I am not able to support funding for attending the IGF on a one off base. There are many from the BC who might also qualify and who are already attending and have speaking roles, already. Attendance does not equate to recruitment.
I think that we need to carefully analyze how this fits BC outreach. As someone that is very familiar with the IGF, and how it works, there is no real opportunity to recruit business, nor to engage in BC outreach during the IGF. We can consider if we want to plan toward asking for funding for something for IGF2018, depending on who the host is.
So, I am a dissenting voice on this, at this point.
Marilyn