[WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU

[Rik Panganiban]

I agree very much that we should consider the speakers to be "our"  
speakers. The selection committee considered whether or not someone  
would be speaking just on their own individual behalf, on behalf of  
their own organization, or if they would be open to including other  
viewpoints besides their own.  Ideally we want to have as many  
possible views expressed through the limited number of speaking slots  
allotted to us.

One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact  
information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, we  
can contact each person individually and make sure that they have the  
broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e. if someone  
plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly briefed on the  
privacy and security working group's concerns about data retention  
and surveillance.

Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on  
given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that  
as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.

Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.  But we  
want everyone speaking to as much as possible show solidarity with  
the proposals and viewpoints of the rest of CS in the WSIS process.

Rik Panganiban


On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

>
>> Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short  
>> summary (one paragraph)" of the communication of "our"  
>> representatives, among who a big part is unknown even for well  
>> initiated WSIS CS participants.
>>
> This is a good point, and I really support this. The fact that some  
> of them are not known even to us WSIS "insiders" is probably due to  
> the fact that the ITU insisted on "director" level persons, while  
> many of us who have been very active in the WSIS process are normal  
> members or staff. But it is certainly good to see more clearly who  
> they are. Last time we even had a document where somebody had  
> collected pictures of them. I hope the CS secretariat through CONGO  
> can find the time to do this.
>
> Best, Ralf
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