[IGFmaglist] When you have not been asked...

[Michael R. Nelson]

Anriette,
I did notice your name and Patrick Ryan's name appearing on all sorts of interesting proposals.
My name was on one proposal, but I was asked if I wanted to participate (and agreed).  As a result, I didn't rate that proposal.

I agree strongly with Filiz.  We have to be wary of proposed panels that list all sorts of impressive (but unconfirmed) panelists and then in Istanbul end up being a mixed bag of speakers who may all becoming from one side of the issue under discussion (or worse, come to promote a particular organization).

Mike

From: Igfmaglist [mailto:igfmaglist-bounces at intgovforum.org] On Behalf Of Yilmaz, Filiz
Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 10:39 AM
To: anriette at apc.org
Cc: Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org
Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] When you have not been asked...

Hi,

This is very bad.

On a related point, in fact, during Bali this was one of my frustrations as a sole participant too.

So you think there are certain people listed for a panel, maybe this is one of the reasons you even choose a workshop over an other one in the high volume programme and then the speakers listed do not fit with the speakers you actually see at the head table.

I kept hearing this situation, recruiting speakers on the fly, was often spotted to happen at IGFs but actually was improving.

Coming back to Anriette's point, this was also the main reason for me to score low in my evaluation of the proposals: If I did to see clear confirmation of speakers, I found myself not being able to score a workshop with a high score. Panelists are an important integral of the quality of a workshop and I expect organisers to be sincere enough at least to have put the effort and contacted them as a general rule of thumb.

Kind regards
Filiz


On 09 May 2014, at 16:12, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org<mailto:anriette at apc.org>> wrote:


Dear all

I want to note that there are some proposals in which I have been listed as a co-proposer, or presented without the organisers having asked me to play either role.

So don't be entirely surprised if you see my name on a proposal that does not look terribly well-developed.

Do any other people on the MAG find themselves in this position?

Anriette



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