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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Monday 11 March 2013 04:31 AM,
Robert Guerra wrote:<br>
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together proposals for a - if not the - leading Internet
Governance meeting is very, very short notice. <br>
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I fully agree. I dont understand what is the hurry when the next
meeting of MAG is more than 2 months away. People take time to come
up with ideas, discuss and pass them internally in their
organisations, and perhaps with partners and networks....<br>
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<div>At the recent consultation in Paris I was surprised to be the
only one who raised the issue that it was too short a timeline.
Utterly surprised others didn't raise the issue.</div>
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<div>I sincerely hope that the MAG and IGF secretariat will
revisit what is, in effect, a deadline that makes it effectively
impossible for new comers to know about the call for workshop
proposals and submit one in time.</div>
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Although they have a different deadline for newcomers.... which is
all a very twisted unnecessarily complex logic , the purpose of
which is not too clear.<br>
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Perhaps MAG members here can help us understand this.<br>
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<div>On 2013-03-10, at 7:36 AM, William Drake wrote:</div>
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<div>It just occurred to me I've not seen this mentioned
on the gov list. Many people have just 12 days to
decide if they want to organize a workshop in Bali.</div>
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[NCSG-Discuss] IGF 2013 Preliminary Call for
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<div>Thanks for circulating this. Getting the CFP
to even this level of clarity required some
insistence by a couple of us civil society types
on the MAG, but it may still require more reading
between the lines and inference than is ideal. So
just to make sure it's clear: people who organized
workshops in the past two years need to be aware
that they must submit a preliminary proposal by 22
March and then be invited by the MAG in order to
submit a full proposal by 30 April. If they don't
do the former, they will not be allowed to do the
latter, and if the former's approved, they can't
change the concept much post hoc. These
restrictions do not apply to people who've not
organized events in the past two years.
Personally, I don't see how this new policy is
value-adding and think it could cause confusion
and/or consternation down the line, but hopefully
everyone effected will get the memo and be able to
decide within the next twelve days whether they
might want and be able to organize a workshop in
late October. In a related vein, please recall
the MAG's prior decision that a workshop organizer
from the previous year must post to the IGF
website a report on their event in order to
qualify to organize something the following year.
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Bill</div>
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of you may already be aware, but the
IGF has issued a preliminary call
for workshop proposals with a fast
approaching deadline of 22 March
2013!</div>
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<div> The Multistakeholder
Advisory Group (MAG) in
its meeting on 1 March
2013 agreed to modify the
procedure for the
selection of workshops. </div>
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<div>They advised that a
preliminary call for
workshop proposals be
issued. Workshop
proponents should include
a concise description of
the thematic area of
interest and other
pertinent information in
their submissions. The
proposals could focus on
the priority themes
identified by the open
consultations/MAG meetings
or could also introduce
other themes. (These can
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summary report:</a>.)</div>
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<div>The MAG recommended
that a two track process
be followed:</div>
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<li style="margin:0px 0px
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30px;padding:0px;list-style:disc">For
organizers of workshops
in <strong>2011 or 2012</strong> IGF
meeting the submission
of a preliminary
proposal by <strong>22
March 2013 </strong>is
mandatory. After this
deadline the MAG will go
through and assess the
preliminary proposals.
The MAG through the
Secretariat will then
invite selected workshop
proponents to submit
full and complete
workshop proposals by <strong>30
April 2013 </strong>based
on these preliminary
proposals. Workshop
proponents with similar
proposals may be asked
to work together to
develop a single
fully-fledged proposal.
Workshop proponents
cannot significantly
change the topic of an
approved proposal. <br>
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order to encourage
workshop organizers,
first time proposers are
encouraged to but do not
need to submit
preliminary workshop
proposals. They do
however have to submit a
full and complete
workshop proposal by <strong>30
April 2013</strong>.
The Secretariat stands
ready to assist new
comers in any way.</li>
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<div>As a result of the
above MAG recommendations
the IGF Secretariat is
issuing a preliminary call
for workshop proposals to
which the deadline will
be <strong>22 March 2013</strong>.</div>
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<div> An online form will be
available on <strong>15
March 2013 </strong>on
the IGF website for
submissions.</div>
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<div>The template will be as
follows:</div>
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<div>* Names of speakers are
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stage. </div>
<div>* *New workshop
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