[governance] IGF Cancelled & thoughts about 2014

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Tue Jul 30 13:40:57 EDT 2013


On Tuesday 30 July 2013 10:59 PM, shaila mistry wrote:
> It is also possible that everything was planned for and put in place, 
> and at the eleventh hour they received additional costs from the UN.

BTW, what is the source of the information that there was indeed a 
sudden additional costs been communicated from the UN, about the cost 
shown in the Indonesian funding strategy document.... parminder


> I also wonder if there was a political change of heart once the full 
> impact of thee cost and principle of Internet governance and the 
> proposed debates.
>
> The net publicity generated by this "rumor could be catalytic in 
> capturing the attention of key players which also could result in 
> change of policy at UN level regarding funding  or offers of funding 
> to come through for this year or for the next.
>
> Shaila
>
>
> *The journey begins sooner than you anticipate !*
> *..................... the renaissance of composure !
> *
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
> *To:* "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; 
> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> *Cc:* Internet Governance Caucus <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 29, 2013 5:14 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] IGF Cancelled & thoughts about 2014
>
> Something on this scale is best prepared and venues finalized like two 
> years in advance.  And set timelines with deadlines for specific tasks 
> prepared as pointers for the successful local hosts.
>
> --srs (iPad)
>
> On 29-Jul-2013, at 17:23, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org 
> <mailto:rguerra at privaterra.org>> wrote:
>
>> Izumi,
>>
>> Let met concur that I am hearing the same thing from contacts in the 
>> country.
>>
>> As has been reported by other posts, discussions and efforts are 
>> underway to 1.  see if the event in the country can be saved, and 2. 
>> develop possible contingency plans should the event not be able to be 
>> hosted in Indonesia.
>>
>> While other discussions have focused on options regarding dealing 
>> with the situation, let me advance another issue - that being the 
>> 2014 IGF. To my knowledge, no country has yet publicly stated an 
>> offer to host the event. Hopefully, a country that is far more able 
>> to support and bring the political support needed to host the IGF can 
>> step forward.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2013-07-28, at 12:22 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> A friend who is with Indonesian Civil Society working with the
>>> organizing committee sent me the following.
>>>
>>> ------
>>>
>>> It's true that IGF 2013 committee is facing financial problem and 
>>> it's likely to be cancelled. But, we have not announced official 
>>> notification of the cancellation yet since now UN is trying to help 
>>> us finding resources to cope with it. We will update later about the 
>>> result.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/7/28 Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net 
>>> <mailto:suresh at hserus.net>>
>>>
>>>     Given marilla's email, this appears to be a nonstarter, and so,
>>>     moot.
>>>
>>>     And it sounds very strange if some people were to continuously
>>>     disparage a community or organization on the one hand, and
>>>     demand sponsorship money from them on the other, on the grounds
>>>     that the amount involved is hardly a rounding error in their
>>>     revenue (or even their ebitda), just saying.
>>>
>>>     --srs (iPad)
>>>
>>>     On 27-Jul-2013, at 23:44, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch
>>>     <mailto:nb at bollow.ch>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     > Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net
>>>     <mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >> All of them opposed UN funding for the IGF
>>>     >
>>>     > Is there anyone who in view of the current debacle is still
>>>     opposed to
>>>     > UN funding for the IGF?
>>>     >
>>>     >> but can they explain why they opposed 'committed' funding
>>>     from ICANN
>>>     >> collected Internet taxes, say of 2 million every year...
>>>     Isn't that
>>>     >> the right model of funding the IGF , keeping if safe from
>>>     staist as
>>>     >> well corporate controls....
>>>     >
>>>     > I am not sure that ICANN's collection of domain name taxes is
>>>     the right
>>>     > funding model for anything (it presupposes that domain names
>>>     are sold
>>>     > for a price which makes them quite unaffordable to a very
>>>     significant
>>>     > number of poor people) but as long as ICANN's funding model
>>>     remains as
>>>     > it currently is, in view of ICANN's financials [1], funding at
>>>     least a
>>>     > significant part of the cost of IGF meetings from ICANN's budget
>>>     > indeed makes a lot of sense.
>>>     > [1] http://www.icann.org/en/about/financials
>>>     >
>>>     > Greetings,
>>>     > Norbert
>>>     >
>>>     > --
>>>     > Recommendations for effective and constructive participation
>>>     in IGC:
>>>     > 1. Respond to the content of assertions and arguments, not to
>>>     the person
>>>     > 2. Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept
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