Al, thanks for the updates.
Monday December 6 is unfortunate timing, clashes with the "Africa
Electronic Privacy and Public Voice Symposium"
<http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/capetown04/> Supported by the
WSIS Civil Society African Caucus and APC, so a little awkward?
I will mention to Renata and Viola.
Adam
At 3:35 PM +0800 11/17/04, Al Alegre wrote:
>Dear colleauges
>
>According to the message below of Renata Bloem, the CSB meeting in Capetown
>will happen on Dec. 5 to 6.
>
>I posted this some time ago, asking for comments on who is available and
>willing to represent the Asian Family. Unfortunately, people have no comment
>yet (or have not time to do so). This probably says something both about our
>level of organization and maybe how some of us view the CSB :-)
>
>But it is an important meeting with the future of CSB in Phase II up for
>discussion. So better someone attends I think.
>
>But since no name has been put forward and time is short, we may be left
>without a rep.
>
>Here is a possibility:
>Some of our colleagues are attending the ICANN meeting immediately prior to
>the CSB meeting. I know Izumi Aizu and NOrbert Klein will both be attending.
>(Any more?)
>
>May I suggest that Izumi and Norbert try to extend their stay a day or two,
>and sit in as our rep for that meeting. (Izumi for example would be suited
>for this, as he has been a veteran of WSIS since PrepCom1 and knows the CSB
>quite well because of our previous coordination.)
>
>This is without prejudice to someone still emerging--maybe after the Asian
>WSIS panel during the Bangkok Asian Civil Society Forum on the 25th--to go
>to Capetown on the CSB fellowship.
>
>Is this Ok?
>
>Al Alegre
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Renata Bloem <rbloem@ngocongo.org>
>To: bureau wsis <bureau@wsis-cs.org>
>Cc: Meigs <meigs@wanadoo.fr>; Izumi Aizu <Izumi@anr.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 2:36 AM
>Subject: [CS Bureau] Re: CS Bureau Meeting in South Africa
>
>
>To CS Bureau Dear Friends,
>
>Following my previous message regarding a Bureau meeting in South Africa, we
>have finally received this afternoon some green light. I urgently ask all
>those who can make it, to book the most economic fare to Cape Town to meet
>Sunday, 5 December, in the afternoon and Monday, 6 December, in the morning.
>
>A provisional agenda will be sent at a later stage. Viola will help with
>all logistical arrangements, including accommodation. Please contact her
>also for any help you might need for travel.
>
>You need to finance yourself and you will be reimbursed as in previous
>fellowship arrangements. It is a very tight time frame, but we should try
>to make it.
>
>With warm greetings and hope to see you soon,
>Renata