[governance] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension

[Milton L Mueller]

Now I have a new one. If you sign up as a resource person, it asks you what region you "represent." 
Let's put aside the fact that this is a silly choice of words (no one "represents" an entire region - except perhaps for Parminder ;-) - it should ask what region you are FROM. The bigger problem is that there is no choice available for North America. There is WEOG, a "region" that I discover means "Western European and Other Group." So is this some kind of not-so-subtle hint that us privileged, hegemonic honkeys from America are not wanted as resource persons? Or are there still people who believe that if you go further west than Europe, you fall off the earth? whooooaaaa....!!

I don't mind being an "other" I guess. It comes naturally.

But wait, there's more. One of the fields asks you whether you "want to be considered as a resource panelist", Yes/No. So let me get this straight, someone who logs in and starts filling in a form called "Resource Person Sign Up Form" is going to answer this NO? 

Interacting with the IGF is always good for hours of amusement

> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:15 PM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: RE: [governance] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension
> 
> This just in: When you try to register as a resource person you are
> presented with a page that assumes you are proposing a new workshop.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Katitza Rodriguez [mailto:katitza at eff.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:12 PM
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Milton L Mueller
> > Subject: Re: [governance] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension
> >
> > I found it here:
> > http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/resource-person/list-of-resource-person
> > but not many people has registered.
> >
> > On 4/5/12 6:08 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> > > Katitza:
> > > There is no information in your message about how to register as a
> > > resource person (no link) Since the IGF website is famous for being
> > > hard to find your way around, here as a public service is the
> > > relevant
> > > link: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/resource-person (!)
> > >
> > > There is also no information on how people planning workshops might
> > make use of said registered people. I hope you can help me with that.
> > Presumably those of us putting together workship proposals might like
> > to know who we could use as resource people BEFORE the deadline for
> > submitting proposals!
> > >
> > > --MM
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> > >> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Katitza Rodriguez
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:04 PM
> > >> To: katitza at eff.org; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> > >> Subject: [governance] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension
> > >>
> > >> I would like to apologize to everyone if this information has
> > >> already being sent to the list. (I sent this message to the old
> > >> cpsr mailing list).
> > >>
> > >> Due to stakeholder requests to the IGF Secretariat, the deadline
> > >> for the submission of workshop proposals has been extended to 20
> > >> April 2012. The IGF Secretariat have also put up a resource person
> > >> registration form on the website for people who want to be selected
> > >> as panelists or resource people for workshops. Finally,
> > >> registration for the May consultations will be the same
> > >> registration form as the
> > one for the WSIS forum:
> > >> http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-
> > >> SG/meetings/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=1000065
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> All this information is up on the IGF Website according to the IGF
> > >> Secretariat.
> > >>
> > >> All the best,
> > >>
> > >> Katitza
> >
> >
> > --
> > Katitza Rodriguez
> > International Rights Director
> > Electronic Frontier Foundation
> > katitza at eff.org
> > katitza at datos-personales.org (personal email)
> >
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