Dear colleagues on the Asia list
Picked this up from the Internet Goivernance list, and would strongly support
this nomination. (See email of Karen Banks below)
Not sure though if Anriette is known enough in Asian circles within this list to
merit an endorsement from our Family, if it comes to that.
Just to introduce her of the top of my head:
- Currently Executive Director of APC (transparency check: FMA is a member of
APC), one of the oldest, largest, and most respected global organizations
dealing with ICTs for social justice (www.apc.org)
- one of the very few CS reps in the WSIS Task Force for Financial Mechanisms
- a member of the UN ICT Task Force
- a member of the Executive Board of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP),
representing APC
- advocate of many many CS issues within WSIS (Free/Open Source software;
digital/social inclusion; gender rights, affordable access, etc.)
I hope some of us on this list who do know her can come out to signify Asian
support for her nomination.
Al
P.S. Please note that there was a suggestion from Karen Banks below to appeal
for an extension of the process...
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:34:03 +0100
> From: karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>
>
> dear internet governance caucus list
>
> I would like to nominate Anriette Esterhuysen, APC's Executive Director, as
> a speaker for the Summit.
>
> I would like to have the IG caucuses support for the nomination (though we
> can probably try to nominate through other caucuses also).
>
> Many of you know anriette, she is a powerful speaker, always provocative
> and insightful and greatly respected in the broad ICTD community generally,
> and specifically in africa.
>
> I will try to find a cv also.
>
> karen
> ps.. i think we should ask the CSB to get an extension on this process
> until at least friday no?
>