[bestbits] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] Call for issues

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Not yet, but we keep being told that a decision may be imminent. It
seems likely to end up being held at a United Nations office (but not
Geneva again).

On 26/3/18 12:20 pm, Lea Kaspar wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>     <mailto:chengetai.masango at un.org>
>     To: 	MAG-public <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>     <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>
>
>
>
>     Dear All,
>
>      
>
>     Following the discussions during the 1^st 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
>     <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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