[WSIS CS-Plenary] Meeting on preparation of IGF meeting in Greece - 15 February

[Milton Mueller]

Vittorio:

I totally agree with your diagnosis of the problem. Two observations, however: 

1) originally this consultation with Papadatos was going to be completely detached from the IGF consultation. So, putting it on the 15th was "an improvement" ;-). I knew of this decision well enough in advance to plan my trip to Geneva accordingly. 

2) I and others in IGP continue to call for use of online synchronous communication for these kinds of consultations. I'd encourage you to add your voice to that chorus.

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Il giorno mer, 08/02/2006 alle 09.39 +0100, CONGO - Philippe Dam ha
scritto:
> Dear all, 
> 
>  
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> This is to confirm that the meeting with George Papadatos to consult
> with NGOs on the preparations for the IGF meeting in Greece will take
> place on the 15 February, 15:00-18:00, at the CONGO Office in Geneva. 

Can I ask to civil society people that have the chance to attend this
meeting (I won't) to make the point that it is a bit confusing to add
one more day of meetings in Geneva to two other already scheduled days
of meetings, and it adds up to increasing costs etc.? 
I think we should encourage the Greek government to cooperate more with
the official IGF setup process, managed by Annan and his delegates, and
avoid unnecessary duplication of meetings and discussions, which is
particularly hard to bear for civil society people.
Thanks,
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vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
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