NCSG @ WCIT

[Alain Berranger]

Dear All,

Thanks, Bill.

Poncelet Ileleji will be there as a member of The Gambia delegation.

Cheers, Alain

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:51 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Poomjit Sirawongprasert wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Is there any member of NCSG to attend the WCIT-12 conference in Dubai?
> > Just in case we can meet up there.  I follow the Thai delegate during
> Dec 2-15.
>
>
> Hi Poomjit
>
> I guess since I'm on about ten other lists dedicated to WCIT discussions
> it didn't occur to me to start posting about it here.  But yes, NCSGers
> will be there.  Off the top of my head, Avri and I are on the US
> delegation, Wolfgang is on the German delegation, and Desiree Miloshevic
> said she'll be on the UK del.  If there are others who will be going please
> do let us know.  At a minimum, maybe we can have a drink and chat one night.
>
> Beyond that, there's an effort on a couple other lists to compile a list
> of all CS attendees.  As I've said there, despite all the debate and
> mobilization, and ITU staff's refrain that the meeting's fully
> multistakeholder since people can simply join their national delegations, a
> cursory scan of the Announced List of Participants as of 27 November shows
> 1764 participants, only a dozen or so that seem obviously to be civil
> society—half on the US del, the others scattered.  Caveats apply: a) It may
> be that I just don't recognize some individual and organizational names so
> this guesstimate's a little low.  b) In the UN context (WSIS/IGF/CSTD etc)
> and OECD the technical community and CS are separated, so that's how I
> count.  I see more TC than CS names on the list, and while most of the
> former work in the private sector or for administrative bodies like the
> RIRs, there are some people who are by various standards in both.  c)  The
> list is being periodically updated, so there may be some late
> registrations.  All that said, the number seems unlikely to be terribly
> high.  There may be more CS just coming and hanging around in hopes of
> getting into any open to the public sessions (TBD Monday), or otherwise
> populating the hallways, than there are on the delegations.
>
> It'd be useful to coordinate.  Folks at the Center for Democracy and
> Technology have volunteered to coordinate and have set up an etherpad.
>  Anyone here who wants to be looped in, please send me your name,
> organization, email, skype, hotel, and dates on the ground, or whichever of
> those bits you'd like shared.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bil
>



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