[governance] Let's meet in Bali!

Wed Oct 16 13:10:58 EDT 2013

Dear All

+1 to Qusai. I will arrive for the best bit meeting on the 19 and stay up
to the 26/10/13 before departing to Bandung, Will be glad to attend the APC
dinner.

Best regards.

Sonigitu Ekpe

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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Qusai AlShatti <qshatti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All:
> We look forward to have an IGC caucus meeting in Bali. This is the only
> opportunity for us to see each other in person. I hope it will not take
> place at end of the last day since I (like many of my colleagues ) will be
> leaving the same day.
>
> Best Regards,
>  Qusai AlShatti
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, William Drake wrote:
>
>> Norbert
>>
>> There was nothing hostile (or oafish) about my question.  Every year
>> coordinators used to organize meetings at IGFs (although right, not at
>> Baku...). You didn't propose to do so but suggested private meetings with
>> you about which people should email you off list. I asked if the one is a
>> replacement for the other.  That's it.  Effects don't precede causes, so
>> please don't blame me for you'd not intended to do before I asked.
>>
>> More generally, caucus members have always had varying views, but the
>> meetings have worked fine and I don't recall any heated interpersonal
>> arguments.  There is no reason to believe a meeting now would be any
>> different.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 16, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>>
>> > Angela and Sonigitu
>> >
>> > You can of course organize something...
>> >
>> > I'm not organizing an IGC meeting in Bali. I wouldn't have minded doing
>> > so if it had been requested politely, but the tone of Bill's posting,
>> > together with the fact that he hardly ever deems me worthy of any
>> > interaction except in the context of attacking me, doesn't let it
>> > appear likely that such a meeting would turn out to be friendly or
>> > productive. Frankly, just doing what is required in regard to this list,
>> > which according to IGC Charter is the IGC's priority working space, is
>> > already exposing me to so much hostility that I am not willing to
>> > expose myself to additional hostility by organizing a meeting that would
>> > quite likely be full of it.
>> >
>> > Greetings,
>> > Norbert
>> >
>> >
>> > Am Wed, 16 Oct 2013 03:18:02 +0100
>> > schrieb Sonigitu Ekpe <soekpe at gmail.com>:
>> >
>> >> +1. At least to have face to face interaction.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards.
>> >>
>> >> Sonigitu Ekpe Aji :-@ SEA
>> >>
>> >> "Life becomes more meaningful; when we think of others, positively."
>> >>
>> >> +234 8027510179
>> >> On Oct 16, 2013 8:59 AM, "Angela Daly" <angelacdaly at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> It would be great to meet everyone in Bali in person!
>> >>>
>> >>> Angela
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 16 October 2013 04:23, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Unless my memory is failing me, from Athens forward I believe
>> >>>> there have always been caucus meetings at the IGF.  Is that
>> >>>> happening again, or is it proposed that this be replaced by
>> >>>> bilateral encounters with one of the co-cos?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Bill
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> [with IGC coordinator hat on]
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Dear all
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Any many of us will be in Bali during the next week, I would like
>> >>>> to meet as many as possible of you in person.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I'm particularly interested in meeting some of those who belong to
>> >>>> the silent majority in the IGC, i.e. people who post rarely if at
>> >>>> all (regardless of what the reason for that may be).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We can discuss any topic you like. For example you could help me
>> >>>> get a better understanding of your needs in regard to global civil
>> >>>> society structures in the area of Internet governance. I may not
>> >>>> be able to promise that the IGC can meet all of those needs, but
>> >>>> as long as I don't know about your needs, I don't even have a
>> >>>> chance to try doing anything about them.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Please email me off-list if you think that you can find some time.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Greetings,
>> >>>> Norbert
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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