AW: [governance] hearing on Internet Governance arrangements

[Roland Perry]

In message <49FDDECC.5060004 at mdpi.net>, at 20:13:32 on Sun, 3 May 2009, 
Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet at mdpi.net> writes

>It appears that the call for those hearings has not been inclusive, if
>not secretive...
>EU Commission hearing on future Internet Governance arrangement  ( 06
>May 2009, Brussels, Belgium )

It's not a "call", the meeting is invitation only - which is not itself 
sinister as the Commission clearly wants to hear from specific 
organisations and people firmly established in the IG space (and 
attending IGF meetings is a plausible indication of that). If that 
doesn't include you, then you should examine why that might be the case.

>For logistical reasons participation is by invitation only.

My guess is they couldn't book a bigger room because there's too many 
other meetings going on that day.

>But just let me guess... by logistics...  would it means that that
>the EU commission is paying for travel expenses ?

In ten years of attending hearings I think I've been offered my travel 
expenses once (and the rules are very complex and are unlikely to cover 
the trip you actually made, rather than the cheaper trip they say you 
could have made).

>but the call refers to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) ?

The original invitation doesn't mention it at all. This meeting is about 
IG, not the IGF - even if the attendees are all IGF veterans.

>The lead towards the EuroIGF. should be taken by all open-minded
> European stakeholders, involved in the IGF process,
>whether in person, or remotely.

Anyone could start a "EuroIGF", there are <geo-region>IGF's springing up 
all over the place. All that happened was that Catherine Trautmann won 
the "first come first served" race for the name. But then nothing much 
happened (as I have explained before).
-- 
Roland Perry
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