<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Professor & colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>A small detail for your kind consideration while deciding on the venue for 2014 APrIGF. </div><div><br></div><div>For many of us in south Asian countries, visa processes are more exclusionary than anything else. We feel that a regional event in India may result in exclusion of quite a few of us e.g. participants from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh etc. In the past, for Hyderabad IGF also, Pakistanis were unable to attend because of cross border tensions. </div><div><br></div><div>Thought we should flag this issue to all of you. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes and regards</div><div>Shahzad</div><div> </div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> "Ang Peng Hwa (Prof)" <<a href="mailto:TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg">TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, August 16, 2013 9:22 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Wu Kuo <<a href="mailto:kuoweiwu@gmail.com">kuoweiwu@gmail.com</a>>, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> APrIGF Secretariat <<a href="mailto:sec@aprigf.asia">sec@aprigf.asia</a>>, "<a href="mailto:program@aprigf.asia">program@aprigf.asia</a> APrIGF Committee" <<a href="mailto:program@aprigf.asia">program@aprigf.asia</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: [Rigf_program] Host 2014 Proposals Evaluation<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>This is very good news indeed that we have another bidder.</div><div><br></div><div>Given the introduction of the new competition, I would second Fouad's view</div><div>on the criterion of readiness. Rajesh and ISPAI had been pursuing the bid</div><div>to host an APrIGF for two years now. They have also attended various</div><div>meetings and know what is expected in one of our meetings. The bid from</div><div>the University of Philippines Cebu is very encouraging but I think it has</div><div>underestimated the support--eg translation, live transcribing, live</div><div>webcast--that we have come to expect.</div><div><br></div><div>It would be good if Espinosa, who submitted the bid, be informed of the</div><div>support expected and if he could attend the meeting in Seoul so he knows</div><div>what is expected.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Peng Hwa</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On 16/8/13 6:56 PM, "Wu Kuo" <<a href="mailto:kuoweiwu@gmail.com">kuoweiwu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div>Basically I agree, but leave the decision to the committee. Yannis is</div><div>helping in the administration to provide support and prepare the</div><div>documentation.</div><div><br></div><div>Kuo Wu</div><div><br></div><div>從我的 iPhone 傳送</div><div><br></div><div>Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> 於 2013/8/16 18:19 寫道：</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> Dear Yannis and all,</div><div><br></div><div> Thank you for sharing this. I would like to request you to kindly</div><div> share which proposal came in first. For members of this list, it is</div><div> prudent to note that we can adopt a first come first considered</div><div> approach and build an order according to proposals. There should also</div><div> be some sort of criterion to understand the readiness of a country to</div><div> host such an event.</div><div><br></div><div> If ISPAI and NIXI, India has presented the proposal first in the order</div><div> of submissions, and, the Department of Computer Science, University of</div><div> Philippines Cebu is second in that order of submission, the first EOI</div><div> should be considered for the coming year whereas the next year may be</div><div> considered for the second EOI.</div><div><br></div><div> Secondly, regional diversity is also an important consideration for</div><div> selection of a venue. So far, we have haven't had a APrIGF activity in</div><div> South Asia. May I propose for the program committee members to</div><div> consider a host country EOI to be considered in order of submission</div><div> and on the basis of the need for regional diversity?</div><div><br></div><div> Best</div><div><br></div><div> --</div><div> Regards.</div><div> --------------------------</div><div> Fouad Bajwa</div><div> ICT4D and Internet Governance Advisor</div><div> My Blog: Internet's Governance: <a href="http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/">http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/</a></div><div> Follow my Tweets: <a href="http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa">http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa</a></div><div><br></div><div> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:11 PM, APrIGF Secretariat <<a href="mailto:sec@aprigf.asia">sec@aprigf.asia</a>></div><div>wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Dear Program Committee,</div><div><br></div><div> Would like to make a clarification that we have received 1 more</div><div>additional</div><div> proposal within the deadline. Therefore there are in total 2 proposals</div><div> received from the below parties:</div><div> 1. ISPAI and NIXI, India</div><div> 2. 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