[Chapter-delegates] Update on preparations for IGF 2008

[Bill Graham]

On 29-May-08, at 12:56 AM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:

> Hello Bill Graham,
>
> This IGF happens well within the geographic region of ISOC India  
> Chennai. What is the traditional role of the chapter in the region  
> in IGF?

Dear Sivasubramanian,

It is good to hear of your interest in the IGF.  As the IGF is not in  
any formal way connected with ISOC, it is up to the local chapter to  
decide on their engagement.  I don't know if the chapters in Brazil or  
Greece were involved in any way with the organizers of the first two  
IGF meetings.

> The chapter has not been receiving communication from the organizers  
> on this event and preparatory meetings.

Again, to my knowledge, the Indian government has not yet arranged any  
preparatory meetings.  All meeting arrangement for the IGF are  
normally announced on the IGF Secretariat web site  
<www.intgovforum.org>, or on the local host's web site if they decide  
to create one.  They haven't yet done so, yet.  I believe it is the  
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology who is  
organizing the event.  They posted a presentation about the planning  
process near the top of the same web site.

Bill
>
>
> Sivasubramanian M
> ISOC India Chennai.
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Bill Graham <graham at isoc.org> wrote:
> Thanks for these useful comments, Sebastian -- see below:
>
> On 27-May-08, at 6:03 PM, Sebastian Ricciardi wrote:
> > Dear Bill,
> >
> > Many thanks for your message. A few comments:
> >
> > - I´m wondering whether ISOC should work on another proposal related
> > to User
> > Centricity, and maybe being more specific, how bad regulations can
> > undermine
> > the development of the net (Day 1, Reaching the next billion).
>
> Good suggestion.  We are past the deadline for proposing another
> workshop, but as a MAG member (assuming I get re-appointed) I will do
> my best to ensure we get those issues covered in the first main
> session workshop.
>
> >
> >
> > - ISOC should try to identify specific goals/desire outcomes for
> > IGF. Up to
> > now, IMHO, our posture has been defense. Let´s engage with the Forum
> > and try
> > to achieve some measurable goals.
>
> We should be clearer about that.  The workshop proposals we put in are
> definitely focused on the positive rather than the defensive.  The IXP
> workshop last year had a useful outcome, and we will be building on it
> this year.  Similarly, the workshop on multilingualism is designed to
> broaden how people look at that issue -- it is a lot more than IDNs.
> To really have an inclusive Internet is going to be a huge challenge,
> and we should start focusing on how to make that happen.  I agree that
> the first approach many took to IGF was defensive.  I believe that is
> changing in a significant number of cases, and I'm hopeful the
> Hyderabad meeting will have a very positive tone.
>
> >
> >
> > - Reaching Hyderabad won´t be easy for anyone, but it doesn´t make
> > any sense
> > to complain about it here, right?
>
> right -- it's a challenge of holding these things in all the different
> regions.  Even the regions themselves are very large.  I don't know if
> you are aware but a few organizations have made money available to
> fund travel to IGF.  Most of the cash will be aiming to fund people
> who are going to be active participants -- who are organizing or will
> be speaking in the main or individual workshops.  I will see what I
> can do to get the IGF Secretariat to make this visible on their web
> site.  In the meantime, ISOC members who want to get assistance
> getting to Hyderabad should be actively looking through the lists of
> workshops and contacting organizers to get involved.
>
> >
> >
> > - If ISOC is working on a call letter, application form, and
> > guidelines for
> > the next Ambassador program, I would like to suggest: 1) Define the
> > goal of
> > the program; 2) Communicate the desired profile of the Ambassadors
> > and the
> > tasks they will be asked to perform; 3)If the budget is limited, and
> > you
> > plan to recruit chapter members who are already going to Hyderabad,
> > please
> > note that in the call letter; and 4) be so kind to inform applicants
> > about
> > the selection using a reasonable timeframe (this include all
> > applicants,
> > selected or not). I think this could be a major step forward.
>
> Good points -- I have passed these along
>
> >
> >
> > I sincerely hope you find these comments useful.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Sebastian
> >
> > Sebastian Ricciardi
> > ISOC-Ar
> >
> >
> >
> >
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