<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Some views to add to Izumi's memo:</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">Remote participation</span> <span class="hps">is working well</span> <span class="hps">for me.</span> Audio is good (minor cuts) and I made a remote intervention. Not as fluid and interactive as onsite, so it has political implication on a meeting like this. But secretariat and members are really open to receive remote inputs. Anriette is having problems with audio, unfortunately.<br>
<span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">The meeting</span> <span class="hps">started</span> <span class="hps">warm</span><span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Afterwards it</span> <span class="hps">improved</span> <span class="hps">in the discussion</span> <span class="hps">of point E</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">links</span> <span class="hps">between the</span> <span class="hps">IGF</span> <span class="hps">and other processes.</span><br>
<span class="hps">-</span> Some argued that<span class="hps"> these links mean that secretariat should</span> <span class="hps">do</span> <span class="hps">outreach</span> <span class="hps">and PR, and inform about the IGF. Others argued for</span> <span class="hps">stronger</span> <span class="hps">links</span> <span class="hps">to communicate</span> IGF outcomes (convergences and divergences), </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>especially</span> with<span class="hps"> other organizations</span> <span class="hps">of the UN system,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <span class="hps">and ask them for</span> <span class="hps">feedback.</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="hps">-</span> T<span class="hps">ime was spent to discuss</span> competences<span class="hps"> of</span> <span class="hps">the executive coordinator</span> <span class="hps">of the IGF.</span> <span class="hps">Kind of</span> <span class="hps">pointless, imo, but maybe I could not get it well</span><br>
<span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">Wolfgang</span> <span class="hps">made</span> <span class="hps">an</span> <span class="hps">important</span> point <span class="hps">about the need</span> <span class="hps">to separate</span> <span class="hps">linkages</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">UN, with regional/national</span> <span class="hps">IGFs and</span><span class="hps"> with</span> <span class="hps">other organizations.</span> I think he mentioned t<span class="hps">he idea</span> <span class="hps">of the observatory</span><span>, which was ventilated before here and, more recently, by</span> <span class="hps">IBSA. Maybe it</span> <span class="hps">could be a way</span> <span class="hps">to tie</span> <span class="hps">these up</span><br>
<span class="hps">-</span> Some misunderstanding happened and it seems that the answers to the questions WG members asked about funding have not arrived yet. Maybe they will arrive later today, so the point about funding was postponed.</font></span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Now the group is on lunch breake. Too early for me, so I am on coffee breake.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">M</font><br>
</font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Izumi AIZU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org">iza@anr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi, from now on, i will not provide much details, as you can<br>
understand. But will share the summaries.<br>
<br>
<br>
After the wake-up discussion, we are entering into more substantive<br>
discussion on Linkage.<br>
<br>
Several similar ideas and proposals are discussed -<br>
<br>
Do not institutionalize too much<br>
Make two-way communication with other bodies<br>
<br>
Do not make IGF as if it is a decision making body.<br>
<br>
It is important to carry out Outreach.<br>
<br>
Who should "represent" IGF? Executive secretariat and Special Advisor<br>
or not - is now sort of being debated.<br>
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