Hi Sacha,
Thank you for your mail, and I would also like to acknowledge Ubonrat and
Adam's mail in this context.
I would love to share my experience with others, but I am extremely tied up
with one project till the 6th Feb, so I was wondering whether Izumi would
take the lead and i could supplement that!
Alternatively, I would put down a short note after the 6th....is that a fair
request?
On a lighter note, my participation at this conference provided me with an
opportunity to get to know some of my colleagues better...that was great !
Warm regards.
Jaba Menon
Partnership Manager
OneWorld South Asia
Ph/Fax: 91-11-26532430/ 26612008
www.oneworld.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Sacha Jotisalikorn [mailto:sacha@forumasia.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:29 PM
To: jaba.menon@oneworld.net
Cc: communication@wsisasia.org; Rinalia; Kwan Liow; Aida Karimah Hussain
Subject: Re: [communication 304] Re: Declraration Draft Ver 2.1
Dear Jaba,
I would like to thank you, Hamada-san and Iszumi-san for your work on the
drafting committee (or should we refer to it now as the informal
consultative
drafting group).
If I may report to the rest of the mail list, all three of our friends made
diligent, tireless efforts on behalf of civil society/NGOs to get our
concerns
into the draft statement. Many times, they worked while others were having
meals and late into the night. Some points we were sucessful in including,
while on some other we were not. And thanks to other members during the
public
feedback sessions for maintaining our presence and keeping our feet in the
door.
While we might have different perspectives on the result of final statement
I
don't think we can deny that without any of these valuable efforts by
everyone
involved we would have an even more completely different statement.
Perhaps our three drafting committee delegates could share some of their
experiences with those of us who could not be in Tokyo. Your insights would
be
valuable in helping us to prepare for Perpcom 2 as well.
Sacha
Jaba Menon wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am back on my desk after one full week...not a very happy situation to
be
> in!
>
> Just wanted to convey my sincere gratitude and appreciation to all my
> colleagues at Tokyo and Global Knowledge Partnership, who made it possible
> for me to attend the WSIS Regional meeting, expressed confidence in my
> capabilities for delivering on certain specifics and contributed towards
> making it a very professionally rewarding experience for me. Almost every
> waking minute was productively spent, i thought...
>
> I echo John's sentiments..."I have learnt so much from you" and do hope
that
> I have been able to contribute in areas that I was expected to...
>
> Hope to keep in touch , though I must admit that I would not be attending
> the Prepcom 2 and would not really find much time to participate online
> either, since I play a different role for OneWorld and at best,
contributing
> to the WSIS process is a minor role...But in case there is something
> specific that OneWorld or I could participate in, pl. do let me know.
>
> Thanks once again.
>
> Warm regards
>
> Jaba Menon
> Partnership Manager
> OneWorld South Asia
> Ph/Fax: 91-11-26532430/ 26612008
> www.oneworld.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Fung [mailto:john.fung@hkcss.org.hk]
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:11 PM
> To: communication@wsisasia.org
> Subject: [communication 300] Re: Declraration Draft Ver 2.1
>
> Dear all,
>
> Nice to have met you all in tokyo.
> Particularly thanks to adam and izumi and yumiko in making all the
> arrangements.
>
> It's especially memorable working closely with some of you in the
> content working group.
> I have learnt so much from you.
> Pity we did not have the chance to say goodbye properly.
>
> As a Hong Konger, I personally have a lot of mixed feelings over the
> taiwan issue of course.
>
> Anyhow, I had the opportunity to be introduced to the leader of the
> Chinese delegation on Wednesday afternoon after the closing (not the mr
> ke who spoke). I explained to him the general feeling of NGOs etc. on
> the matter, as far as I could.
> He too explained his difficult situation in allowing Taiwan NGOs to
> attend the regional conference (because it's against the whole nation's
> policy).
> He said they have started the negotiation process with the japanses
> government on how to deal with taiwan's participation a few weeks before
> the conference and have sought ways to reach a compromise. Although they
> had approached the matter at a very high level, it was not very
> successful.
>
> He particularly asked me to convey the message to all NGOs that they are
> not against the participation of Civil Society at all.
> I think it's a pity that the message came out so badly.
>
> Adam, I don't think my organisation could afford sending out
> representatives to attend prepcom2. But would like to have the chance to
> continually contribute, perhaps on line, if possible.
>
> And if you would like to "piggyback" on some conferences, the one that I
> organised in late August is a choice. Too late?
> For information, please visit website: http://www.hkcss.org.hk/husita7/
>
> Cheers.
>
> John Y. C. Fung
> IT & Development Chief Officer
> Direct Line: (852) 2864 2971
> ITRC Website: itrc.hkcss.org.hk
> HKCSS Website: www.hkcss.org.hk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: subonrat [mailto:subonrat@chula.ac.th]
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:39 PM
> To: communication@wsisasia.org
> Subject: [communication 297] Re: Declraration Draft Ver 2.1
>
> Dear Izumi
> Your website, www.anr.org , is very useful. I will read in more
> detailed later on.
> Thanks so much for the excellent co-ordination.
>
> Ubonrat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Izumi Aizu" <izumi@anr.org>
> To: <communication@wsisasia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 10:08 AM
> Subject: [communication 265] Declraration Draft Ver 2.1
>
> > Some people asked for this again, so I am sending it here for
> > conveninece.
> >
> > AND, for those who are already in Tokyo, welcome!
> >
> > izumi
> >
> >
> >
> > >> Izumi Aizu <<
> > Asia Network Research
> > www.anr.org
> > &
> > GLOCOM /Institute for HyperNetwork Society
> >
> > << Writing the Future of the History >>
> >