[governance] IGF 2012 / Updates ... ?

[Avri Doria]

There are of course a number of problems with the separated venue model. Beyond the difficulty for participants to move between workshops easily and quickly, the biggest problem I see is that it creates more security checkpoints one has to go through, giving local authorities a greater ability to police/control the attendees.

Avri

Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> wrote:

>Roland,
>
>I was at the consultation in Geneva back in Feb. 
>
>- As of Feb, UN assessment had not yet taken place. So , venue wasn't
>yet confirmed.
>--The Azeri delegation said they had several options . The leading
>option they were presenting was to host the  event downtown, split
>between two or 3 hotels. However, it was also mentioned that the venue
>could also be the Baku Expo facility (where Baku Telecom will also be
>taking place)
>
>regards
>
>Robert
>
>
>On 2012-04-04, at 12:21 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
>
>> on Wed, 4 Apr 2012, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org> writes
>>> what venue has been selected.
>> 
>> At the last consultation they said the plan was to split the meeting
>across three adjacent venues: Hilton, Mariott and Park Inn.
>> -- 
>> Roland Perry
>> 
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