Ayden, do you have a way to prouve these “allegations” about the stipend paid to the MAG Chair? 

This is unknown from most of us on the MAG and it is known that this is volunteer work!

I would appreciate to hear more on this!

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> On 07 Jun 2019, at 14:53, Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> That sounds plausible to me. I believe the meeting in Guadalajara cost $6 million, but keep in mind the Mexican government chose to re-paint the conference venue as it had been open for over a year and had only hosted one other conference in that time...
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> And I believe the host pays the stipend for the MAG Chair, which is in excess of $125,000 for the four days of the IGF meeting, along with her substantial business class travel costs representing the IGF at external fora such as the WEF throughout the year. Anecdotally I am told her annual travel costs far more than her stipend.
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> And there are other costs involved that we do not see, in terms of paying for transcription, translation for high-level sessions, catering for high-level participants, the invitation-only gala for governments and friends of the MAG chair, bringing in security from New York, travel for MAG members, etc.
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> On Thursday, 6 June 2019 22:47, Arsène Tungali <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Arsène do you have a source for your numbers? Not that I doubt them, but I'd be curious to have a more granular understanding of the expenses related to an IGF meeting.
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>> Chengetai said something like this: Host countries do not have to share the budget with us (read, the IGF Secretariat). But the cost is generally between $2-3M, less than that if it is at UN facilities.
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>> You can check when the recording of the MAG meeting will be out.
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