Dear Acharn Ubonrat,
I've just picked up my visa today. The embassy was quite quick--just one day so
I hope that your travel arrangements will go smoothly. Thank you for updating
me and look forward to your confirmation. I will be leaving on Thursday late
night. I guess I will be seeing you in Tokyo next time we meet.
In case you need ot contact me my mobile is 661-818-8349; which I will take
with me.
subonrat wrote:
> Dear Sacha
> I won't get the visa until tomorrow. This is due to the process within
> the university which took quite a few steps. I've asked the travel agency
> to send the ticket to me on Thursday afternoon.
> I will let you know as soon as everything is in order.
>
> Ubonrat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sacha Jotisalikorn" <sacha@forumasia.org>
> To: <communication@wsisasia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:17 AM
> Subject: [communication 232] Re: Open Meeting on Jan 11 and 12 in WSIS
> Tokyo; call to panelists/presentors for coordination
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Many thanks to Al for the update and keeping us focused. Al has undertaken
> this
> > update /coordination for us as the designated focal point of the
> Engagement Working
> > Group (set up at the Bangkok workshop). We hope to converge our Bangkok
> working
> > groups into the other groups and continue with post-Tokyo activities.
> Looking forward
> > to seeing those of you going to Tokyo and meeting new colleagues. We will
> keep you
> > posted from Tokyo.
> >
> > Sacha
> >
> >
> > "Alan G. Alegre" wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all
> > >
> > > Greetings of solidarity from Manila...
> > >
> > > It will be just a couple of days when the Tokyo meetings will start and
> I
> > > would like to congratulate everyone (especially from our friends in
> Japan
> > > like Izumi, Adam, Hamada and others who are facilitating a lot of
> things)
> > > for all the efforts to transcend structural, distance, and time barriers
> to
> > > enable Civil Society and NGOs to engage the processes more meaningfully.
> > >
> > > Congrats as well to the organizers of the different side events, which
> all
> > > promise to be very interesting and relevant.
> > >
> > > As some of us are leaving in for Tokyo within the week, I would like to
> post
> > > some final recommendations for the Tokyo meetings, which some of us have
> > > been talking and thinking about already:
> > >
> > > 1. I would like to reiterate the importance of the process of converging
> all
> > > NGOs in the Open Meetings (a la NGO Plenary in PRepCom1 which was very
> > > effective in coordinating "modes of NGO participation"), scheduled for
> 5-7
> > > pm both on Saturday (11th) and Sunday (12th), at the UN University. We
> > > appreciate all efforts to align the other side events to this schedule
> so as
> > > to prevent overlap/competing times. It is extremely important to have
> these
> > > meetings as our own space to coordinate all NGO-related activities and
> > > concerns.
> > >
> > > 2. Aside from the usual briefings these meeting will have, we also are
> > > looking at the possibility of ensuring that all NGO panelists and
> presentors
> > > during the formal meeting, come together to share with everyone
> interested
> > > the outline/content of their presentations, so we are confident that all
> > > important messages are delivered, and overlaps are minimized. Though we
> are
> > > all autonomous and independent from each other, coordination is of
> utmost
> > > importance (based on the previous experience at the Geneva PrepCom1).
> > >
> > > IN this light may I suggest that all proposed panelists and presenters
> do a
> > > "sharing session" with interested CSO stakeholders, either during the
> open
> > > meetings/plenaries, or sometime after (maybe in an informal after-dinner
> > > session) to preview and share their intended presentations for
> > > feedback--revisions, endorsement--from the other members. The panel
> > > discussions should be an opportunity to represent all the major concerns
> of
> > > the diverse ngo stakeholders that we call Asia ngo/civil society.
> (Thanks to
> > > Sacha for this sound suggestion.)
> > >
> > > 3. I also would reiterate to all going to Tokyo to think of the
> possiblity
> > > of possible areas of work where you can volunteer to facilitate our work
> > > there. I had suggested about 4 "working clusters" to be active in Tokyo:
> > > - Logistics
> > > - Content
> > > - Information and Outreach
> > > - "lobbying"/Engagement
> > > Hopefully you will all have an idea of where you can best contribute so
> we
> > > may structure things loosely but effectively.
> > >
> > > 4. We encourage everyone to gather information that may be useful to our
> > > processes, and may I stress that situationers from your respective
> official
> > > country delegations may also be important to share.
> > >
> > > Please feel free to send this out to all NGO people not on this list but
> who
> > > you know will be in Tokyo, with some sort of background info about our
> > > common efforts to have this CSO convergence process--from Geneva
> PrepCom1,
> > > to Bangkok (both the WACC/Forum Asia workshop, as well as the CONGO ACSF
> > > meeting), to Hyderabad Asian Social Forum, and finally to Tokyo.
