[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

[Gurstein, Michael]

I'm also unclear as to rules, procedures and priorities/strategies
here...

Starting with the latter... I would have thought, but could be wrong,
that the priority/strategy for the selection of the CS speakers would be
directed not to the internal on going WSIS processes (and insiders) but
rather to the much larger, more diverse and much less informed group of
those participating in the processes for the first time at the Summit
and perhaps even more important, the possible linkages into the more
general public and specifically the ICT policy aware public through the
media.

If this is the case, then the identification shoud be done with one eye
on credibility/visibility to this larger universe.

As for procedures, this would suggest that some procedure be put in
place to link the selection process with CS somewhat beyond the rather
narrow and highly selective group of those currently active in the WSIS
process and to include those "montioring" the process from afar
primarily I would guess through these lists, but also via other forms of
"reporting out".

However, I seem to recall that somewhere a "rule" was promulgated and I
admit to not remembering from where it came, that participation as a
speaker would only be allowed for those who had previously been active
in the WSIS process which would, based on the above seem to be a rule
which one would more or less immediately want to change or at least
challenge.

Perhaps someone could advise,

Best,

Mike Gurstein (who has made some few suggestions concerning possible
speakers and thus would like some clarification s per the above... 

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Laina Raveendran Greene ha scritto:
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to
> hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my 
> concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation 
> represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and 
> inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying
this.

Couldn't we have a principle in that every person, organization, caucus 
or country cannot appear more than X times? Maybe with X=1 for people 
and organizations, and X=2 for caucuses and countries.

Generally speaking, I am a bit concerned about how to proceed. I see 
considerable criticism to this list of speakers, and while part of it is

natural (not everyone can be represented in such a small set of people 
and those left out will always complain), I think it should be taken 
into serious consideration.

In particular, I think that it should be the Plenary to approve a final 
list of speakers, not the Bureau. If we don't have time to do it in 
Tunis the day before the Summit, I would rather hold an online 
consultation to that purpose.
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