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<font face="Verdana">Dear All<br>
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I will not get into comparative evaluation since I can be
considered an interested party :). I of course will like to have
it in my country which is India.<br>
<br>
On another note, as I see the bids, while they mention the likely
corporate sponsors that the potential hosts should be able to
attract, there is no mention of the existing/ likely partnerships
with national/ state/ local government agencies. If I remember
right, the official document of APrIGF which is used for inviting
bids for hosting APrIGF does not make this demand, of listing
government involvement/ partnerships, while it does ask for
potential corporate funding sources. (I may be wrong. Can the
secretariat please forward to me the concerned document. Thanks.)<br>
<br>
Also, I have since long been asking for involvement of regional UN
agencies in organising APrIGF. As far as I know there has been no
serious effort made in this direction. But again I may be wrong
and am happy to be corrected. Especially UNESCAP should be invited
into the organising committee. (UNESCAP, incidentally, is now a
member of UN Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.)<br>
<br>
Lastly, connected to the recent controversy on what got called as
'commericialisation of the IGF' ( including by Markus Kummer), I
will like to seek a clarification about what is the quid pro quo
if any for the corporate funding that may be sought. And whether
it is made clear to potential bidders that while 'voluntary'
funding is welcome, it would not be against any special favours,
of visibility, agenda setting or speaking slots. <br>
<br>
thanks, parminder<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 31 August 2013 10:26 PM,
APrIGF Secretariat wrote:<br>
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type="cite">Dear MSG members,
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<div>After several call meetings to discuss about the 2014 local
host, would like to further call for preference and comments
from all the MSG members to both proposals.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Attached again the revised comparison sheet and the 2
proposals.</div>
<div>1. ISPAI & NIXI</div>
<div>2. Department of Computer Science, University of Philippines
Cebu</div>
<div><br>
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<div><b>Selection Process:</b></div>
<div>- Secretariat has sent the comparison sheet to both
proponents allowing supplementary information submission by 3
Sep</div>
<div>
<div><b>- MSG to further comment and indicate preferences on the
mailing lists by 4 Sep (Wed)</b></div>
<div>- Comments will be bring forward to draw a recommendation </div>
<div>- Meeting will be held in Seoul to ratify the final
decision </div>
<div><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000">*Remote
participation is available and encouraged for those PC
members who cannot attend physically</font></i></b></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0,
0); ">*WebEx meeting details will be provided soon.</span></div>
<div><br>
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<div><u><b>1st meeting</b></u></div>
<div><b>Date: </b>5 Sep (Thu)</div>
<div><b>Time: </b>13:00 - 14:00 (Korea Time UTC+9)</div>
<div><br>
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<div><b><u>2nd meeting</u></b> (Depends on progress on Thu)</div>
<div><b>Date:</b> 6 Sep (Fri)</div>
<div><b>Time:</b> 13:00 - 14:00 (Korea Time UTC+9)</div>
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<div>- Please kindly<font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#ff0000"> <b>confirm your participation on-site by 2
Sep (Mon) so that KISA can prepare the lunch box for us?</b></font></div>
<div>- Could you also <b>confirm your remote participation so
that we can ensure enough quorum and stakeholder
representation?</b></div>
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<div>Thank you very much for your attention. We hope the process
outlined would help strengthen our transparency and
multi-stakeholder participation on the process.</div>
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