[governance] Completely Ignored [was East Africa IGF - day 2, discussion of ITRs]

[Roland Perry]

In message <500E24CF.5050805 at itforchange.net>, at 10:00:07 on Tue, 24 
Jul 2012, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> writes

>the so-called APrIGF in Hongkong in 2010.

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I thought anyone could organise an event and 
call it an IGF. It doesn't need permission from anyone.

(Similarities with the wisdom of unilaterally calling something the 
"Olympics" might ring a bell with followers of the newTLD process, if 
not the extensive TM protection wrapped around the London Games).

There was a European IGF, created by the European Parliament, which 
didn't get the funding it was expecting, and it's my impression that was 
why EuroDIG was chosen as a name for its alternative (which has now had 
several well-regarded annual meetings).

So an alternative regional meeting in Asia-Pacific [or anywhere else] is 
not ruled out, if you have issues with the current organisers (I am 
entirely neutral on that point).
-- 
Roland Perry

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