/

I hope that by starting to plan now we can be more strategic and 
effective at the coming prepcom.

I am keen to hear everyone's comments.


regards

Robert

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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>