[governance] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension

Fri Apr 6 06:38:28 EDT 2012

And we do want the participation of those privileged, hegemonic honkeys.
What can be done?

Seriously, the whole thing seems quite sloppy work.

--c.a.

On 04/06/2012 05:34 AM, Koven Ronald wrote:
> Miltin --
> 
> 
> You're apparently just discovering that the IGF is a UN body, where regional groups start with Group I -- Western Europe, North America and Israel,
> 
> 
> Bests, Rony Koven
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> To: governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 3:34 am
> Subject: RE: [governance] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension
> 
> 
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
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>>>
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