[governance] IGF Cancelled

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

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On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<suresh at hserus.net>wrote:

> So – UN or not, let us organize a civil society event there, on a
> shoestring.  No particular need to fly a lot of officials first class and
> hold it at the grandest resort in Nusa Dua.****
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> We have 1.1 million USD raised by the local team, and a very decent event
> – maybe not grand and five star luxury, but certainly at a very good
> standard – can be organized on that.****
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> And if the UN folks want to participate they can – at their cost J****
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> -suresh****
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> *From:* governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:
> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On Behalf Of *Chaitanya Dhareshwar
> *Sent:* 26 July 2013 09:06
> *To:* Jae Yeon KIM
> *Cc:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org
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> *Subject:* Re: [governance] IGF Cancelled****
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> I was looking to attend online, as I have some of the past such meetings.
> I think this would impact the prospective presenters/workshop
> organizers the most as they've put real hard effort into making sure their
> work is done and ready - the deadline for these was 18th July... ****
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>  ****
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> The real question is - will this mean the IGF this year is cancelled, or
> at such short notice will another country be able to 'fill in'?****
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>  ****
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> -C****
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> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Jae Yeon KIM <jaeykim2 at gmail.com> wrote:*
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> Sad news. Although I am unable to attend the meeting due to the personal
> schedule, I am excited about the event a lot.****
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> Best,****
>
> Jae Yeon ****
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> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <
> chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:****
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> Sad news indeed.****
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>  ****
>
> -C****
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> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Ivar A. M. Hartmann <
> ivarhartmann at gmail.com> wrote:****
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> FYI****
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Ang Peng Hwa (Prof)" <TPHANG at ntu.edu.sg>
> Date: Jul 26, 2013 12:04 AM
> Subject: [GIGANET-MEMBERS] IGF Cancelled
> To: <GIGANET-MEMBERS at listserv.syr.edu>
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> ******
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> Folks,****
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> This is sad but official: the Indonesian organizers have cancelled the IGF.
> ****
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> There is a news report in Bahasa Indonesia at
> http://inet.detik.com/read/2013/07/25/135130/2314218/328/kurang-dana-forum-internet-dunia-batal-digelar-di-bali.
>  Use Google translate and you will be able to read.****
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> I had met the civil society organizers just this week. According to the
> news report, out of the US$2.2M (Rp22 billion) budget, they had raised
> US$900k. The Ministry had given US$250k. So they had a shortfall of
> US$1.05M.****
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> Regards,****
>
> Peng Hwa****
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