[governance] IGF 2013 Preliminary Call for Workshops Proposals
parminder
parminder at itforchange.net
Mon Mar 11 00:29:36 EDT 2013
On Monday 11 March 2013 04:31 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
> 12 days notice for the international community to put together
> proposals for a - if not the - leading Internet Governance meeting is
> very, very short notice.
I fully agree. I dont understand what is the hurry when the next meeting
of MAG is more than 2 months away. People take time to come up with
ideas, discuss and pass them internally in their organisations, and
perhaps with partners and networks....
>
> At the recent consultation in Paris I was surprised to be the only one
> who raised the issue that it was too short a timeline. Utterly
> surprised others didn't raise the issue.
>
> I sincerely hope that the MAG and IGF secretariat will revisit what
> is, in effect, a deadline that makes it effectively impossible for new
> comers to know about the call for workshop proposals and submit one in
> time.
Although they have a different deadline for newcomers.... which is all a
very twisted unnecessarily complex logic , the purpose of which is not
too clear.
Perhaps MAG members here can help us understand this.
parminder
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
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>
> On 2013-03-10, at 7:36 AM, William Drake wrote:
>
>> It just occurred to me I've not seen this mentioned on the gov list.
>> Many people have just 12 days to decide if they want to organize a
>> workshop in Bali.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From: *William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch
>>> <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>>
>>> *Subject: **Re: [NCSG-Discuss] IGF 2013 Preliminary Call for
>>> Workshops Proposals*
>>> *Date: *March 10, 2013 12:31:24 PM GMT+01:00
>>> *To: *Robin Gross <robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG <mailto:robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG>>
>>> *Cc: *NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>> <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>>
>>> Hi Robin
>>>
>>> Thanks for circulating this. Getting the CFP to even this level of
>>> clarity required some insistence by a couple of us civil society
>>> types on the MAG, but it may still require more reading between the
>>> lines and inference than is ideal. So just to make sure it's clear:
>>> people who organized workshops in the past two years need to be
>>> aware that they must submit a preliminary proposal by 22 March and
>>> then be invited by the MAG in order to submit a full proposal by 30
>>> April. If they don't do the former, they will not be allowed to do
>>> the latter, and if the former's approved, they can't change the
>>> concept much post hoc. These restrictions do not apply to people
>>> who've not organized events in the past two years. Personally, I
>>> don't see how this new policy is value-adding and think it could
>>> cause confusion and/or consternation down the line, but hopefully
>>> everyone effected will get the memo and be able to decide within the
>>> next twelve days whether they might want and be able to organize a
>>> workshop in late October. In a related vein, please recall the
>>> MAG's prior decision that a workshop organizer from the previous
>>> year must post to the IGF website a report on their event in order
>>> to qualify to organize something the following year.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 9, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org
>>> <mailto:robin at ipjustice.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> fyi
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some of you may already be aware, but the IGF has issued a
>>>>> preliminary call for workshop proposals with a fast approaching
>>>>> deadline of 22 March 2013!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/121-preparatory-process/1288-2013-preliminary-call-for-workshops-proposals
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013 Preliminary Call for Workshops Proposals PDF
>>>>> <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/121-preparatory-process/1288-2013-preliminary-call-for-workshops-proposals?format=pdf>
>>>>> Print
>>>>> <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/121-preparatory-process/1288-2013-preliminary-call-for-workshops-proposals?tmpl=component&print=1&page=>
>>>>> E-mail
>>>>> <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=42ef01ae9ac6d898e95bdbd47cf6dcf5b8c30395>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) in its meeting on 1
>>>>> March 2013 agreed to modify the procedure for the selection of
>>>>> workshops.
>>>>> They advised that a preliminary call for workshop proposals be
>>>>> issued. Workshop proponents should include a concise description
>>>>> of the thematic area of interest and other pertinent information
>>>>> in their submissions. The proposals could focus on the priority
>>>>> themes identified by the open consultations/MAG meetings or could
>>>>> also introduce other themes. (These can be found in the annex of
>>>>> the MAG summary report:
>>>>> <http://intgovforum.org/cms/2013/MAG.Summary.Report.1March.r2.pdf>.)
>>>>> The MAG recommended that a two track process be followed:
>>>>>
>>>>> * For organizers of workshops in *2011 or 2012* IGF meeting the
>>>>> submission of a preliminary proposal by *22 March 2013 *is
>>>>> mandatory. After this deadline the MAG will go through and
>>>>> assess the preliminary proposals. The MAG through the
>>>>> Secretariat will then invite selected workshop proponents to
>>>>> submit full and complete workshop proposals by *30 April 2013
>>>>> *based on these preliminary proposals. Workshop proponents
>>>>> with similar proposals may be asked to work together to
>>>>> develop a single fully-fledged proposal. Workshop proponents
>>>>> cannot significantly change the topic of an approved proposal.
>>>>> * In order to encourage workshop organizers, first time
>>>>> proposers are encouraged to but do not need to submit
>>>>> preliminary workshop proposals. They do however have to submit
>>>>> a full and complete workshop proposal by *30 April 2013*. The
>>>>> Secretariat stands ready to assist new comers in any way.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a result of the above MAG recommendations the IGF Secretariat
>>>>> is issuing a preliminary call for workshop proposals to which the
>>>>> deadline will be *22 March 2013*.
>>>>> An online form will be available on *15 March 2013 *on the IGF
>>>>> website for submissions.
>>>>> The template will be as follows:
>>>>> 1.Workshop working title:
>>>>> 2.Concise description of broader thematic area of interest:
>>>>> 3.Concise description of specific issues to be addressed:
>>>>> 4.Indication of workshop format:
>>>>> a.Panel*
>>>>> b.Roundtable
>>>>> c.Free discussion (with one or two moderators)
>>>>> d. Other (please describe)
>>>>> 5.Name of contact person:**
>>>>> 6.Institution:
>>>>> 7.Contact email:
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> * Names of speakers are not required at this stage.
>>>>> * *New workshop organizers are encouraged.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IP JUSTICE
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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