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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 July 2013 18:02, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
Here's a quick update from today's MAG call (I listened in as an<br>
observer.)<br>
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Almost all of the discussion was around how to proceed in regard to the<br>
2013 IGF meeting. Markus said that cancellation is not an option. There<br>
are two serious expressions of interest from potential host countries<br>
to step in on short notice if Bali doesn't work out. Failing that,<br>
there's the option of having the meeting at the relevant UN HQ, which<br>
for the IGF would mean Geneva, but since it might be difficult to get<br>
so many rooms, that might mean that only a scaled down meeting could be<br>
held. Also hotel rooms can be problematic in Geneva. Google/Vint Cerf is<br>
willing to do a fundraising effort to try and save the Bali IGF. Some<br>
preliminary news, on the basis of which the MAG might be able to<br>
recommend something, is hoped for by the end of next week.<br>
<br>
The current recommendation is not to cancel flights to Bali that have<br>
already been booked, but also not to book a flight to Bali if you have<br>
not booked yet.<br>
<br>
The commercialization problem was only touched on briefly. Markus said<br>
that the basic rules are fairly simple: UN meetings cannot be<br>
commercialized, there can be no sponsor's logos on the premises of the<br>
UN meeting (and this rule has been enforced, he gave an example where a<br>
compromise had been made in which sponsor's banners were put up outside<br>
the premises of the UN meeting but in a place where they were visible<br>
from the meeting's cafeteria), the only thing that can be sold on the<br>
premises of the UN meeting is food and that has to be at a reasonable<br>
price.<br>
<br>
So it seems clear that the IGF is not in direct danger of getting<br>
commercialized - that objectionable Indonesian fundraising strategy has<br>
simply been declared dead.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
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