[Ecommerce] Reminder tomorrow WSIS meeting

Manon Ress manon.ress@cptech.org
Tue Dec 7 18:22:00 2004


This is a reminder that we will hold a public meeting on December 8 to
go over the WSIS and the status of preparations. Please let Anne Jillson
know if you will attend (jillsonad@state.gov).

  <<120804ITAC Announcement.htm>>

 >>  -----Original Message-----
 >> From: 	Shipman, Sally A
 >> Sent:	Monday, November 08, 2004 9:55 AM
 >> Subject:	ITAC: WSIS Update, Public Meeting
 >>
 >> As momentum builds in the preparations for Phase II of the World
Summit on
 >> the Information Society, we have scheduled a public meeting of the
ITAC to
 >> update you on the current status of preparations as well as the
 >> state-of-play on the two outstanding issues from Phase I, Internet
 >> governance and financing mechanisms for ICTs.  The meeting will be
held on
 >> Wednesday, December 8 from 10:30 - 12:00 in the Lecture Room of the
 >> National Academy of Sciences. Details for the meeting are attached.
 >>
 >>
 >> In the meantime, I encourage you to look over the WSIS website which is
 >> updated periodically.  In particular, please note the activities of the
 >> Group of the Friends of the Chair (GFC) which can be found at:
 >> http://www.itu.int/wsis/gfc/index.html.  Information is also
available for
 >> the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms
 >> (http://www.itu.int/wsis/tffm/index.html) and the Working Group on
 >> Internet Governance
(http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/wgig/index.html,
 >> www.wgig.org).   A website has also been created for the Digital
 >> Solidarity Fund: http://www.dsf-fsn.org.
 >>
 >>
 >>  << File: 121004Federal Register on WSIS.doc >>
 >>
 >> Sally Shipman
 >> Office of International Communications and Information Policy
 >> Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
 >> U.S. Department of State
 >> 202/647-0050
 >>
 >>
 >>

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Manon Anne Ress
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www.cptech.org

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