[Ecommerce] Reminder: meeting and RFC regarding the WSIS Draft Declaration of principles and Action Plan

[Manon Anne Ress]

Sally Shipman sent a reminder that there will be a meeting of the 
International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITA) to discuss WSIS 
on Thursday, April 17 from 10:30-12:00  at the Historic National Academy 
of Science Building. The National Academy of  Sciences is located at 
2100 C St. N.W. Washington, D.C. Members of the public are welcome to 
participate. The official meeting notice, No. 4301, may be found in the 
Federal Register.

The discussion will focus on the Draft Declaration of Principles and
Draft Plan of Action for the WSIS. Both documents can be found on the 
WSIS website: www.itu.int/wsis. Look under the section entitled, 
"PrepCom 3 and Intersessional Period".

The State Department welcomes comments on the two documents
(www.itu.int/wsis) - and would appreciate receiving comments in writing. 
All written comments will be distributed to the ITAC list.

Contributions by FAO, Red Cross and Red Crescent, UNEP, Consumers 
International, and business at: 
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all.asp?lang=en&c_event=pci|1&c_type=all|

On ITU website: deadline for comments is May 31, 2003

For ITAC meeting in DC, send your clearance information to Della Worsley.
at:
  WorsleyDM@state.gov:
  1) Name of Meeting
  2) Name of attendee
  3) Organizational Affiliation.

A valid photo ID is required upon entry to the National Academy of 
Sciences  Building.

Sorry for crossposting this...the WSIS seems to be interesting to a 
diverse crowd!
Manon

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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176