[governance] space on Nov.11th

[Carlos Afonso]

Just note that the room is for 200+ people. Do we need something this 
big just for IGC -- unless we are planning an open meeting?

--c.a.

Parminder wrote:
> Carlos/ Bill
> 
> Yes, we need to meet as IGC before IGF starts - for exchanging notes on IGF
> participation and strategies, and also because IGC as mostly a virtual group
> should have this annual meeting which is best done at the IGF meetings.
> 
> The issue is of the timing. Giganet will have many IGC members participating
> in it. So we have to figure out how late in the afternoon/ evening we can
> meet. 
> 
> Bill, I know you have told me this before, but when does giganet end. 5 PM?
> 
> Those who are going to be at rio can give their views when it is best to
> schedule the meeting on the 11th late afternoon/ evening.
> 
> I think there are two choices
> 
> 1) to begin the meeting immediately after giganet - ie is 5 Pm I think, and
> we can go upto 730 or so. 
> 
> 2) to begin it at 4 PM and then giganet participants join in.
> 
> The choice will depend on the numbers at giganet, and those not at giganet.
> 
> To me, immediately post giganet looks fine. And we can extract an assurance
> from giganet that they will close right on time, keeping in mind the IGC
> `meeting.
> 
> Carlos, thanks for booking the room, we will in any case need it. So, pl
> keep the booking on.
> 
> Parminder 
> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carlos Afonso [mailto:ca at rits.org.br]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:01 AM
>> To: William Drake
>> Cc: Governance
>> Subject: Re: [governance] space on Nov.11th
>>
>> Hi Bill and all,
>>
>> No need to change plans. What we did was just to make sure there is a
>> room available. We will do the Latin American/Caribbean event in the
>> morning anyway, and the room is available for the whole afternoon. Up to
>> the caucus to decide how to use it, if at all.
>>
>> Otherwise, I can just let the organizers know that the room will no
>> longer be needed. Parminder?
>>
>> []s frts
>>
>> --c.a.
>>
>> William Drake wrote:
>>> Hi Carlos,
>>>
>>> Last I heard, a) we were trying to minimize scheduling conflict with
>> GigaNet
>>> by you doing the local thing in the afternoon (after 3pm I'd thought),
>> and
>>> in consequence, b) we were going to have a caucus meeting after GigaNet
>> was
>>> over, in the same room.  Parminder may have already asked Markus for the
>>> latter space, not sure.  So why would we now be changing the plan in a
>>> manner that cannot work for a bunch of us?
>>>
>>> Confused,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On 9/24/07 5:47 PM, "Carlos Afonso" <ca at rits.org.br> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear people,
>>>>
>>>> As previously mentioned, the local organizers have secured a 200-people
>>>> room for civil society's meetings on the 11th at the IGF venue.
>>>>
>>>> The Brazilian CS IG caucus is proposing the morning of the 11th would
>> be
>>>> used for an "information synchronization" session among Latin American
>>>> and Caribbean reps present coming to the IGF.
>>>>
>>>> The afternoon would be open for the international IG caucus to use. In
>>>> this way we would reduce the time conflict with the giganet meeting.
>>>>
>>>> *So, let us discuss how to better use this space* -- a good opportunity
>>>> to "fine-tune" arguments before the IGF itself starts.
>>>>
>>>> The room will be used on the 10th by APC to lead an open forum on
>> access.
>>>> Please note that on the 10th the venue will still be out of UN
>>>> jurisdiction, but from Nov.11th on everybody will enter the venue only
>>>> with registration and UN badge.
>>>>
>>>> --c.a.
>>> ***********************************************************
>>> William J. Drake  drake at hei.unige.ch
>>> Director, Project on the Information
>>>   Revolution and Global Governance/PSIO
>>>   Graduate Institute for International Studies
>>>   Geneva, Switzerland
>>> http://hei.unige.ch/psio/researchprojects/Drake.html
>>> ***********************************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>>
>> Carlos A. Afonso
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