Hi Judith,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your ideas. In my country, registering a non profit takes time and has a number of requirements that needs to be followed. Of course at the end of the day, you manage to go through and have your non profit register. </div><div><br></div><div>How would people feel being listed as 'founders' of the national IGF? Do you have in your countries such a 'title' for the igf or a similar event? It simply looks weird to me :). That's what would happen if we chose the non profit way :)</div><div><br></div><div>When i was attending the igf-usa in 2015, i had the impression it was hosted by the GWU and ISOC DC, if i am not mistaken. I found that very well done because the Univ is well established and so is isoc (i guess an non profit or 501 something?)</div><div><br></div><div>I love the idea of controling sources of funding to avoid a situation such as a company being seen as dominant. I have been wondering about this coz when attending IGFs, i have the impression of seing the 'big' donor being well highlighted. Is this bad? At which extent do organizers need to pay attention?</div><div><br></div><div>Thinking outloud:)</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>A<br><div>---------------------</div><div>Arsene Tungali,</div><div>IGC Co-coordinator</div><div>@arsenebaguma</div><div><a dir="ltr" href="tel:+243%20993810967" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">+243 993810967</a> (DRCongo)</div><a href="https://yho.com/footer0">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a> (excuse typos and brievity)<br><br><p style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0">On Monday, April 11, 2016, 4:39 PM, Judith Hellerstein <judith@jhellerstein.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail">
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I would suggest a non profit form as you would want to raise funds
for it and you would want a legal entity. If a non-profit is too
difficult than a for profit would work as long as it is truly multi
stakeholder. I believe that the IGF-USA is a non-profit or at least
affiliated with a non profit. The Mag should have representative
from all sectors. You also make want to include restrictions on how
much companies can donate so that a few companies do not dominate on
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12608"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12802">We are in the
process of having our first national IGF in the DRC and we
are wondering what legal status to give to it. Is is a non
profit? a movement? This question has been asked by our
Ministry in charge of ICT to us as the organizing committee.</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12608"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12828">I am writing to
inquire which legal status your national initiatives have
within your countries. This will help us know how our
Secretariat and our own form of MAG will operate. Please do
share your experiences.</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12608"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12875">Thanks for your
support,</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12608"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460359562211_12880">Arsene</span></div>
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