<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi<div><br></div><div>I don’t think there is any intention or plausible scenario for the NMI to replace the IGF.</div><div><br></div><div>The FAQ is worth reading. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 21, 2014, at 8:03 PM, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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I don't know Jeremy, I don't think you are being cynical enough; I
agree with your blog. Where oh where is civil society on the WEF
website? I confess little or no expertise on the IGF, having last
attended in person in 2006....but how does anyone think the IGF is
going to get this issue back? If civil society is prepared to admit
that IGF is the walking dead, what does anyone realistically think
government and industry are likely to say?<br>
Personally, I don't think a fair bargain has been struck for the
first ten years of IGF. No organization can survive with almost no
funds, no staff, and no means off assisting its volunteers to attend
and build initiatives. This is what we need to push for. That and
getting the WEC to restrict its activities to fundraising among its
members, to fund IGF. <br>
Cheers Stephanie Perrin<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14-08-21 1:30 PM, Jeremy Malcolm
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance">http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-internet-governance</a>
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<pre wrap="">Before seeing this I blogged with my personal thoughts about the
Initiative at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-netmundial-initiative-exposed">http://igfwatch.org/discussion-board/the-netmundial-initiative-exposed</a>,
being my usual cranky self. Having now read the website update, I
wouldn't change much in what I had written, but I am pleased to read
that "there will be a six month period of
consultations with a broad range of stakeholders and experts regarding
whether and how to establish a dedicated organizational structure to
support these activities going forward, whether or not connected to the
Forum."
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