[governance] new MAG members

[Parminder]

This is about the letter we planned to send to MAG chair and the IGF
secretariat about our disappointment about the delay in announcing the new
MAG, and consequent problems, especially for those who may not be
institutionally supported, in making travel arrangements.   

 

The IGF secretariat took note of our initiative - probably from the IGC list
itself - and informed me in confidence that they were cognizant of the
problem, and that new MAG members (at that time, officially, likely members)
were being already contacted. This means that new MAG members had begun to
know about their appointment. I was also told that some kind of financial
support may also be worked out, to be offered in some cases. 

 

Since the above met both of our main concerns that we sought to raise, I
thought that the letter was un-necessary, especially since the IGF
secretariat had pro-actively proffered information to the IGC
co-coordinator, even if, at that moment, in confidence.  I also conferred on
this with Ian, and Adam, who originally proposed the letter. 

 

However, we still will like to make the point that MAG announcements should
be made in better time, since it affects the whole schedule of IGF
preparations. We now plan to do so as a part of IGC's statement we may read
out at the September consultations. 

 

We need to propose such a statement and get it adopted by the caucus. This,
unlike contributions to the synthesis paper, should be more to do with IGF
Hyderabad program. 

 

We can repeat what we said in our written contribution, and to it add some
elements. Pl give suggestions on what we would want to see included in this
statement. 

 

Thanks

 

Parminder 

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