[governance] WG: Final deadline and requirements for workshop proposal completeness

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Even worse for those of us who have to be in Bali for the IGF, and then a scant few weeks later for the WTO Ministerial ;)

On 17 Jul 2013, at 21:55, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <CAMz5XN60Y0iTxG5ED6pfRgxj093x_79VdOQTp9t7o0qRos2P-Q at mail.gmail.com>, at 09:03:29 on Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com> writes
>> it sounds as if the physical location of this IGF in Bali, and the current financial situation, taken together, will provide splendid encouragement for remote participation (RP), at least to those of us from the "other" side of the world
> 
> I'm afraid to say (and I have several scars) that having a meeting in quite such a high profile tourist destination is the kiss of death to many potential participants from stakeholders such as government and large corporations. Perhaps 20 years ago those participants would work harder to justify such a trip, but we live in different times now.
> 
> This doesn't mean it's bad place, or the people there don't deserve such a meeting being brought to their doorstep. But it gives many attendees a significant hurdle.
> -- 
> Roland Perry
> 
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