[governance] Fwd: IGF 2016: Updates for Session Organizers

[Norbert Bollow]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:33:11 -0400
Judith Hellerstein <judith at jhellerstein.com> wrote:

> I have been to several IGFs ad they all had interpretation into
> multiple languages.

I think you're probably referring to the main sessions.

It has always been the case that the vast majority of workshops don't
have interpretation, as indeed it has always been the case that the
workshop organizers would somehow need to raise the money to pay the
interpreters.

Greetings,
Norbert

> Although I was not the main organizer of a
> session I did play a role on one of the panels as a rapporteur and
> was privy to all the decisions and this issue was never brought up.
> I do know that if you order captioning of sessions there is a cost to
> that.
> 
> I agree with you that is a large barrier to language diversity. We
> should ask the MAG members that are on this list if they can explain
> this
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Judith
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> On 9/22/2016 3:24 PM, Arsène Tungali wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just wanted to share this with you because i have a concern regarding
> the interpretation service. Hope i got it right :)
> 
> I cannot believe session organizers to pay the cost of interpretation
> service? This is my first time i do this, is this new to IGF? Or do
> session organizers always cover such costs?
> 
> Would love to hear your thoughts. 
> 
> I note this can be a barrier to language diversity at the meeting and
> cannot believe the UN asking organizers to pay for such a service.
> 
> Regards,
> A
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> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
> 
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> From: IGF <IGF at unog.ch>
> Date: September 22, 2016 at 8:16:05 PM GMT+2
> To: igf at unog.ch
> Cc: Eleonora Anna MAZZUCCHI <EMAZZUCCHI at unog.ch>
> Subject: IGF 2016: Updates for Session Organizers
> 
> Dear Workshop and Open Forum Organizers,
> 
> The IGF Secretariat would like to share with you a few brief updates.
> As many of you already know, IGF 2016 will now be held at the PALCCO
> Centre in Guadalajara, Mexico (and not the Instituto Cabanas). Please
> note that the dates of the meeting, 6-9 December 2016, remain
> unchanged!
> 
> Registration for the meeting is now open and all are welcome and
> encouraged to register as soon as possible. Online registration will
> be available until 17 November, approximately 3 weeks before the
> meeting.
> 
> Interpretation in up to 3 of the 6 official UN languages (Arabic,
> Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) can be made available
> in one of the workshop/open forum rooms on request. The session
> organizer(s) would bear the cost of this service, which will be
> determined by the host country. Should you require or wish to have
> interpretation for your session, kindly let the Secretariat know by
> 30 September.
> 
> For any questions, needs/issues to discuss relating to your workshop
> or open forum session, please do not hesitate to contact the
> Secretariat at emazzucchi at unog.ch!
> 
> 
> Best to All,
> 
> Eleonora
> IGF Secretariat
> 
> 
> 
> 
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