[governance] IGF workshop proposals open

[Ayden Férdeline]

Yes, French media is reporting that it will be in Paris in November - I wonder if this will be a date conflict with the ITU's Plenipotentiary?

http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2018/05/22/32001-20180522ARTFIG00188-paris-accueillera-le-forum-mondial-sur-la-gouvernance-d-internet.php

​—Ayden  

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On 22 May 2018 8:15 PM, chlebrum <chlebrum at gmail.com> wrote:

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> IGF 2018 in Paris 😇
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> French Président Emmanuel Macron will announce tomorrow, on November
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> Chantal LEBRUMENT
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> > Le 20 mai 2018 à 23:02, Ayden Férdeline ayden at ferdeline.com a écrit :
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> > It is not a serious forum anymore, and I think the lack of hosts (this year, and let's not forget last, when no one bid to host it) is very telling unfortunately. Perhaps it would have been more dignified a death for the IGF to have retired after 10 successful iterations.
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> > Ayden Férdeline
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> > > On 20 May 2018 10:57 PM, Norbert Bollow nb at bollow.ch wrote:
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> > > > > The Secretariat has published the Call for workshop proposals on
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> > > > > the IGF website:
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> > > > > https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2018-call-for-workshop-proposals
> > > > > 
> > > > > Deadline for submission is 27 May 2018
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> > > It's now a week before the deadline, and still there seems to be no
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> > > announcement in regard to where and when the IGF will take place.
> > > 
> > > I really don't see how it's supposed to be possible to prepare a
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> > > workshop proposal when neither the potential workshop organizer nor
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> > > potential panelists have the information that most people would
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> > > consider essential in deciding whether to attend an event like the IGF.
> > > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > Norbert
> > > 
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