Dear all,Before coming PrepCom IIIa, Mr. Samasseku is preparing one non-paper throughout informal consultations including civil society. The attached one is the draft of that non-paper, which is based on the final document of last PrepCom III. He will make some consultations with civil society people in coming 30 and 31 Oct. in Geneva. There, so far as I know, Sacha,= Anoop and Patcha will attend to that meeting from our region.I didn't check it precisely, but in my rough reading, I could not find out= any hopeful sign except for one important change regarding open source related paragraph. That part is obviously a progress because it took away= the equalizing software model concept which is to be exploited by some propretary vendor like MicroSoft. All other parts seem to be almost unchanged and sometimes looks slightly worse. In a sense, this new compromise text shows us very clearly why we could nolonger expect some progress or improvement. Sacha, Anoop and Patcha, Do not bring them too hard testing!regards,Chun-------- Currunt Text --------24. (22) Access to information and knowledge can be promoted by increasing awareness among all stakeholders of the possibilities offered by different software applications, including proprietary, open-source and= free software, in order to increase competition, freedom of choice and affordability, and to enable all stakeholders to evaluate which solution meets their requirements. -------- Previous Text --------22. 24A. The growth of an information society should be encouraged throughthe adoption of open source strategies for software applications as theycontribute to increase access and enhance diversity for software users.Multiple software models exist which promotes the principle of technologyneutrality, these include open source, free and proprietary software, andare valuable model that supports more affordable access to ICTs.-- ------------------------------------------------------------Chun Eung HwiGeneral Secretary, PeaceNet | phone: (+82) 2-2166-2205Seoul Yangchun P.O.Box 81 | pcs: (+82) 019-259-2667Seoul, 158-600, Korea | eMail: chun@peacenet.or.kr---------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:17:01 +0100From: Liliane Ursache <liliane.ursache@ties.itu.ch>Reply-To: bureau@geneva2003.orgTo: bureau@geneva2003.orgSubject: [WSIS-CT] Paper of Adama SamassekouResent-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:39:22 -0500Resent-From: "Sally Burch - ALAI" <sburch@alainet.org>Resent-To: ct@wsis-cs.org***********************************************ENGLISH************************************************Dear Members of the Bureau,The President of the PrepCom, Mr. Adama SamassñÌou has undertaken an informal consultation with the governments to find a consensus formulation of the Declaration. He has been mandated by PC3 to prepare a non-paper. You will find attached the first draft of this non-paper. Mr. Samassekou would like to have the reaction of CS members on this first draft by Thursday 30th October at 6 PM Geneva time. He is open to reformulating key issues that are of major concern for CS but, of course, he doesn't want to completely re-write this document. We are sending this message to the contact organizations of the Bureau as well as to Sally Burch who, if you agree, could coordinate the comments of all caucuses in order to provide one single amended document from civil society.The deadline of Thursday is imperative as a new version will be prepared Thursday night to be discussed with governments on Friday 31 Octobre.Best regards,Louise Lassonde
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