[governance] [Igfregionals] Legal Status of National IGFs

Mon Apr 11 16:33:46 EDT 2016

 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important;  padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; }  Thank you Sandra,
It is good to know how you did it in Europe for it to become what it is today. This is really helpful!
I strongly agree with, and your example of success is attesting, the need and benefit of taking time, starting small, with structures coming with time.
I will share this with my colleagues and will reach out to you for more details if needed.
Regards,A
---------------------Arsene Tungali,IGC Co-coordinator at arsenebaguma+243 993810967 (DRCongo)Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone (excuse typos and brievity)

On Monday, April 11, 2016, 7:19 PM, sandra at eurodig.org <sandra at eurodig.org> wrote:

For EuroDIG it took 4 years to achieve a legal status. From 2008-2012 we  operated as a grass root initiative. Financial support was paid directly to vendors only and this was the point which brought us to the limits of operations, where we had to become a legal entity. Since 2012 we are an association under Swiss law, which proved to be the least regulated country in Europe. Since this time it is easier to raise funds, because we are registered and can reach out directly. 

However in our case it was good to wait, because the whole concept was more stable at that time and we already had an idea how the statutes could look like. 

I understand that the EuroDIG way of doing it might not work in other regions, but I would advise any new structure to keep it as simple and light as possible, in order to avoid making the wrong decisions. It is always better to start small and add what is needed over the years in terms of organisational structure (board, secretariat, chair).

Hope this helps!

Sandra 

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Betreff: Re: [Igfregionals] Legal Status of National IGFs

Even after the IGF Sri Lanka 2016 everyone asking us on what is the real legal status of the National IGF. Actually its like a movement  in between estate and stakeholders. 

ISoC Sri Lanka became the Main organiser and we invite every community to be part of our movement openly. It has being new way of organising process, no leaders but all volunteers engaged to make a successful national IGF. 

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On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Miguel Ignacio Estrada <miestrada at gmail.com> wrote:

In Argentina we have a "nothing" legal status :D. We use a sponsor University in order to get the funds and arrange payments.

I think this is an interesting topic to make a poll Arsene.

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) <arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

We are in the process of having our first national IGF in the DRC and we are wondering what legal status to give to it. Is is a non profit? a movement? This question has been asked by our Ministry in charge of ICT to us as the organizing committee.

I am writing to inquire which legal status your national initiatives have within your countries. This will help us know how our Secretariat and our own form of MAG will operate. Please do share your experiences.

Thanks for your support,

Arsene

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