[wilhelmtux-discussion] Re: World Summit on the Information Society - FSF at WSIS?

[Claude Almansi]

Hi Sascha

FSF isn't in the WSIS list of participants either, I just checked.
Chantal also sent the e-mail with the worrying text about Open Source
being slashed from the official WSIS documents
(http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/237.htm ) to gnu at gnu.org . Now I
wouldn't feel serious contacting them from Outlook to ask them to join
WSIS. Nevertheless, I also forwarded Chantal's e-mail to 2 journalists -
one from Nepal, one from Zambia - who were present at the
UNESCO-for_WSIS roundtable in Lugano this week-end. Because developping
countries have insisted several times on the importance of Open Source
Software during PrepCom2 for WSIS in february.

So for these countries, it would be very important if FSF were present.
Would someone with more serious open-source credentials than me write
them, please?

Claude

Claude Almansi
Coordinatrice in/formazione
www.adisi.ch 
v. Cantonale 22
6532 Castione
Switzerland
091 829 04 51
076 405 85 69

PS - Chantal, je m'emmeles les pinceaux ou le texte
http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/237.htm n'a pas encore ete envoye a
la plateforme comunica-ch.net?

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[mailto:wilhelmtux-discussion-bounces at wilhelmtux.ch] De la part de
Sascha Brawer
Envoye : mardi 18 mars 2003 15:09
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Frederic Couchet
Objet : [wilhelmtux-discussion] Re: World Summit on the Information
Society


Hi all,

many thanks to everyone for replying to my questions with regards to
WSIS, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society in
Geneva, December 2003.

To summarize: Free Software proponents are in contact with several local
WSIS preparation groups.  Also, some local NGOs, whose declared goals
include the propagation of Free Software, have registered with the
summit.  However, unless I'm overlooking something, the Free Software
Foundation has not officially been present at any meetings so far.

I cannot speak for the FSF, of course, but I really think that it would
be a pity to miss this opportunity.  At least in my personal opinion,
the Free Software Foundation should be represented at the summit.

Does anyone know how to make this happen?

-- Sascha Brawer, brawer at dandelis.ch
   http://www.dandelis.ch/people/brawer/