[Rpg_hyd] Contact with hub organizers

[Rajesh Aggarwal]

Thanks Markus,

NIXI and ISPAI, which are looking after all the technical aspects of this IGF meeting, are committing our resources and energy to this project, both as co-hosts as well as in our personal capacity.

In India, we already have commitment from ISOC Delhi Chapter for a hub in Delhi, and from Zensar Business Innovation Centre, Pune (courtesy old Diplo Veteran Nikhil Aggarwal) for a hub in Pune. Both hubs will soon send the information required. 

My only concern or request is that this project should not be seen as a "top-down" project, but as a bottom-up effort which got due recognition from IGF Secretariat, and it should be executed as a truly multistakeholder (in letter and spirit) fashion.

Rajesh Aggarwal







  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Markus KUMMER 
  To: rpg_hyd at intgovforum.org 
  Cc: mariliamaciel at gmail.com ; avri at psg.com ; Carolina Rossini ; charity gamboa ; CMASANGO at unog.ch ; dd.ganguly at dimdim.com ; dhrupadm at gmail.com ; Gilson Schwartz ; Gvictor at tra.gov.eg ; Internet Child Safety Foundation ; jovank at diplomacy.edu ; klohento at panos-ao.org ; Max Senges ; naresh_ajwani at sifycorp.com ; nikhila at diplomacy.edu ; nityesh_udr at yahoo.com ; nravishanker at nic.in ; Olga Cavalli ; Rajesh Aggarwal ; rc at cjnet4u.com ; Seiiti Arata Jr. ; sundar.subramanian at dimdim.com ; Vladimir Radunovic 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:10 PM
  Subject: Re: Contact with hub organizers


  Dear all,

  We are exited about this project and very pleased to see the growing enthusiasm surrounding the remote hubs. You can count on our full support to make a success of it..

  In order to help make these remote hubs a reality we propose promoting it on the IGF site, displaying information about these hubs and encouraging other hubs to form and register with us. 

  At this stage we would like to know how many of them are expected to be set up. Could you write back to us and give us the following information so that we can advertise the hubs on our We site:

  Contact name:
  Contact email:
  Institution were the hub will be based:
  Possible area(s) of interest within the 5 main themes:
  Number of expected participants within the hub:
  Do you have any pre-meeting activities planned, if so what and where:

  In addition, we will upload a remote participation sign-up form for remote participants so that we have a record of how many people participate remotely. We hope that this will add value to the remote participation. (All participants at the remote hubs are encouraged to register.)

  Last but not least we encourage those of you who have not yet done so to subscribe to our listserve, to facilitate including newcomers into the discussion. 

  Best regards
  Markus 




  > Dear hub organizers (and other interested parties),
  > First of all, thank you for your interest in participating on this 
  > project. I am sure it will be a useful initiative to our local communities.
  > As you may have seen, a statement about the project (mentioning the 
  > participation of your organizations) was read on the last Open 
  > Consultations by our friend Olga Cavalli from Argentina. You can 
  > check it on Youtube, on the following link: http://www.youtube.
  > com/watch?v=YOlZ_dAek4Y
  > The hubs initiative was also discussed on the MAG meeting and it has
  > received formal support from it and from the IGF secretariat. 
  > Recently, the IGF Hyderabad organizers have had several meetings 
  > with the technical team responsible for the webcast and the 
  > participation platform. They have agreed upon a technical 
  > arrangement to be offered to the hubs.
  > A mailing list was recently created, to facilitate our discussion 
  > and to make possible that people who join us in the future can look 
  > through the archives. The e-mail is rpg_hyd at intgovforum.org and you 
  > can sign up for it at the following URL: http://intgovforum.
  > org/mailman/listinfo/rpg_hyd_intgovforum.org. This list should serve
  > as a forum to debate issues collectively, to help one another and to
  > exchange information and best practices. 
  > As soon as you have joined it, more technical information will be provided.
  > Please, don´t hesitate to write me in case of doubt.
  > I thank you once more for your engagement.
  > Best wishes
  > Marília Maciel
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