[governance] Update from today's MAG call

[Nnenna]

 I also listened in as an observer.

There was a feedback from someone from Indonesia saying the Ministry of Economy and Finance is considering the "Bali"  file.


And Chengetai that said "IGF 2013 will hold" 


The next MAG call will be Tuesday next week at 13h00 UCT (GMT)

Hopefully, by then,we will begin to know:
	1. If Indonesia is still HC

	2. If Bali is still the venue
	3. If the dates are still maintained
N




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 From: Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [governance] Update from today's MAG call
 


I would add that 3 non-financial issues were raised - the access (providing visas) and freedom of expression provisions of the host country agreement (mentioned by Chengetai near the beginning of the meeting, and "Article 7" about security - mentioned by the spokesperson from Indonesia near the end. I had problems hearing properly what he was saying.
Deirdre



On 31 July 2013 09:02, 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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