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Any one wants to dole up 200k for .avri?
Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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> El 18/9/2014, a las 15:48, Stephanie Perrin <[log in to unmask]> escribió:
>
> I think this could catch on...."consult the wikidoria" ! :-)
> Steph
>> On 2014-09-18, 12:59, Avri Doria wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> On 18-Sep-14 12:05, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) wrote:
>>> here here! She's the living fingertips and a resource for newbies
>>> On an unrelated issue, I heard that Avri will be serving in the newly
>>> formed IGF support forum. If I may ask, how is this different from MAG?
>>> Where does the new groups mandate end?
>>> Regards,
>> I was (s)elected as part of the inaugural executive committee of the
>> IGFSA, the Internet Governance Forum Support Association.
>>
>> This is a group, initiated with a grant by the Internet Society to raise
>> money for the IGF (Internet Governance Forum) and for regional and
>> national IGF type efforts. Since the IGF Trust only works for big
>> donors who negotiate a contract with the trust, this is mean for the
>> smaller contributions. It is one of 2, as far as I know, such
>> fundraising efforts. The other being one initiated by Google.
>>
>> It is completely separate from the MAG, except perhaps for some of the
>> same people being on both.
>>
>> We have only had one meeting so far and really have only gotten as far
>> as agreeing to open a bank account in Geneva and on fundraising goals
>> for the rest of this year and next year. I think we may have also
>> started some subcommittee people who want to fundraise and publicize
>> fundraising will be able to join, not exactly sure were wee are on that
>> yet. We have a whole lot to talk about, but have not really gotten
>> started yet. For those who have seen discussion on other lists about
>> funding for travelers to IGF consultations, while that idea was brought
>> up, it has not been decided on.
>>
>> The IGFSA has an open list
>> <https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/igfsa> but it has not seen
>> much traffic yet. It also has a closed executive committee list. The
>> website is <http://www.igfsa.org/>
>>
>> BTW, Subi Chaturvedi, also a member of NCSG is also a member of the
>> IGFSA Executive Committee.
>>
>>
>> As there is more to say, I will try to remember to say more. Feel free
>> to ping me anytime, the bot will respond. ( :
>>
>>
>> avri
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