Re: [WSIS-CT] Information regarding your contribution to the workingdocuments (declaration and action plan) of WSIS

[Bill McIver <mciver@albany.edu>]

All,

I am not opposed to Meryem's  approach. We should do it.



WJM

Thomas Ruddy wrote:

>Colleagues,
>Bill wrote:
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>>>The caucuses have their legitimacy through the CS Bureau do they not?
>>>      
>>>
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>Karen disagreed, and so do I, but for a different reason. As I understand
>it, the caucuses have their legit. through their members (the legit. of the
>CS Plenary being a matter for another day...)
>
>As Charles Geiger from the Exec.Sec. wrote:
>We need the  
>  
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>>>name of
>>>at least one WSIS-accredited organization/entity (or an organisations  
>>>in
>>>consultative status with ECOSOC).
>>>      
>>>
>
>Let's go back to discussing Meryem's proposal of submitting input labelled:
>
>  
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>>"WSIS Contribution of the XXXXX Caucus, submitted by XXXXX (accredited 
>>organisation(s))"
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>
>Thomas
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>========================================
>Thomas Ruddy, thomruddy@yahoo.com, thomas.ruddy@ngocongo.org,
>http://www.wsis.ethz.ch, Switzerland
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of
>>karen banks
>>Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 3:58 PM
>>To: mciver@albany.edu
>>Cc: ct@wsis-cs.org; apc-ir-team@lists.apc.org; hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
>>Subject: Re: [WSIS-CT] Information regarding your contribution to the
>>working documents (declaration and action plan) of WSIS
>>
>>hi bill
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>>>The caucuses have their legitimacy through the CS Bureau do they not?
>>>      
>>>
>>No, that is the point. The thematic issues are the domain of the caucuses
>>and working groups, as represented to this space - the content and themes
>>group.
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>>the bureau is responsible for facilitating participation, fellowship
>>allocations, events organising at the summit etc..
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>>the bureau is generating far more 'legitimacy' in the WSIS process, is
>>officially recognised as a 'legitimate' body with the Process, able to
>>meet
>>with it's government counterpart etc, on an 'equal' footing.
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>>the caucuses and working groups, do not share that status.
>>
>>karen
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Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
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