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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 02:41:05 +0800
From: Susanna George <susanna@isiswomen.org>
Subject: [communication 1006] Re: Asia Pacific final selection of  nominees for fellowships
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Al, Raijeli and I are following the messages coming from the PC-3A and 
trying to follow the discussion and are giving inputs where possible.

Looking forward to catching up with you once you are back in town,

susanna

At 05:22 PM 11/9/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>Hello all
>
>Am still travelling so apologies for not being too active in thisnext
>intersessional phase of the summit (/geneva 10-14 NOvember).
>
>Just want to seek the support of people who could beactive in giving 
>immediate
>feedback in case some is need by our colleagues who are there in Geneva 
>(Patcha
>I think is there), as well as from APC (Karen Banks in particular). They 
>may be
>posting to me and to others immediate content/language being negotiated by 
>them
>in the next four days.
>
>I have said that whatever we send I will immediately post to our own asia
>mailing list for information and feedback. However, I need *explicit* word on
>who is committed to give feedback immediately so we may send it to Geneva via
>Patcha or Karen.
>
>So, may i ask if some of us who have been active in the content development
>work to commit to be available in the next 4-5 days for monitoring these
>incoming messages, and immediately giving feedback?
>
>Just off the top of my head, here a a few names I am thinking of, based on 
>area
>of interest and expertise (in the topics still contentious):
>
>Adam, Izumi, Chun, YJ- internet governance
>Angela, Isis people - gender
>OH Byoung Il - patents copyrights trademarks, privacy etc.
>Isis people, MJ - Comunity media
>NOrbert - Multilingual etc
>other.....
>
>Again what I would hope foris that you monitor the itnersessional and this 
>list
>for any updates, and then post your comments immediately--please copy to 
>Patcha
>and Karen...
>
>I will be in meetings in SF the next two days, and then will be travelling 
>the
>following two, so I will be limited in my reactions, especially in days 3 and
>4. I hope Angela can backstop here...
>
>Of course3 Patcha, just post directly and get feedback directly. YOu are our
>direct link there...
>
>I guess thats all
>
>Thanks to all
>
>Al
>
>
>Quoting RunningToddler <amkt@apcwomen.org>:
>
> > Dear Nick, Adam and Al,
> >
> > I've looked at all the applications, and considering the objectives around
> > WSIS, and the priority of balancing not only geographic balance but also
> > "family" and everything else, we would certainly need to prioritise the 
> list
> > of names if we're submitting all names for funding. Since Nick's list 
> has an
> > order of priority (thanks for this, Nick), I think the overall listing 
> needs
> > to have this as well. So my order of priority is as follows (noting 
> that I'm
> > putting aside the 60%-40% ratio requirement since others may have no 
> DCs and
> > CIT to choose from anyway, especially considering Africa's listing; and
> > noting that many have applied from the Philippines, but are not necessarily
> > Filipino/a):
> >
> > Candidates to be sponsored under CS fellowships in order of priority, order
> > of prioritisation done for those known to be active:
> >
> > 1. Allan Alegre (CSB member, Asia Pacific, Philippines, active)
> > 2. Robert Sagun (CSB alternate, Youth, Philippines, active)
> > 3. Concepcion (Chat) Garcia Ramilo (Gender, Philippines, active)
> > 4. Sonali Unkule (Youth, India, active)
> > 5. Susanna George (Gender, Malaysia, active)
> > 6. Raijeli Nicole (Gender, Fiji, active)
> > 7. Kesh Bahadur Pariyar (Asia Pacific, Nepal, active, marginalised group)
> > 8. Ma. Victoria Balleza (Gender, Philippines, active)
> > 9. Celeste Cinco (Gender, Philippines, active)
> > 10. Haseeb Humayoon (Afghanistan, ONLY IF it's not possible to consider him
> > under Middle East and Western Asia) [IMPORTANT: Adam is right. His name is
> > not on the fellowships listing]
> > 11. Omar Mansoor Ansara (Afghanistan, ONLY IF it's not possible to consider
> > him under Middle East and Western Asia)
