[governance] Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2013 Open Consultations

[Imran Ahmed Shah]

Thanks Norbert for acknowledgement,
Regards
Imran 
 
P.S.
Just sharing the conversation/dialogue here, for context reference of all other,
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>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS PATRICK RYAN..................
.........
IN A TYPICAL YEAR, THE IGF IS ATTENDED BY AROUND 2,000 PEOPLE FROM MORE THAN
130 COUNTRIES. MOST ALL OF THE GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD PRAISE THE VALUE OF
THE IGF. WE TALK ABOUT IT IN OTHER CONTEXT AT ITU AS THE ALTERNATIVE, BUT WITH
ONLY SIX GOVERNMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE IGF, THERE IS LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY.
THERE IS NO REASON WHY HALF OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE 130 COUNTRIES THAT ATTEND
IT, SHOULDN'T CONTRIBUTE IN SOME WAY. THOSE NUMBERS DON'T NEED TO BE HIGH ON AN
INDIVIDUAL BASIS, BUT SOME CONTRIBUTION IS IMPORTANT.
I REALIZE THAT GOVERNMENT BUDGETS ARE TIGHT, BUT I RESPECTFULLY CALL ON
GOVERNMENTS TO FIND A WAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT. THERE'S NO REASON
WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TURN THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
NINE TO 90 THIS YEAR.
SIMILARLY, THE
PRIVATE SECTOR NEEDS TO STEP UP. 
BUSINESSES LIKE GOOGLE BELIEVE IN THE VALUES OF THE IGF, BUT OUR BUSINESS
MODELS ALSO DEPEND ON THE SUCCESS OF THE INTERNET. IT CAN SOMETIMES BE A CHALLENGE
TO HAVE PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY SINGLE COMPANY OR ANY SINGLE
GOVERNMENT TO BE TOO LARGE BECAUSE OF THE PERCEPTIONS THAT CAN FLOW FROM THAT.
WE DON'T WANT THE IGF TO BE PERCEIVED TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT BY ANY SINGLE COMPANY
OR GOVERNMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTORS SHOULD GREATLY
INCREASE, AND I SEE NO REASON WHY THE OVERALL NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECTOR
CONTRIBUTORS SHOULD NOT NINE FROM NINE TO 90 AS WELL. 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF
WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS SIMPLE FUNDRAISING TASK, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IGF
WILL BE FAR GREATER THAN WE ARE NOW. AS WE ENTER THE EIGHTH YEAR, IT'S TIME TO
PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, TO WALK THE TALK, AND TO SHOW THAT WE SUPPORT
THE MULTISTAKEHOLDER ENVIRONMENT AND THAT WE MEAN IT.
I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FUNDING TAB ON THE IGF WEB SITE, WHICH
THANKS TO CHENGETAI AND THE WORK OF UNDESA PROVIDES A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON
HOW TO FUND. THANK YOU.
>>CHAIR KUMMER: THANK YOU, PATRICK. WHILE THIS WAS COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC,
I THINK IT WAS NEVERTHELESS VERY HELPFUL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>CHAIR KUMMER: THIS IS ALSO, I THINK, A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING
GROUP ON IGF IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL, BUT -- AND NOT ALWAYS
RESOURCE-NEUTRAL. 
 
YES, OF COURSE IT WOULD BE
NICE TO DO THIS AND TO DO THAT, BUT THE SECRETARIAT, WHICH IS COMPRISED BY ONE
SINGLE PERSON, THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT THIS GUY CAN DO, AND THIS IS SOMETHING
WE NEED TO BEAR IN MIND.
 
SO I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST WHEN APPROACHING THE REPORT THAT WE MAKE MAYBE PROPOSALS
THAT ARE RESOURCE-NEUTRAL BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT NEED MORE RESOURCES, THAT
WE MAKE THE DISTINCTION AND LOOK AT THOSE THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS A KIND OF LOW-HANGING FRUIT.

I MEAN, THEY -- "OKAY, THAT CAN BE DONE," BUT SOME OTHERS CANNOT BE
DONE UNLESS WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES. BUT RESOURCES CAN ALSO BE GIVEN THROUGH
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS. THERE MAY ALSO BE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME UP TO TAKE ON THE
TASK.

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>________________________________
> From: Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>
>To: Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 16:35
>Subject: Re: [governance] Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2013 Open Consultations
>  
>> Dear Norbert, (as
>> you encouraged for comments/Remote interventions), on behalf of IGC CS, can
>> we offer our resources, Working
>> Group, volunteers to support IGF Secretariat to take up the task of enhance
>> cooperation
>> and representation from maximum countries? At least we can motivate CS
>> representatives.
>
>Interesting idea... we've just broken for lunch, I'll try to catch
>Chengetai and see if there's some way he can imagine in which this
>might work practically.
>
>Greetings,
>Norbert
>
>
>   
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