[Rpg_hyd] Contact with hub organizers

[Dr. Nikhil Agarwal]

Thanks Rajesh. Here are the  details:

Contact name: Nikhil Agarwal
Contact email:nikhil.agarwal at zcbi.org
Institution were the hub will be based: Zensar Center for Business
Innovation (ZCBI)
Possible area(s) of interest within the 5 main themes: IP, cyber
security, social entrepreneurship, DNS, B2B & B2C
Number of expected participants within the hub:900
Do you have any pre-meeting activities planned, if so what and where:
One seminar is planned before IGF to let ppl know more about IGF
activities.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Rajesh Aggarwal <rajesh at nixi.in> wrote:
> Thanks Markus,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Rajesh Aggarwal
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Markus KUMMER
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> 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..
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> 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
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>> 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