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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I guess I'm missing something. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Internet currently represents what, a $ trillion, $ 2 trillion ??? revenues not to speak of its role in creating a framework for total global logistics, e-commerce, telecommunications, … surveillance,…in the global economy now and infinitely more in the future and the "Internet community" can't put together what is in fact a rounding error in that (the cost of a good blow-out bash in any of the major companies living off that economy) for the primary (?), only (?), multi-stakeholder forum dealing in a broader way with "Internet Governance" issues… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps we should be discussing what this says about "Internet Governance" and the role and significance of the IGF in that constellation rather than figuring out how to pass the begging bowl around more efficiently.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 27, 2013 4:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Plan - B after IGF Cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hmmmmm .... that WOULD indeed be "interesting" as you so succinctly put it, Olivier.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" target="_blank">ocl@gih.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Speaking purely as an individual, I might be tempted to suggest that<br>some things are destined to fail, by design.<br>I'd be interested in seeing the UN budget for IGF, vs. the UN budget for<br>"competing" initiatives.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><br>Olivier (in a cynical mood)<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 26/07/2013 22:48, Fouad Bajwa wrote:<br>> The possibility of IGF being cancelled in Bali this year may leave this important and open Internet policy dialogue space in a challenge. This also raises an important question about the efficient financial and budgetary management of such events. When the UN expense to place personnel ands equipment is a significant portion of the budget that is shifted on to the host country then it becomes prudent to revisit the financing mechanisms of the IGF and IGF Secretariat. This reminds me of Parminder's and others' past suggestions on how to create new UN funding support mechanisms for the IGF as the UN does for it's other organizations and how to improve funds and donations collection while putting in place transparent and accountable financial mechanisms for this unique ecosystem.<br>><br>> So the question is that how do stakeholders prevent such future crashes, second, what is plan B and third, why hasn't a sustainability mechanism evolved even six years after the IGF was started?<br>><br>> Concerned<br>><br>> Fouad Bajwa<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>