[governance] Re: [IRPCoalition] IGF - and the corporatisation scandal

[Norbert Bollow]

Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>:

> Has anyone actually read this proposal in full?

Yes I did - both for the version on Google docs and for the somewhat
different version that was quite prominently on the host country
website until very recently (it was still there the day before
yesterday, but it's gone now.) 

> Assuming it is an
> official proposal (which is just an assumption) it does not actually
> offer proper speaking slots for cash at all.

It is true that it did not come quite as low as that, but it
nevertheless went quite far on the path of commercialization -
acceptable for a commercial conference, but IMO quite unacceptable for
a UN conference or any other kind of diplomatic process.

Apparently the perspective of the relevant people at the UN on this is
similar to mine.

Markus Kummer recently (Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:08:42 +0200 to be
precise, i.e. 12 minutes ago) posted the following on ISOC's Internet
Policy mailing list:

: As regards the commercialization of the event, the UN is very clear
: in this regard: this is a no go area and I understand that the IGF
: Secretariat requested them to withdraw this document back in
: February. As far as I know it has not been on their website for some
: time. Unquote  

Greetings,
Norbert

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