[governance] IGF will take place in Paris in 2018

[Ayden Férdeline]

Macron himself has now said that France will host the IGF, so it seems a reasonably safe bet that it will be held in Paris later this year. See this tweet, jump through to 33:50, it's in English:

https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/999580738931507201

Ayden

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On 23 May 2018 7:19 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:

> There are several offers on the table but there is an exhaustive checklist and the country state has to be the one making the offer to host.
>
> The IGF Secretariat will be posting an announcement as soon as we have a host country.
>
> Until then, unless confirmed by the IGF Secretariat, it is speculation regardless of who publishes the announcement.
>
> Sala
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2018, 5:12 pm Divina MEIGS, <divina.meigs at orange.fr> wrote:
>
>> I must say it would give us a boost in France, where IGF France is just starting to remobilize...
>>
>> But I guess after IGF Geneva and before IGF Berlin, it's a lot of European places for an event that is supposed to rotate regions...
>>
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>>>> Message du 23/05/18 07:10
>>>> De : "Arsène Tungali" <governance at lists.riseup.net>
>>>> A : "Jeremy Malcolm" <Jeremy at malcolm.id.au>
>>>> Copie à : governance at lists.riseup.net
>>>> Objet : Re: [governance] IGF will take place in Paris in 2018
>>>>
>>>> at least some good updates here, thanks, everyone.
>>>>
>>>> And having Macron publicly announce this, it gives more credit to this
>>>> edition somehow. In the article from Le Figaro shared here, Paris is
>>>> not confirmed as the host city as per de IGF Secretariat quote. They
>>>> said Paris looks like a serious host but that the host city will soon
>>>> be revealed.
>>>>
>>>> Whenever the official announcement will be sent out, then we will be
>>>> able to confirm it. And if the MAG is not yet informed, I wonder what
>>>> that actually means.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2018-05-22 22:55 UTC+03:00, Jeremy Malcolm <Jeremy at malcolm.id.au>:
>>>> > On 22/5/18 12:32 pm, sandra hoferichter wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2018/05/22/32001-20180522ARTFIG00188-paris-accueillera-le-forum-mondial-sur-la-gouvernance-d-internet.php
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > If this is true, then the MAG have not been informed of the decision yet.
>>>> >
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