Al, Nice to hear from you. Keep well.
A comment or two.
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>MY INTERIM SUGGESTION:
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>Pending overdue discussion on our leadership/representation structure, which
>we can do later, I think we should choose quickly who should go to Paris as
>our rep.
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>I think Angela Kuga Thas is willing and very able to represent us in
>Paris--she was our rep in week 2 of PrepCom2 and has been very active in
>dissecting the CS Faciliataion Fund. I gather she is available for the
>intersessional meeting, and I would like to nominate her. She will provide
>continuity to our advocacies from Tokyo and Geneva, and will represent us
>well, and I can attest that she is very capable to play this role. Plus she
>is a woman, and will improve the gender balance of that meeting! :-)
This makes sense to me. I agree.
Angela did a fine job in Geneva, and has been keeping us up-to-date since.
Izumi and I will both be in Paris. I would be pleased to try and
support Angela as she thought fit with any Asian family issues. It
would make sense for her to continue as our rep until we can get
organized for PrepCom3 (for which I believe there will be funds
available to support more participants from the region, or at least
from LDCs from the region.)
And. Remember comments on the intersessional documents must be sent by May 31.
GLOCOM will be commenting on 3 main issues:
-Ensuring meaningful participation by developing nations in global
policy making processes.
-On Internet names and addresses, and
-Accessibility (disabled and elderly) of ICTs.
Thanks,
Adam
>(Adam and Izumi and Glocom I think are planning to go too, but I think they
>may have their own resources; Isis people are also probably going--right
>Susanna/Raijeli/Mavic?-- and maybe others who have some resources to travel
>to Paris--but I am suggesting that Angela be the one who the Asian Family
>chooses to take the subsidized slot. Regardless, Asian who are there will
>naturally be the strategy group)
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>[PERSONAL NOTE AGAIN: In case some of you are thinking: Why not Al?
>I really want to give way to Angela, especially for the subsidized slot. So
>if there are no other resources available, I hope you agree it should be
>her. But if there are funds (from somewhere) I will consider going too, if I
>can manage my schedule. I doubt if I can raise any more money from here, so
>it will have to come from somewhere else. (Any suggestions?) But again, if
>funds are available, it could also be someone else, not me. No problem.
>Still and all, may I assure everyone, that I am still here, committed to
>helping out in whatever capacity.]
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>So there. Sorry for the longish post, but wanted to be clear as possible. I
>appeal everyone to weigh in--either in support of my suggestion, or with a
>nomination of your own.
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>Thanks for the listen
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>Peace
>Al
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