<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Dear Prof Ang Pen Hwa,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Thank you for sharing important information. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>By the way, it was first time when </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Budget Projection (</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">proposed budget and funding detail) to organize IGF was published well before the event.</span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">As you mentioned the reason of constraint of enough budget, most of the caucus members would be interested in detail a PDF File is available to download </span><a href="http://igf2013.or.id/about-igf-2013/" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://igf2013.or.id/about-igf-2013/</a></div><div> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">We are missing an opportunity for the enhanced cooperation, interaction and sharing common problems and related information. </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">However, <span style="background-color:
transparent;">I guess that </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">upcoming APrIGF-2013@Seoul will become more </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">attractive</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"> for the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">IGF's prospective participants and speakers of AP region.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">Regards</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;
font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt;">Imran Ahmed Shah</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman',
'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ang Peng Hwa (Prof) <TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "governance@lists.igcaucus.org" <governance@lists.igcaucus.org>; "governance@lists.cpsr.org" <governance@lists.cpsr.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 26 July 2013, 8:31<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] IGF Cancelled<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7132659430"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv7132659430WordSection1"><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">Thanks Ivar. I was going to send to the Internet governance caucus list. </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);"> </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">Some of you probably had heard rumours of the possibility.</span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);"> </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">According to third party sources I asked, ie not the Indonesians, one major item that added to the cost is that the UN had apparently asked for US$900k to fly personnel and
security equipment for the event. </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);"> </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">When the group came, we discussed the possibility of not providing food at the event. We concluded that although it was done in Europe and Brazil, it would just not be right in Asia.</span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);"> </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">I had been looking forward to giving pointers about Bali as well as understanding the factors behind the dotcom boom in Indonesia. Alas, it is not to be.</span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;
color: rgb(15, 36, 62);"> </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">Regards,</span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">Peng Hwa</span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(15, 36, 62);"> </span></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ivar A. M. Hartmann<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 26 July, 2013 11:21 AM<br><b>To:</b>
governance@lists.igcaucus.org; governance@lists.cpsr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [governance] IGF Cancelled</span></div></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"> </div><div>FYI</div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Ang Peng Hwa (Prof)" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg" target="_blank" href="mailto:TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg">TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg</a>><br>Date: Jul 26, 2013 12:04 AM<br>Subject: [GIGANET-MEMBERS] IGF Cancelled<br>To: <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:GIGANET-MEMBERS@listserv.syr.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:GIGANET-MEMBERS@listserv.syr.edu">GIGANET-MEMBERS@listserv.syr.edu</a>><br><br></div><div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Folks,</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div
class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">This is sad but official: the Indonesian organizers have cancelled the IGF.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">There is a news report in Bahasa Indonesia at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://inet.detik.com/read/2013/07/25/135130/2314218/328/kurang-dana-forum-internet-dunia-batal-digelar-di-bali">http://inet.detik.com/read/2013/07/25/135130/2314218/328/kurang-dana-forum-internet-dunia-batal-digelar-di-bali</a>. Use Google translate and you will be able to read.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div
class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">I had met the civil society organizers just this week. According to the news report, out of the US$2.2M (Rp22 billion) budget, they had raised US$900k. The Ministry had given US$250k. So they had a shortfall of US$1.05M.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Regards,</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Peng Hwa</span></div></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></div><div class="yiv7132659430MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Cambria,
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