Thanks for this detailed info. I remember I signed up to membership during the IGF 9.... is there any update about membership confirmation/activities (any list for members?) Cheers! sent from Google nexus 4 kindly excuse brevity and typos. On 18 Sep 2014 18:00, "Avri Doria" <[log in to unmask]> 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 >