[Chapter-delegates] Update on preparations for IGF 2008

Mon Jun 2 12:03:37 PDT 2008

Hello Bill Graham

Thank you for your resposne. Part of my concerns arose out of a
misunderstanding of ISOC's role in IGF, which is now clarified. I have also
had a phone conversation with an officer of the Ministry of Information and
Technology a few hours ago. The ministry is receptive to the chapter's
participation in the event and the officer would be in touch.

The role of ISOC was misunderstood to be central to IGF, and in the context
of such inadequate understanding I was a little concerned that some of the
chapter's communication to the ministry were unanwered. Beyond that there is
no extra-ordinary eagerness on the part of the chennai chapter or on the
part of the members to be a part of IGF.

Thank you
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<http://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasubramanianmuthusamy>

On 6/2/08, Bill Graham <graham at isoc.org> wrote:
>
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> 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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