Executive Committee Summary Records Summary Record of 88th meeting of the Executive Committee – 12 June 2025

Nov 17, 2025 | Meeting Summary Records, Reports and Meeting Minutes

Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)

88th meeting of the Executive Committee

12th JUNE, 2025

  1. The Executive Committee held its 87th meeting on 12th June, 2025. The meeting took place in GSE room (Room 2.1), Prague, Czech Republic with some participants joining online. with the following participants: Amrita Choudhury (chair), Amado Espinosa,  Anriette Esterhuysen, Chris Mondini,  Flavio Wagner, Fiona Asonga, Joyce Chen and Wisdom Donkor, from the Secretariat team: Jennifer Chung and Phyo Thiri Lwin. A quorum was established for the meeting, with the eight Executive Committee members taking part.
  2. During the call, the agenda was reviewed. The draft agenda was presented and adopted.
  3. Funding Request and Disbursement Status – The pending fund request discussed included:
    • During the meeting, a pending funding request of Qazaqstan IGF 2025 was reviewed. It approved the funding request for Qazaqstan IGF, discussed progress on 2025 funding invoices with several NRIs pending submission, and agreed to send reminders with deadlines to ensure timely processing.
  4. Plan for IGF2025 and Day 0
    • It was noted for planning the IGF 2025 Day 0 session on sustainable funding, and there were raised strategic questions about IGFSA’s future role if IGF becomes a permanent UN institution at IGFSA’s session. EC members also discussed how to emphasize that NRI sustainability depends not only on funding but also on strong local relationships and community-building, which should be key topics in the upcoming IGFSA session.
    • The EC further explored more on structuring the IGFSA session into three parts existential questions, funding models from NRIs, and future sustainability proposals with assigned roles to volunteers while allowing them to lead the segments, and then to explore ways how IGFSA can proactively support local community-building beyond funding.
    • The EC also mentioned that the Annual General Assembly will be held online later this year instead of during the mid-year IGF event, and also emphasized clear communication to members about this change, while having a plan to promote the Day 0 IGFSA session widely, and assigned the IGFSA’s Secretariat to draft session slides.
  5. Discussion on Sponsorship and Outreach plan for FY 2025
    • It reviewed the IGFSA visual slide for putting at the DotAsia booth and EC agreed that the current slide was not striking enough with too much text and a large QR code, and then proposed using a more attractive image from the website with a smaller QR code and clearer, shorter bullet points. The Secretariat and the team noted how to revise the visual based on the feedback accordingly and coordinate with DotAsia to ensure the latest version is used.
    • The EC also discussed improving follow-up on action items, using a shared tracking system, enhancing member outreach by targeting past MAG members and civil society, promoting events with shared materials, and it was also noted the lack of invitation to the IGF donors meeting.
  6. AOB
    • The EC noted that the first UN IGF intern’s invoice and flight details have been received but are pending submission to Michael for processing, while another intern’s flight support request (~USD 600) was approved by EC members, with action items including sending the invoice to Michael and following-up with the intern.