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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Just a reminder that tomorrow is the
deadline by which to pre-register for Best Bits in Baku, for
purposes of budgeting. Next week it should be possible to confirm
what level of travel support will be available to those who have
requested it, and where the venue will be.<br>
<br>
Once that is done, we will divide up responsibilities for
preparation, such as contributing briefing papers and working on
the zero-draft texts, and add names of speakers and moderators to
the agenda items. So far Andrew Puddephatt has offered to write
an introduction to the briefing papers, Bill Drake to coordinate
the development of a WCIT statement, and others to speak or
moderate - thank you all; further details of how you can
participate will be confirmed next week.<br>
<br>
I also hope that everyone will feel free to use this list to
discuss the agenda or any concerns, so that the planning process
can be kept fully transparent. This is important to dispel any
concerns (that someone expressed to me today) that there may be a
political agenda behind the meeting, to create a new process or
body or to supplant existing bodies or initiatives. This is not
the case, and transparency in the planning is the best way to make
that evident.<br>
<br>
Thanks again to everyone for their support of this joint
initiative.<br>
<br>
On 16/08/12 17:52, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
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Thanks everyone for your invaluable inputs on the proposal. Here
is a quick update, following discussions with various of you
offlist.<br>
<br>
First, it looks like we won't be able to do Singapore after all.
The hotel reported to me yesterday that they are fully booked for
the weekend prior to the IIC conference, and that for the
alternative dates after the conference we are on standby.<br>
<br>
Several of you have voiced that you would prefer to do the event
in conjunction with the IGF in Azerbaijan instead. Although it
has its downsides, the big benefit is that we would have to
support fewer participants' travel costs. This is important
because the budget that we have sketched out is significantly too
high to be supported by any of our prospective funders (and indeed
at this stage, it looks like only one of them, Google, will be
able to offer support).<br>
<br>
On this basis, I have gone ahead and begun enquiries with the
hotels in Baku about hosting the event over the weekend prior to
the IGF. The next thing to determine is who will be in Baku, and
who won't. Amongst those who won't, we need to receive and decide
upon their applications for travel support <b>within a week</b>.
Sorry for the short deadline!<br>
<br>
So without further ado, I have thrown up a document in Google Docs
(I would have stuck with Etherpad, except that it doesn't support
tables yet) with a table of the groups who were listed in the
proposal as prospective invitees. It is at <a
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</style><b>Your help is needed to complete this table</b>. Please:<br>
<ul>
<li>If you are on the list (which you should be!) please
complete the entry for your organisation by:</li>
<ul>
<li>Indicating whether you plan to attend, either in person or
remotely.</li>
<li>If you <i>really</i> can't make your own way to the
meeting without assistance, please specify what kind of
assistance you are seeking (for example full or partial
flight cost, hotel for two nights or for the whole week,
etc). If you can estimate a US dollar value, all the
better.</li>
<li>Indicating how you would like to participate in the draft
programme - would you like to speak at or to moderate a
session? Would you like to be part of a working group that
prepares "zero draft" text for discussion on day 2, or do
you want to nominate someone else to do so? (Andrew or I
may reach out to some of you individually about this.)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Please check the other suggested representatives from each
group - there are a few that need adding, those I've listed
mightn't be the most appropriate, and there are a few that I
haven't completed. In general, one representative per
organisation should be enough.<br>
</li>
<li>If you know any of those people, and the "invited" column
isn't already completed, please contact them to ask if they
are interested in attending the meeting. I'm attaching a PDF
document excerpted from the proposal that can accompany the
invitation. Then add the date when you contacted them to the
"invited" column, so that we know they have been informed.</li>
</ul>
Once again, the <b>deadline to complete the table is by next week</b>
- 24 August 2012. Whilst the details are yet to be confirmed (for
example how many delegates could be funded and which hotel will be
used as the venue), we need to have an idea of the prospective
participants first.<br>
<br>
Thanks again, and please let me know of any queries or concerns
with these revised plans.<br>
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