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Dear Robin and Drake... <br>
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I hope this time I can participate..since my residence is Jakarta
not far from Bali.<br>
Hope to see you guys in Jakarta.<br>
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Regards, Rudi Rusdiah<br>
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On 03/10/2013 06:31 PM, William Drake wrote:
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<div>Thanks for circulating this. Getting the CFP to even this
level of clarity required some insistence by a couple of us
civil society types on the MAG, but it may still require more
reading between the lines and inference than is ideal. <br>
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<div>So just to make sure it's clear: people who organized
workshops in the past two years need to be aware that they must
submit a preliminary proposal by 22 March and then be invited by
the MAG in order to submit a full proposal by 30 April. If they
don't do the former, they will not be allowed to do the latter,
and if the former's approved, they can't change the concept much
post hoc. These restrictions do not apply to people who've not
organized events in the past two years. Personally, I don't see
how this new policy is value-adding and think it could cause
confusion and/or consternation down the line, but hopefully
everyone effected will get the memo and be able to decide within
the next twelve days whether they might want and be able to
organize a workshop in late October. In a related vein, please
recall the MAG's prior decision that a workshop organizer from
the previous year must post to the IGF website a report on their
event in order to qualify to organize something the following
year. </div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Bill</div>
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<div>On Mar 9, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Robin Gross <<a
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<div> The Multistakeholder Advisory Group
(MAG) in its meeting on 1 March 2013
agreed to modify the procedure for the
selection of workshops. </div>
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<div>They advised that a preliminary call
for workshop proposals be issued.
Workshop proponents should include a
concise description of the thematic area
of interest and other pertinent
information in their submissions. The
proposals could focus on the priority
themes identified by the open
consultations/MAG meetings or could also
introduce other themes. (These can be
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summary report:</a>.)</div>
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<div>The MAG recommended that a two track
process be followed:</div>
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<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px
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organizers of workshops in <strong>2011
or 2012</strong> IGF meeting the
submission of a preliminary proposal
by <strong>22 March 2013 </strong>is
mandatory. After this deadline the MAG
will go through and assess the
preliminary proposals. The MAG through
the Secretariat will then invite
selected workshop proponents to submit
full and complete workshop proposals
by <strong>30 April 2013 </strong>based
on these preliminary proposals.
Workshop proponents with similar
proposals may be asked to work
together to develop a single
fully-fledged proposal. Workshop
proponents cannot significantly change
the topic of an approved proposal. <br>
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order to encourage workshop
organizers, first time proposers are
encouraged to but do not need to
submit preliminary workshop proposals.
They do however have to submit a full
and complete workshop proposal by <strong>30
April 2013</strong>. The Secretariat
stands ready to assist new comers in
any way.</li>
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<div>As a result of the above MAG
recommendations the IGF Secretariat is
issuing a preliminary call for workshop
proposals to which the deadline will be <strong>22
March 2013</strong>.</div>
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<div> An online form will be available on <strong>15
March 2013 </strong>on the IGF website
for submissions.</div>
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<div>The template will be as follows:</div>
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<div>1.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span>Workshop working title:</div>
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</span>Concise description of broader
thematic area of interest:</div>
<div>3.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span>Concise description of specific
issues to be addressed:</div>
<div>4.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span>Indication of workshop format:</div>
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<div style="margin-left:40px">c.<span
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discussion (with one or two moderators)</div>
<div style="margin-left:40px">d.<span
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(please describe)</div>
<div>5.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span>Name of contact person:**</div>
<div>6.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span>Institution:</div>
<div>7.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span>Contact email:</div>
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<div>* Names of speakers are not required
at this stage. </div>
<div>* *New workshop organizers are
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<div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div>
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