Hi Arfa
Good to hear from you and am assuming you're back in Malaysia "alive and
kicking" again...
> Dear Alan,
>
> Thanks for your concern and support for malaysiakini.
> I just came back to work after a short break and can
> only send u the notes I had taken during the wrap-up
> sesion by Thursday. Hope that's ok.
Yes, please. Just send anything you have. I put out a call on this list to
anyone else who has notes but so far no one has sent me anything. :-( I saw
you taking a lot of notes that day so I am sure yours will be helpful.
> There is a petition being circulated by Forum Asia i
> support of Malaysiakini which is to be endorsed by the
> civil societies and NGos worldwide. Have u received
> it?
Yes I have, and have endorsed it.
> As for the second prep com meeting in Geneva. I think
> I would like to attend but have some problems because
> I have not registered myself and Forum Asia who
> sponsored me in my past participation in WSIS is also
> not registered. Do I still have a chance?
I am not sure now about this if you are not registered yet. There is even a
more complicated accreditation process involved. As for subsidy/sponsorship,
I know that a "participation fund" had been announced on the site but if I
am not mistaken, the deadline for that has passed as well. In any case,
there are people on this list who may have other thoughts and/or resources
so I leave it to them to respond to you directly.
(I myself had been informed that I was one of those chosen to recieve a
fellowship, but I implied to them that I could not stay the entire duration
of PrepCom2--17-28 Feb!--and I do not know now if they will still grant the
fellowship...Have to wait and see...)
> Hope to hear from u soon. Thanks and take care.
>
> Arfa
Same to you. Please continue to plug on with your malaysiakini colleagues;
all of you are again becoming a symbol for us, as well as a reminder that
the the truly communicative "info society" is not achieved solely through
summits and meetings, but in day to day struggles against an array of
enemies...
More power
Al
>
> --- "Alan G. Alegre" <alalegre@codewan.com.ph> wrote:
> > Hi Arfa, Your being safe and sound is good news.
> >
> > Want to bring to your our message of solidarity to
> > you and malaysiakini in
> > this time of difficulty. I have forwarded the news
> > about the raid widely
> > among our lists here, and we are hoping letters of
> > support will be coming in
> > to Malaysia on this. Please tell us other steps we
> > can take...
> >
> > Do not know if you still have the time (or are in
> > the right frame of mind)
> > to forward me your notes on the last NGO wrap-up
> > meeting we had in Tokyo
> > (Wednesday 15th, afternoon)--covering both the
> > meeting with Adama
> > Sammassekou, and our own internal evaluation and
> > immediate plans. I do not
> > have any written notes as I was facilitating, but I
> > would be happy to
> > process any raw notes you have, so I may send it out
> > to the group...
> >
> > If this is a difficult time, of course we will
> > understand. I am then
> > appealing to anyone on this list who took notes of
> > the aforementioned
> > meeting to please send them to me (Sacha? Mavic?
> > Serena? Myung Jun? Izumi?
> > YJ? Bobby? .....)
> >
> > This early, I am deciding on if and when I can go to
> > Geneva for PrepCom2.
> > Can anyone on the list planning to go (regardless of
> > status of funds) please
> > declare so on this list so we may keep each other on
> > the loop regarding
> > Asian participation there? In Tokyo we had a show of
> > hands during the last
> > meeting and I seem to recall the following people:
> > Bobby G, Adam, Izumi,
> > Myung Jun, Mavic?, Patcha? (+ Bertrand of the Open
> > WSIS Initiative) --pls
> > confirm and add your name.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Al
> >