[IGFmaglist] urgent: workshop deadline extension

[Jutta Croll]

+ one to Rasha’s position
Jutta

> Am 07.06.2018 um 01:08 schrieb Dr. Rasha Abdulla <rasha at aucegypt.edu>:
> 
> Dear Chengetai and MAG colleagues, 
> 
> I would not support accepting "some" late proposals and not others, this would open the door to a very subjective process and I don't think would be fair. If we can extend the deadline by a day or two to everybody, that would be great. If not, then we need to abide by the deadline. Opening a side door to only a few would be perceived by the community as quite unfair, and in my opinion, those perceiving it as unfair would have a point. 
> 
> Best regards. 
> Rasha 
> 
> Rasha A. Abdulla 
> Professor 
> Journalism and Mass Communication 
> The American University in Cairo 
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> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 9:16 PM Michael ILISHEBO <ilishebo at gmail.com <mailto:ilishebo at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Dear Chengetai,
> 
> Due to late announcement of IGF 2018 host, many people delayed in
> submitting the Workshop Proposal and thus the current scenario we have
> found ourself in.
> 
> I would like to support the suggestion for an extension of deadline to 10th
> June.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> *Michael L. Ilishebo,*
> 
> *Kitwe, Zambia*
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> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:01 PM, Jutta Croll <jcroll at digitale-chancen.de <mailto:jcroll at digitale-chancen.de>>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Chengetai,
> >
> > I have been speaking to some proposal submitters during EuroDIG these
> > days. Might it be the case that the emails to the proposed speakers have
> > not yet been sent out for their confirmation to speak?
> >
> > Jutta
> >
> > > Am 06.06.2018 um 20:41 schrieb Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com <mailto:raquino at gmail.com>
> > >:
> > >
> > > Hi Chengetai
> > >
> > > Thank you, this works. Those who really had circumstances that
> > > prevented them getting their proposal ready sooner can explain that to
> > > Secretariat and have a shot.
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 1:39 PM, Chengetai Masango
> > > <chengetai.masango at un.org <mailto:chengetai.masango at un.org>> wrote:
> > >>    Dear Renata,
> > >>
> > >> My concern is the lateness of the extension and it is also unfair to
> > those who have already done the proposals keeping with the deadline. We
> > would also have to cut days off the evaluation timeline somewhere else (i.e
> > MAG and Secretariat's evaluation time). We have already cut this once and
> > we certainly don’t want to postpone the F2F meeting.
> > >>
> > >> What we can do, which is what we have done in the past is accept late
> > submissions on a case by case basis, extend some leniency to those
> > proposers who have slightly extraordinary circumstances for a couple of
> > days.
> > >>
> > >> Would this work ?
> > >>
> > >> Best regards
> > >>
> > >> Chengetai
> > >>
> > >>    -----Original Message-----
> > >>    From: Renata Aquino Ribeiro [mailto:raquino at gmail.com <mailto:raquino at gmail.com>]
> > >>    Sent: Wednesday, 6 June, 2018 3:29 PM
> > >>    To: MAG-public <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org <mailto:Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org>>
> > >>    Subject: [IGFmaglist] urgent: workshop deadline extension
> > >>
> > >>    Hi
> > >>
> > >>    I know this is a last minute request but I can still see many
> > communities struggling to submit proposals as they only had 1 week since
> > venue announcement.
> > >>
> > >>    Please would it be possible to extend until 10 June?
> > >>
> > >>    Thank you
> > >>
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