[governance] Legal Status of National IGFs

[Akinremi Peter Taiwo]

Good questions Devon.
On Apr 14, 2016 3:52 AM, "Devon Blake" <devonrb at gmail.com> wrote:

> So is there a need to resolve the question of IGF as an event, or IGF as a
> loose consortium, IGF as an international program with defined objectives
> which includes the provision of the fora infrastructure for open dialogue.
> But who analyses the dialogue, who provides a structured framework to the
> deliberations, who acts on recommendations, and how are recommendations
> developed?
> Just asking.
>
> Regards!
>
> Devon
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:39 AM, 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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