<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear Nomcom,</div><div><br></div><div>It is an honour to have been shortlisted as one of the possible IGF candidates to the MAG. Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Having served on the NOMCON in the past, I appreciate the effort and time you put into your work. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jeremy & Michael,</div><div><br></div>There are a variety of different approaches one can take to seek funding to enhance CS participation at the IGF. One approach is to engage donors to fund the IGC caucus directly the other is to have the donors fund NGOs that are active in IG issues.<div><br></div><div>Until the caucus is formally established as a separate entity, the only viable option - for now - is to work with existing NGOs. Even if the IC were established, we'd also need to find volunteers willing and able to deal with the administrative requirements . While finding funds isn't easy, it is possible. It just requires one to explore options and from there be persistent about it.</div><div><br></div><div>I say this from personal experience as over the last two years I was able to identify key govts governments, foundations and yes - private sector companies - who were willing and able to fund free expression and human rights activists to attend the Asia Regional IGF, the annual IGF in 2010 and 2011. </div><div><br></div><div>As I mentioned in my MAG candidate statement, I will try my best to coordinate efforts with other stakeholders to help identify and seek funding to help build the CS capacity and participation at the upcoming IGFs. I commit to do so regardless weather I get appointed to the MAG or not. It not an easy task, but one i'll try to help with best I can..</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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<br><div><div>On 2012-02-04, at 7:22 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 05/02/2012, at 1:33 AM, michael gurstein wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: small; ">What this tells me, and particularly from a CS
perspective is that we as CS in the context of the IGC need to step back a bit
and enter into a more deliberate process of reflection and positon development
on these very important issues.</span></div>
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online/offline event to discuss these issues and to help to formulate a CS
position on these. (Note that the OECD counterpart to the IGC has now obtained
limited but useful funding from Soros/OSI.</span></font></font></div>
</blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div>When I stepped down I promised to look into funding options for the IGC, and I approached two funders about it, both of whom responded that they were not interested in receiving a funding proposal from the IGC at present. This doesn't mean we couldn't try again if we had a particular activity to fund, such as this online/offline event of which you speak.</div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>