[IGFmaglist] February meeting date

Fri Jan 3 08:00:14 EST 2014

Dear Colleagues:
Happy new year to all of you. May the year 2014 be a joyful happy
successful to all of you. I prefer option B.

Best  Regards,

Quasi AlShatti

On Friday, January 3, 2014, Markus Kummer wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Let me wish a Happy New Year to you all - it  promising to be a busy year
> and for the IGF it may well be a decisive year!
>
> While Chengetai is waiting for the final confirmation on the availability
> of meeting facilities for the February meeting, here are a few additional
> pieces of information.
>
> I seem to remember that originally we set aside 19-20 February for the
> Open Consultations/MAG meeting. Separately, we agreed in the donors'
> context to organise a donors' meeting back-to-back with the Open
> Consultations/MAG meeting. In the email Chengetai sent out he suggested
> having the donors' meeting on 19 February and the Open Consultations/MAG
> meeting on 20-21 February, assuming that it would accommodate those who
> also want to attend the CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation.
>
> Patrick now asks whether the donors' meeting would also be open to others.
> As we started discussing IGF funding in the MAG context, there would be
> some merit in having a public discussion on these issues, but this is a
> question that would need to be decided by the donors. Based on past
> experience however I anticipate that the donors (i.e. contributors to the
> IGF Trust Fund) would like to have some time to be among themselves.
>
> Having said that, nothing stops us having a public segment as part of the
> donors' meeting. We could start with a discussion open to all interested
> participants, explain the state of funding, the budget and discuss enhanced
> fundraising efforts etc. and finished the day with a closed donors' meeting
> to see if there are issues they would like to discuss among themselves.
>
> As the week starts with a WSIS+10 meeting on 17-18 February, the question
> remains what is more convenient, that is to start or to finish with a
> donors'/funding meeting. I assume that many of you (but not all) plan to
> attend both WSIS+10 and CSTD WGEC.
>
> We have two options:
>
> A
> 19 February: IGF Funding/donors' meeting
> 20-21 February: Open Consultations/ MAG meeting
>
> or
>
> B
> 19-20 February: Open Consultations/ MAG meeting
> 21 February: IGF Funding/donors' meeting
>
> Looking at the two options from the perspective of the flow of the
> meetings, it would make more sense to start with the substantive agenda and
> then move to the equally important funding issue (Option B). However, I
> understand that depending on personal travel plans Option A might be more
> convenient.
>
> We could send out a doodle poll to check the preferences.
>
> Best regards
> Markus
>
> On Jan 2, 2014, at 11:50 PM, Patrick Ryan <patrickryan at google.com<javascript:;>
> >
>  wrote:
>
> > Chengetai,
> >
> > In your note to the donor's list on December 20th, you also mentioned a
> donor's meeting happening on 19 February.  If so, will this meeting on the
> 19th also be open to participants from the MAG who may be interested in
> joining the discussion?
> >
> > Patrick
> >
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> > patrick ryan
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> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Shahram Soboutipour <
> shahram at soboutipour.com> wrote:
> > Dear Chengetai
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy new year to you and all the team, I wish you a very successful
> 2014, and also for IGF, since it seems it is going to be a critical year
> for IGF.
> >
> > I would also appreciate if you let us know the schedules as soon as
> determined because we need preparations and especially Visa is always a
> problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
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> >
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> >
> > From: Igfmaglist [mailto:igfmaglist-bounces at intgovforum.org] On Behalf
> Of Chengetai Masango
> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:30 PM
> > To: Veronica Cretu
> > Cc: MAG List IGF
> > Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] February meeting date
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy New Year to you all.
> >
> >
> >
> > We will get confirmation soon from UNOG conference services. The
> prospective dates are still 20-21 February.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Chengetai
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2 Jan, 2014, at 14:01, Veronica Cretu <veronicacretu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > A very happy and prosperous 2014 everyone!
> >
> >
> >
> > Wishing you all the very best in this year - and best of luck in all
> your initiatives and projects!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Vlada, thanks for asking and hope to have the details soon both on new
> MAG (as pointed out by Raul) and on the MAG meeting in February!
> >
> >
> >
> > A great year ahead to all of us!
> >
> >
> >
> > As ever,
> >
> > Veronica
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Vladimir Radunovic <
> vladar at diplomacy.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Chengetai, Markus,
> >
> > have we confirmed the MAG meeting for 19-20 February in Geneva or it is
> > still tentative?
> >
> > Best!
> >
> >         Vlada
> >
> >
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