Sean's views.
Warm regards,
Angela
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From: "Sean O Siochru" <sean@nexus.ie>
To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>; <bureau@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking Slots - CSB Role
Bureau members:
A few points:
1) If anything is to be done about this - and my feedback too, is that
something must - then the Content and Themes Groups should be having the
key input. So I agree with John - they must be contacted to determine the
right procedure. But it should also go forward for approval at the first
Civil Society Plenary meeting, to be clear everyone is clear and has a say.
A couple of points on the proposal itself.
2) The 48 hour wait might restrict the ability to react to what is going
on at a meeting. For example, while caucuses should certainly draw up a
common position even prior to each meeting, the actual content and emphasis
of the presentation might be better decided by those on the spot (based on
the consensus positions).
3. We might also want to make a distinction between some longer and more
general statements (such as the civil societies priorities - though it was
longer than needed) and short statements on very specific issues related to
current debates.
There are also issues such as finding fair and transparent ways to
prioritise and decide who is to speak.
But let us first ensure we have the right procedure for discussing this
important topic. As there does not exist an 'offical' transparent
mechanism for communication between the Bureau and C&T group I assume we
contact Bill McIver and Sally Burch.
Sean
I am copying this to the other, openly archived, list (bureau@wsis-cs.org)
to enhance transparency.
At 15:06 20/07/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Veni,
>
>Renata and I were selected as the CSB Chairpersons from now until the end
of
>PrepCom 3 in order to keep the "dynamic" going (said Africa, motion by
>Volunteers).
>
>I like what you have below concerning speaking slots. Could we hear some
>feedback
>from others? Considering certain situations at the Paris meeting, the CSB
>should
>perhaps take a role to coordinate this more.
>
>We should also see what Content and Themes says. They may feel that we are
>assuming their responsibility, however, they may agree concerning the
>situations
>and disagreements among the caucusing in Paris.
>
>John
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: bureau-request@geneva2003.org
>[mailto:bureau-request@geneva2003.org]On Behalf Of Veni Markovski
>Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:35 AM
>To: bureau@geneva2003.org
>Subject: Proposals, please, respond!
>
>
>Dear Bureau members,
>I'd like to propose for the Geneva meetings the following rule, based on
>the Paris experience:
>
>When we have slots for speaking at the plenary sessions, I think that we
>should follow the following rules:
>
>1. Topics should be discussed within the caucus (via mailing list) at least
>48 hours in advance.
>2. The CS Bureau should have the text to be presented at least 24 hours in
>advance.
>3. The text should be no more than 1800 characters (one standard A4 page)
>4. Text should be present to the translators 1 hour before the start of
>reading it.
>
>Failure to fulfil these requirements means that the person responsible will
>not have the chance to speak!
>
>If we don't act organized, we'll be facing the same problems every time
>between now and 2005, and at the end noone will pay attention to what we
>say, no matter how important it is.
>
>We should always require from our own secretariat to have all contributions
>from the Civil Society being distributed to the governmental delegations.
>I'd actually propose even more - let's have them printed on a differen
>paper (green, red, yellow), so that the governmental delegations will pay
>attention to them. However, it is not only important what we say, but also
>in what form we say it. The shorter - the better. Shortest - best. We will
>not have a chance to make our cause presented, because there are 200
>countries that want to do the same. In this aspect, I think from the slots
>so far Y J Park's presentation Friday morning was the best - less than 1
>page, which she read for about 2 minutes. That's how we can say many things
>within a short period of time. That's what we have to do!
>
>If you have proposals, please, send them to the list, otherwise I propose a
>motion to vote on this.
>
>There will be another message shortly about the way we can work better in
>Geneva. I am writing them at the airport, unfortunately no wireless access,
>so can't send them immediately...
>
>sincerely,
>veni
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