[governance] IGF Cancelled

[McTim]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:13 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>wrote:

>
> On Friday 26 July 2013 10:04 AM, parminder wrote:
>
>
> On Friday 26 July 2013 09:16 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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> On 26/07/13 11:31, Ang Peng Hwa (Prof) wrote:
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> According to third party sources I asked, ie not the Indonesians, one
> major item that added to the cost is that the UN had apparently asked for
> US$900k to fly personnel and security equipment for the event. ****
>
>
> Time to cut the UN apron strings.
>
>
> Why sure, we can check with Google. They will be quite happy to run the
> global internet policy dialogue.... It is most astounding that after
> subverting and ditching the tradition of strictly public funding for policy
> spaces and activities,....
>
>
> The game has in fact begun.......Google has already offered 20k
>


I had thought it was 200k, which I thought quite generous and nothing asked
in return of course.

I think Anriette is on the right track, diversity in funding is useful to
pursue.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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