[governance] Do we need a MAG?

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 28/05/2008, at 10:57 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> Having said that, there are a few ongoing avenues of work that don't  
> overlap with what Ginger's group is doing (others that did overlap,  
> eg. discussions with the Indian hosts, have been dropped).  The most  
> significant of these is that a tender has been delivered to ECOSOC  
> for the development of a portal for online communities for the WSIS  
> follow-up process that could also be used by the IGF.
>
> The most important thing about this initiative is that it would be  
> *funded*.  Given that the IGF Secretariat will not fund community- 
> developed online resources for the IGF, and that volunteer resources  
> are limited, this is a vital factor.  ECOSOC planned to have made a  
> decision by May, but due to internal factors this has been pushed  
> back, and I'm not sure when it will now happen.


I meant UNESCO, sorry.

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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