[governance] VIDEO: Internet Governance Forum Support Association inaugural assembly in Istanbul #igfsa @internetSociety #igf2014

[Seth Johnson]

The character of the UN IGF Secretariat role on the board will be
important.  This is more of a legal structure now, keep in mind.  We may
have some hope of some real balance (which it is very difficult to
establish in the international arena) if we watch how far the role
approaches that of a "plenipotentiary" -- but of course, as we all know, it
does derive from an intergovernmental body.

(Just saying.  I'm not going to be reassured until our fundamental
liberties are rooted in constitutional systems that we have set up, rather
than placing faith in systems not rooted properly in that way.  I don't
think anybody should be comfortable before we undertake things based on
that understanding.  Certainly the idea is laudable that a group on the
side of the kind of stewardship to which we are accustomed, and that we
might be expected to regard as independent, would act to support the IGF
right about now.)


Seth



On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

>
> The IGF itself operates nominally under the auspices of the UN, which has
> thus far renewed it's mandate in 5 yearly basis since the IGF was initiated
> in Tunis in 2004. The UN pursestrings, which support the IGF Secretariat,
> are  relatively tight, and there is always the threat of non-renewal. As a
> pillar of the multistakeholder Internet Governance process the IGF has
> become indispensable, thus the Internet Society has taken the initiative,
> and kicked in some cash, to set up an independent and permanent support
> organization. Under Swiss law a general assembly is required to elect
> officers, and set membership criteria, and that is what we have here.
> Annual dues for individuals are to be $25, and 'legal entities' $100
> (minimum). ISOC-NY's Avri Doria was elected to the Executive Committee as a
> civil society representative. There is a mailing list
> <https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/igfsa>.
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>  joly posted: "The Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)
> has the purpose to provide stable and sustainable support for the Internet
> Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat and to fund related activities. The
> IGFSA was launched on 1st September 2014 at the IGF"
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> The *Internet Governance Forum Support Association* <http://igfsa.org>
> (IGFSA) has the purpose to provide stable and sustainable support for the *Internet
> Governance Forum* <http://www.intgovforum.org/> (IGF) Secretariat and to
> fund related activities. The IGFSA was launched on 1st September 2014 at
> the IGF Meeting in Istanbul. Video is below.
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> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J29H6UzFEcs?rel=0&w=600&h=338>
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> *View on YouTube*:
> http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/app/uploads/2014/08/BeyondNETmundial_FINAL.pdf
> *Transcribe on AMARA*: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/rfypN2sa5blh/
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