[bestbits] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] Call for issues

[Lea Kaspar]

Hi Jeremy, thanks for sharing. While we're on the topic of IGF, is there's
any news coming from last week's MAG meeting on when or where (or if?) the
IGF will be taking place this year?

Best,
Lea

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> This year the IGF will be following a EuroDIG style approach of initially
> calling for issues around which sessions can be organized, before calling
> for workshop proposals. If a call for workshop proposals is made first,
> organizers have to prepare their proposal without any guidance about
> priority issues for the community.
>
> It has been a successful approach at EuroDIG and I have supported trying
> it for the global IGF too, as it will allow for better curation of the
> final program and help to avoid the lack of focus and duplication that has
> characterised previous IGFs.
>
> Please find the Secretariat's message and link below.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [IGFmaglist] Call for issues
> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:38:17 +0000
> From: Chengetai Masango <chengetai.masango at un.org>
> <chengetai.masango at un.org>
> To: MAG-public <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org> <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Following the discussions during the 1st Open Consultations and MAG
> meeting held last week. The Secretariat has published the call for issues
> at: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-
> call-for-issues
>
> The deadline for submission is *Friday, 13 April Noon UTC.*
>
>
>
> Please distribute this call to your constituents.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Chengetai
>
>
>
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