> > 12. Maitreyi Doshi (Youth, India, active)
> > 13. Aditi Utpat (Youth, India, active)
> > 14. Anthony de la Cruz (Youth, Philippines, active)
> >
> > It's almost 50-50 males to females for the above listing, a couple more
> > women than men, but that's a good thing :o)
> >
> >
> > Others:
> > All others who applied from Asia Pacific, except the three mentioned below
> > from Bangladesh ONLY IF there's insufficient funds for fellowships. I've
> > noticed that the one who applied from China is not actually Chinese.
> >
> >
> > IMPORTANT--Have other sources of funds/scholarships:
> >
> > Suggest not choosing Reza Salim of BFES, Mahbubul Karim of PROSHIKA and
> > Syeda Saleh of ECOTA. All three are from Bangladesh and all three are
> > assured of scholarships by the GKP as they are members of the GKP.
> >
> >
> > This is my suggestion for submission to the CSB and secretariat.
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Angela
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
> > To: "Nick Moraitis" <nick@takingitglobal.org>; "'Alan Alegre'"
> > <alalegre@fma.ph>; "'Angela Kuga Thas'" <amkt@apcwomen.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: Youth Caucus fellowships
> >
> >
> > > Nick, you mention 2 people from Afghanistan, I can only find 1 (Omar
> > > Afghan) on the list.  I hope I'm not looking at the wrong list :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 1:22 AM -0500 11/1/03, Nick Moraitis wrote:
> > > >Hi Angela, Al, Adam,
> > > >
> > > >Here are the Youth Caucus's nominees for the Civil Society fellowships
> > > >from the Asia region. The national level activities coordinated by the
> > > >people below have been really outstanding and it wouold be fantastic for
> > > >them to be able to present at the Summit.
> > > >
> > > >In order of priority:
> > > >
> > > >1. Robert Sagun (Philippines)
> > > >Has coordinated youth-led activities in Philippines and attended
> > > >Prepcoms 2&3 and the Asia meeting. Male.
> > > >
> > > >2. Sonali Unkule (India)
> > > >Coordinated national campaign in India. Female.
> > > >
> > > >3. Anthony de la Cruz (Philippines)
> > > >Has coordinated youth activities in Philippines; works with Al at the
> > > >Foundation for Media Alternatives too. Male.
> > > >
> > > >4. Maitreyi Doshi (India)
> > > >Has played a key role in the process so far, participating in Prepcom 1,
> > > >2 and the Asia meeting and initating the India National campaign.
> > > >Female.
> > > >
> > > >5. Aditi Utpat(India)
> > > >Coordinated national campaign in India. Female.
> > > >
> > > >Now, I notice that Claire has categorized people from Afghanistan as
> > > >part of Asia-Pacific, rather than Middle East & Western Asia... (I would
> > > >prefer that they would be considered as part of ME&WA considering the
> > > >limited number of applicants from ME&WA). That said, if you are in
> > > >charge of Afghanistan, may I very very very strongly encourage the
> > > >following candidates in priority order:
> > > >
> > > >1. Haseeb Humayoon (Afghanistan) LDC
> > > >Has actively promoted WSIS youth activities in Afghanistan + coordinates
> > > >many other youth/tech/media initiatives. He will be speaking on one of
> > > >our panels on human rights. Male.
> > > >
> > > >5. Omar Afghan (Afghanistan) LDC
> > > >All around amazing person, Chair of the Computer Society of Afghanistan,
> > > >coordinated many youth activities. Male.
> > > >
> > > >I can nominate more people if it's possible, but I thought I'd start
> > > >with these... It would have been nice to have a more diverse range of
> > > >countries, but these people are those who applied and who I can very
> > > >highly recommend. I'm hoping we might be able to sponsor a couple of
> > > >other people through other funding sources, but we'll have to see...
> > > >
> > > >All the best,
> > > >--Nick
> > > >
> > > >Nick Moraitis
> > > >Strategy and Partnership Coordinator
> > > >TakingITGlobal - Toronto, Canada http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/nick
> > > >nick@takingitglobal.org
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>Alan Alegre
>Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)
>
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