[Governance] IGF Workshop Submission - IGC proposal ?

[Peter Micek]

Thank you, Bruna.  I am in favor of holding the day one event, as usual,
and also in submitting a session. Public interest internet is a good
catchall. It could feature discussion of a few different topics: the
proposed .ORG sale will still be a relevant issue in November, whether it's
gone through or not; the acceleration of public dependence on internet
infrastructure as more activities move online; the deterioration of offline
channels like traditional, national postal systems and broadcast
infrastructure; and of course the dominance of private platforms, with
implications for economic, social, cultural, and civil and political rights
and interests.

Let me know how to help you and Sheetal, and thanks again for coordinating.

Best,
Peter



On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:13 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos via Governance <
governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:

> Dear IGC,
>
> Hope this email finds you well despite the strange circumstances we find
> ourselves at during this pandemics.
>
> I am writing to you in order to consult whether we would like to submit a
> session for the Global IGF
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020>. The
> Secretariat facilitated a webinar this week, giving the community a few
> updates on the preparations for this year's event and confirming that they
> are continuing to plan for the event alongside with the Host Country.
> Additionally, IGF secretariat also mentioned that they plan to keep the
> community updated about any new events and the possible chance of a
> cancelation.
>
> In light of that, I would like to consult the list how do we stand on a
> session submission. Sheetal and I have been considering that it would be
> important, and part of our collective work in restructuring IGC, to have a
> session at this year's event. On that note, we have a few options - 1)
> continue with our day one event; 2) submit a session proposal collectively
> constructed by the Caucus and 3) submit both a Day zero and a session
> proposal.
>
> *The deadline for Workshops, Open Forums, Day Zero events and Call for
> travel support is the 22nd of April*, so this gives us a few days to come
> up with a submission. As a possible subject, since this was one of the
> groups in which the debate around dot org was also active, I would suggest
> for us to submit something related to what we consider a public interest
> Internet - but this can also be discussed as we are open for any
> suggestions you can come up with.
>
> Having said that, Id like to hear back from the list if we consider it to
> be feasible to submit a workshop proposal and the possible topics for that.
>
> Best regards,
>
> *Bruna Santos *
> ICG Co-Coordinator
>
>
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