[Tcadvisors] Re: [Advisors] Word change input sought -- deadline looming

Hi Marita, your suggestion works just fine, but I offer the following suggested revision in blue to help emphasize the community context: > > *Emphasize the importance of community internet infrastructure and > communitydecisionmaking processes to connectingthe unconnected (...)* > Regards, James > On Jul 27, 2025, at 5:06 AM, Marita Moll <mmoll(a)ca.inter.net&gt; wrote: > > Hi advisors. I know it is summer and we are all trying to step away > from the internet grind. Unfortunately, all these international > processes don't take a vacation. So, just sending a reminder to let > me know if you are okay with the following wording suggestions to the > Canadian stakeholder position in the WSIS+20 negotiations. > > Marita > > On 2025-07-21 8:50 p.m., Marita Moll wrote: >> >> 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: >> >> * >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tcadvisors mailing list --tcadvisors(a)lists.ncf.ca >> To unsubscribe send an email totcadvisors-leave(a)lists.ncf.ca > _______________________________________________ > Advisors mailing list -- advisors(a)tc.ca > To unsubscribe send an email to advisors-leave(a)tc.ca