8:50 p.m.
Hello advisors. You might remember that ISED and GAC held 6 thematic
meetings over the last 6 months to develop a Canadian stakeholder vision
document to help inform the Canadian position at the WSIS+20
negotiations later this year. I was part of this informal working group
where I did what I could to promote the ideas TC members had developed
in some of our work on the questionnaires late last year. Attached is
the first draft of the vision document which captures the key messages
from these meetings. I have looked at it and find it to be a reasonable
outcome of the discussions. But this is a draft and feedback will be
considered. I am considering asking for a minor revision of the piece
under /Indigenous Connectivity and Community Networks /which currently
reads:
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Emphasize the importance of community networks in creating an
enabling environment to connect the unconnected (directly related to
WSIS Action Line 6).
Not much room for change here. We have be very clear and concise. I was
going to offer the following suggestion as a rewording:
*Emphasize the importance of community internet infrastructure and
decisionmaking processes to connect the unconnected (...)*
This wording is actually from our response to the ITU questionnaire and
I think the current reference to community networks is terribly vague in
this context.
Any thoughts? Deadline: July 31
Marita