It was a long night! So I screwed up the 'View on YouTube" link! Sorry about that. It is http://youtu.be/J29H6UzFEcs, I've corrected below. There is also now a press release at http://www.internetsociety.org/news/new-association-launched-support-interne... On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
The IGF itself operates nominally under the auspices of the UN, which has thus far renewed it's mandate in 5 yearly basis since the IGF was initiated in Tunis in 2004. The UN pursestrings, which support the IGF Secretariat, are relatively tight, and there is always the threat of non-renewal. As a pillar of the multistakeholder Internet Governance process the IGF has become indispensable, thus the Internet Society has taken the initiative, and kicked in some cash, to set up an independent and permanent support organization. Under Swiss law a general assembly is required to elect officers, and set membership criteria, and that is what we have here. Annual dues for individuals are to be $25, and 'legal entities' $100 (minimum). ISOC-NY's Avri Doria was elected to the Executive Committee as a civil society representative. There is a mailing list <https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/igfsa>.
joly posted: "The Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA) has the purpose to provide stable and sustainable support for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat and to fund related activities. The IGFSA was launched on 1st September 2014 at the IGF"
The *Internet Governance Forum Support Association* <http://igfsa.org> (IGFSA) has the purpose to provide stable and sustainable support for the *Internet Governance Forum* <http://www.intgovforum.org/> (IGF) Secretariat and to fund related activities. The IGFSA was launched on 1st September 2014 at the IGF Meeting in Istanbul. Video is below.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J29H6UzFEcs?rel=0&w=600&h=338>
*View on YouTube*: http://youtu.be/J29H6UzFEcs *Transcribe on AMARA*: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/rfypN2sa5blh/ *Twitter*: #igfsa <https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23igfsa&src=typd> *Facebook*: #igfsa <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/igfsa>
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