[WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for Tunis

[conchita poncini]

MessageDear All,

Please read the comments I wrote below on this subject.  I am particularly sensitive to reaching out to the grassroos community and to vlaues and ethics as well as women's equal rights which entry to ICT is education.I urge that considerations be given to these caucuses objectively.  Thanks.

Maraming salamat sa iyo.  I really wanted to emphasize fairness, transparency, support for those without a voice and other values that would connect everyone.  To make hasty choices just because there is a deadline does not do justice to our declarations to be inclusive, cohesive, equal, peoples oriented, support the voiceless, the ICT illiterates but are doing great to help individual growth and development, etc.  I did not see the most important caucuses as Grassroots Caucuses, Ethics and Values, Women's Human Rights, Indigenous peoples..

Furthermore, there is no gender balance in the High Level Panel of speakers yet we have emphasized this in the plenary sessions.  If it is not gender balance (an absolute equality between women and men) at least gender equitable (a relative number that is faire and just and inclusive).  

Chris, do you think we should bring attention to this anomaly to the leaders finally deciding.  After all it is not the CSB that is deciding.

Best regards and yours in solidarity,

Conchita

    
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Drake 
  To: Conchita Poncini 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:47 PM
  Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis]


  Mahal na kapatid Conchita,

  Maraming salamat po for raising this. It certainly would be good to understand how the criteria included having a broad range of speakers and yet some caucuses have two slots while Values and Ethics has none! I guess it reinforces the relevance and importance of an emphasis on values.....

  best wishes
  Chris

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  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
  From: conchita poncini <conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch> 
  Date: Oct 4, 2005 1:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
  To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
  Cc: Laina Raveendran Greene < laina at getit.org>, helen sayers <helensayers at gmail.com>

   
  Dear Rik,

  I do not see the Ethics and Values Caucus - where is it or is there an arbitrary selection.  I also strongly feel that reasons for final selection should be transparent to everyone.Please advise. 

  Conchita 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: T N Anuradha 
  To: rikp at earthlink.net 
  Cc: 'Basheerhamad Shadrach' ; grassroots-caucus at dgroups.org ; plenary at wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:57 AM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for Tunis


  Dear Rik,
  Thanks for your mail giving clarification on the selection procedure for the speakers at Tunis.
  .
  Looking into your requirements, I think our nominees meet them all.  Probably the CS plenary may not have seen them face to face, but at their own level within their communities they are at High Levels in their organisation (Community Based Organisation)).  They are well aware about the WSIS process and have been involved in the regional meetings organised by Grassroots Caucus.  Their contributions towards building an information society within their community is unparalleled. Ofcourse I don't need to clarify on their ability to speak, with which they have mobilised their own communities towards development.

  I think its unrealistic to consider grassroots communities as mere beneficiaries, but considered as prime movers/parcipants in  the whole WSIS process.

  Iam sure this would help you to consider one of the grassroots caucus nominees to share their views at WSIS.

  Regards
  Anuradha
  Grassroots Caucus
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