;) Any one wants to dole up 200k for .avri? Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez +506 8335 2487 Enviado desde mi iPhone > 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