<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>This is not rocket science people. You could see over the years who has been trying to drum up support for the IGF. Parminder is being disingenuous.<br><br></div>30 seconds of searching brings the answers as well.<br><br><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/new-association-launched-support-internet-governance-forum-and-its-essential-role-addressing">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/new-association-launched-support-internet-governance-forum-and-its-essential-role-addressing</a><br><br>"During the IGF Support Association General Assembly, the following individuals were elected to the Executive Committee:<br>• Raúl Echeberría, Internet Society<br>• Virat Bhatia, AT&T<br>• Subi Chaturvedi, Media For Change<br>• Marilyn Cade, mCADE<br>• Cheryl Miller, Verizon<br>• Avri Doria, Independent Researcher<br>• Edmon Chung, DotAsia<br>• Tarek Kamel, ICANN<br>• Alice Munyua, CATIA<br>• Chengetai Masango, IGF Secretariat (Non-voting member of Committee)"<br><br><a href="http://www.igfsa.org/">http://www.igfsa.org/</a><br><br></div>While not on this committee, Patrick ryan has been instrumental in keeping the issue on the table over the last few years.<br><br></div>rgds,<br>McTim<br><div><div><div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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These are great questions Parminder, which I cannot answer. We were
told it was a new and viable effort to gather funding support. I am
busy trying to gather and input as many signatures as possible so
that we have a decent number to report by this afternoon....but I
think others could answer those questions. <br>
Cheers Stephanie<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<font face="Verdana">My main problem with the letter - as I
discussed today personally with Jeanette and Stephanie - is the
promotion in it of </font><font face="Verdana">the IGF support
association - </font><font face="Verdana">an unknown and as non
transparent imitative as any . Its civil society representation
especially I do not understand and appriciate... Where did the
group come from, who formed it, why... And why in the cover of
something like the preservation of the IGF which issue would
rightly get great support, including perhaps from governments,
this unknown non transparent organisation is being promoted. Who
are they?<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> Just an update: we already have over a dozen
signatories. I will send an update on signatories at 9am
tomorrow, and at 1pm tomorrow, UTC+2. Qualified statements of
support are also most welcome; please indicate how you would
prefer this support to be expressed. <br>
The proper title for the attached document is listed in the
Subject line. <br>
Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<pre><big>Dear colleagues and fellow stakeholders of the Internet Governance Forum:
At the 9th meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, various
stakeholders discussed their common desire to request an immediate
extension of the IGF mandate, in order to create stabiity for the
organization and predictability for those engaged in seeking funding for
projects. We have drafted a statement to send to the UN, to request not
just an immediate renewal of the IGF mandate, but rather an open-ended
re-authorization of the IGF as a voluntary, multistakeholder forum. We
request that other participants in the IGF also support this message on
or before November 1.
We will be creating a neutral website for this project at
<a href="http://www.IGFcontinuity.org" target="_blank">www.IGFcontinuity.org</a> very shortly, to accept sign-ons of organizations,
countries, and individuals. In the meantime, the undersigned will
collect your signatures and description of your organization if you are
able to endorse this letter by the time of the closing ceremony at IGF
2014. The deadline to be included in the letter presented via the Chair
will be 11am UTC, Friday September 5.
Examples of how you will be listed appear below:
1. Jane Smith Individual
2. Acme Industry Association Association representing 150 manuacturers of widgets
3. State of [x] Country
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
Jeanette Hofmann, Berlin Social Science Center, <a href="mailto:jeanette@wzb.eu" target="_blank">jeanette@wzb.eu</a>
Stephanie Perrin, Non-commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN, <a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>
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