[governance] 3rd meeting of the WTPF Informal Expert Group (IEG)

[Avri Doria]

Oh Yeah, forgot to include the acronym glossary:

IEG  - informal experts group
IGC - Internet Governance Caucus
ITU - International Telecommunication Union
TIES - Telecom Information Exchange Services. of the ITU
US - United States
WTPF - World Telecommunication Policy Forum.

On 24 Jan 2013, at 07:46, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I got accepted as on of the IEG.  And that is the last I heard from the ITU.
> 
> To get the full WTPF site, I think you need a TIES account.
> 
> And I do not beleive it actually gains you admission to the May meeting.  For that, at the moment, it still appears as if one needs to get a Government to tuck you under their wing.  I am trying to find out who in the US is willing and able to let me onto the delegation.
> 
> There is, to my knowledge, no provision made for attendance by those who are neither government nor sector members.
> 
> avri
> 
> 
> 
> On 24 Jan 2013, at 07:28, Nnenna wrote:
> 
>> Clearly there is an internal ITU selection process.  It appears the invite was sent to an already "selected" group. I think the "Have you been to any ITU meeting recently" will be crucial. 
>> 
>> I am sending an expression of interest. To the ITU-meeting question above, I answered yes, with IGF Baku and WCIT Dubai. I do not have funding to go.. but I'd rather be accepted first and get funding last minute, then get funding and have to start pushing to get "entrance".
>> 
>> This is one lesson I learned from attending WCIT.  Not registering early cost me a whole lot.
>> 
>> If there is a consensus for Bill and the Geneva folks to speak on behalf of the CS, which I will strongly support, then I will channel my contributions directly to Bill.  
>> 
>> Will begin work on the draft doc...
>> 
>> Nnenna
>> 
> 
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