[governance] Update from today's MAG call

[Kabani]

Norbet,

Many thanks for sharing the updates, from MAG as observer.

Since this is important development.

Thanks & Regards

Sincerely

Asif Kabani





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On 31 July 2013 18:02, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> Here's a quick update from today's MAG call (I listened in as an
> observer.)
>
> Almost all of the discussion was around how to proceed in regard to the
> 2013 IGF meeting. Markus said that cancellation is not an option. There
> are two serious expressions of interest from potential host countries
> to step in on short notice if Bali doesn't work out. Failing that,
> there's the option of having the meeting at the relevant UN HQ, which
> for the IGF would mean Geneva, but since it might be difficult to get
> so many rooms, that might mean that only a scaled down meeting could be
> held. Also hotel rooms can be problematic in Geneva. Google/Vint Cerf is
> willing to do a fundraising effort to try and save the Bali IGF. Some
> preliminary news, on the basis of which the MAG might be able to
> recommend something, is hoped for by the end of next week.
>
> The current recommendation is not to cancel flights to Bali that have
> already been booked, but also not to book a flight to Bali if you have
> not booked yet.
>
> The commercialization problem was only touched on briefly. Markus said
> that the basic rules are fairly simple: UN meetings cannot be
> commercialized, there can be no sponsor's logos on the premises of the
> UN meeting (and this rule has been enforced, he gave an example where a
> compromise had been made in which sponsor's banners were put up outside
> the premises of the UN meeting but in a place where they were visible
> from the meeting's cafeteria), the only thing that can be sold on the
> premises of the UN meeting is food and that has to be at a reasonable
> price.
>
> So it seems clear that the IGF is not in direct danger of getting
> commercialized - that objectionable Indonesian fundraising strategy has
> simply been declared dead.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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