[WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance event at Tunis? => book

[William Drake]

Hi,

Perhaps of interest...

Bill

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[mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org]On Behalf Of William Drake
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:45 PM
To: Governance 
Subject: Re: [governance] Internet Governance event at Tunis? => book


Hello,

Yes,I am organizing a side event at Tunis.  Thought I'd mention it closer
to the date but can do so now instead.

I am editing a book for the WGIG secretariat called "Reforming Internet
Governance: Reflections from the UN WGIG."  It will comprise about two
dozen chapters by WGIG alumni and secretariat staff on various IG topics
of their choosing, and will be published either by the UN or the WGIG
secretariat itself, TBA.  This is still in process, chapters are dribbling
in a bit late, and then it will be a mad rush for Markus and the UN to
find a printer in NYC who can turn the manuscript into a book in like a
month's time.  Not sure it will work, we'll see.

So in light of this, CPSR in collaboration with the WGIG secretariat
submitted a proposal to hold a side event in Tunis by the same name with
some WGIG alumni/authors as panelists.  If the book is available, it will
be a book release event (i.e. free copies).  If instead the publisher has
not managed to get the thing out in time, it will be a pre-release event,
at which attendees presumably would be able to get a form to request a
copy when the book is out not long thereafter.

And as Robert says, it will be held Nov 16 11:00-13:00.  We thought a room
for 100 would be enough, but if not I'm sure we'll manage.

Best,

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org]On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:39 AM
> To: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
> Subject: Re: [governance] Internet Governance event at Tunis?
>
>
> Izumi:
>
> I believe Bill Drake requested a side event panel on IG. A room for
> the session is confirmed, but it only has a capacity for 100!
>
> details:
>
> Reforming the Internet Governance, Nov 16
> 11:00-13:00
>
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 13-Sep-05, at 10:22 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>
> >  From what I see and hear, there seems to be NO standing event/panel
> > on Internet Governance at the coming Tunis summit.
> >
> > Are there any such event where members of our caucus have been
> > already involved, or likely to be?
> >
> > It will be bit strange that no IG event is organized at the summit
> > where it is one of the highlight of the summit.
> >
> > Or am I too naiive?
> >
> > izumi
> >
> >




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