[governance] Legal Status of National IGFs

Mon Apr 11 16:43:37 EDT 2016

 blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important;  padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; }  Thanks Judith for clarifications and vey useful information. 
I was humbled to join the calls and be part of the USA working group developing the Policy Options for Connecting the Next Billion during my stay in the US.
Your MS model is commendable and can serve as a good example. I will reach out privately for more as we work on establishing our national initiative.
We already have a Secretariat put in place and made official from the Government through the Ministry in charge. We are now putting together our MAG, reaching out to all possible stake holders to make inclusive.
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, 10:33 PM, Judith Hellerstein <judith at jhellerstein.com> wrote:

 Hi Arsene,

 IGF USA is governed by a multi stakeholder organizing committee of which GWU and ISOC DC are members, but so was I and a number of other people.  In the past ISOC DC was the secretariat. I think they used ISOC-DC non profit status to raise and funnel money that they got from sponsors. This year's IGF USA will be held at CSIS.  IGF USA has long limited how much each sponsor could donate so that no sponsor could dominate the scene. I forget what the limit was but I know it was under 10K. We publish our budget and other materials on the web and have open stakeholder calls which I think you joined in last year on.

 Hope this helps.  Happy to help in any way

 Best,
 Judith
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 On 4/11/2016 4:22 PM, Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) wrote:

Hi Judith, 
  Thanks for your ideas. In my country, registering a non profit takes time and has a number of requirements that needs to be followed. Of course at the end of the day, you manage to go through and have your non profit register.  
  How would people feel being listed as 'founders' of the national IGF? Do you have in your countries such a 'title' for the igf or a similar event? It simply looks weird to me :). That's what would happen if we chose the non profit way :) 
  When i was attending the igf-usa in 2015, i had the impression it was hosted by the GWU and ISOC DC, if i am not mistaken. I found that very well done because the Univ is well established and so is isoc (i guess an non profit or 501 something?) 
  I love the idea of controling sources of funding to avoid a situation such as a company being seen as dominant. I have been wondering about this coz when attending IGFs, i have the impression of seing the 'big' donor being well highlighted. Is this bad? At which extent do organizers need to pay attention? 
  Thinking outloud:) 
  Regards, A
 --------------------- Arsene Tungali, IGC Co-coordinator @arsenebaguma +243 993810967 (DRCongo) Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone (excuse typos and brievity)

On Monday, April 11, 2016, 4:39 PM, Judith Hellerstein <judith at jhellerstein.com> wrote:

 HI Arsene,

 I would suggest a non profit form as you would want to raise funds for it and you would want a legal entity. If a non-profit is too difficult than a for profit would work as long as it is truly multi stakeholder. I believe that the IGF-USA is a non-profit or at least affiliated with a non profit. The Mag should have representative from all sectors.  You also make want to include restrictions on how much companies can donate so that a few companies do not dominate on the funding. 

 Best,
 Judith
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  On 4/11/2016 8:37 AM, Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) 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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