> > >
> > > ==========================================
> > > I know of 3-4 "centers of gravity" in Tokyo if you need to coordinate
> with
> > > someone:
> > >
> > > Hotel: Toyoko Inn Kamata No.2
> > > 7-24-7 Nishi-Kamatam Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0051, Japan
> > > Tel: 81-3-3733-2580, Fax: 81-3-3733-2581
> > > Possible Contact points there: Sacha Jotisalikorn, Bobby Garcia
> > >
> > > Hotel: Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Main Tower
> > > 10-30, Takanawa 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8611, Japan
> > > Tel: 81-3-3440-1111, Fax: 81-3-3441-7092
> > > Possible Contact points there: Al Alegre, Jaba Menon
> > >
> > > Hotel: Children's Palace- Kodomonoshiro-Hotel (Jan 10-11 only)
> > > 5-53-1, Jinguumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0001, Japan
> > > Tel: 81-3-3797-5677, Fax: 81-3-3406-7805
> > > Possible Contact points there: Chat Ramilo and others from the Gender
> caucus
> > >
> > > Glocom Office
> > > 6-15-21 Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032
> > > TEL: +81-3-5411-6677 FAX: +81-3-5412-7111
> > > Possible Contact points there: Izumi Aizu, Adam Peake, Yumiko Masuda
> > > ==========================================
> > >
> > > For those not going to Tokyo, we hope that the communcation@wsisasia.org
> > > list will be the place for continuous on site briefings and reports. The
> > > stakeholders to the Asian process are certainly beyond only those able
> to
> > > attend the face-to-face meetings!
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot and hope to meet all Tokyo sojourners soon!
> > >
> > > In solidarity
> > > Al Alegre
> > >
> > > P.S. I am also reposting again a draft by the global civil society
> > > Sub-committee on Participation (formed at PrepCom 1, under the aegis of
> the
> > > Civil Society Plenary Group) of a paper outlining important
> participation
> > > and inclusion issues, FYI. (Sent by Sean O'Sochru). Apologies if you
> have
> > > recieved this already.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Izumi Aizu <izumi@anr.org>
> > > To: <hiroko-h@jumonji-u.ac.jp>; <kiochkim@sookmyung.ac.kr>; Kwan Liow
> > > <kwan@gkpsecretariat.org.my>; 'Rinalia Abdul Rahim'
> > > <rinalia@gkpsecretariat.org.my>; Beris Gwynne <berisgwynne@fdc.org.au>;
> > > Robert Guild <RobertG@forumsec.org.fj>; <nick@takingitglobal.org>;
> toshimaru
> > > ogura <ogr@nsknet.or.jp>
> > > Cc: <communication@wsisasia.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:37 PM
> > > Subject: [communication 209] Open Meeting on Jan 11 and 12
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear organizers of the Side Events,
> > > >
> > > > Asian NGOs involved with WSIS is now forming a coordination committee
> > > > tentatively titled as
> > > > "Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee for WSIS"
> > > >
> > > > and there is a proposal to hold an "Open Meeting" during the Side
> Event,
> > > > Saturday and Sunday, in the late afternoon, say from 5 to 7 pm at UNU.
> > > >
> > > > It seems that after 5 pm should be OK for most events except the
> > > > Communication Rights, but since the last part if video one, some
> > > > people should be able to join (according to Hamada-san).
> > > >
> > > > One request is Room. All rooms are used in the late afternoon,
> > > > so UNU person told me it is better to ask if any of you, the
> organizers
> > > > who is going to conclude the meeting each day before 5 pm so that
> > > > that same room can be used for this Open Meeting.
> > > >
> > > > Could you indicate if you are ready to "give up" the room before or
> > > > around 5 PM?
> > > >
> > > > We want to discuss:
> > > > -> to formaly kick off NGO Coordination Commitee;
> > > > introduce ourselves, share what each other are facing and doing
> > > > prepare NGO panel in the plenary
> > > > discuss about the Declaration, with two NGO reps to the editorial
> > > committee
> > > > prepare for PrepCom2 and Summit
> > > >
> > > > Below is the summary of the concluding time of the side events as I
> > > gathered
> > > > (correct me if I am wrong or you changed the agenda recently).
> > > >
> > > > Gender - Saturday, 11th: 5 pm, Sunday, 12th: noon
> > > > Communication Rights - Sunday: late afternoon will be Movie session
> > > > Information Society - Sunday: 5 pm
> > > > Youth - Saturday: not certain, 7:30 pm, dinner?
> > > > Sunday: 6 pm?
> > > > Pacific Islands - Sunday: 4:45 pm
> > > >
> > > > Though Pacific Island organizer is not quite the "NGO", I still think
> > > > asking key persons will benefit NGO/civil society and Pacific Island
> > > > stakeholders together.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your understandings and cooperation.
> > > >
> > > > izumi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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