Summary Record of 53rd meeting of the Executive Committee – 10 August 2021

Sep 1, 2021 | Meeting Summary Records, Reports and Meeting Minutes

Internet Governance Forum Support Association (IGFSA)

53rd meeting of the Executive Committee

10 August 2021

 

  1. The Executive Committee held its 53rd meeting on 10 August 2021. The meeting took place in a virtual setting with the following participants: Markus Kummer (Chair), Jimson Olufuye, Chris Mondini, Wisdom Donkor; IGFSA Secretariat Jennifer Chung. Apologies were received from Nigel Hickson, Joyce Chen, and Brian Cute. A quorum was established for the meeting, with four of the eight Executive Committee members taking part in the call.

 

  1. The agenda for the meeting was adopted. The minutes of the 52nd meeting were approved with edits (to include apologies received) to be posted on the IGFSA website.

 

Funding requests

  1. The Secretariat gave an update on funding requests. More information is needed on Youth IGF Argentina, specifically whether or not IGF Argentina will be hosting a meeting this year as this will affect the funding levels approved.  There was some discussion on Kenya IGF as well, and more details on the budget is requested by the EC to make a decision with funding levels.  Lastly IGF Chad is awaiting confirmation of eligibility from the IGF Secretariat.

 

Outreach and sponsorships

  1. Jimson Olufuye gave an update regarding outreach with the BC and reported to the IGFSA EC that the BC have made an annual sponsorship commitment to IGFSA ($2500 USD subject to annual review). He noted that the BC does send members to participate in the IGF annually, but the amount of sponsorship to IGFSA can be reviewed in the future.

 

  1. Chris Mondini gave an update on the scheduled outreach session with the RySG on 25 August. He noted that the key messages will be to present IGFSA as the clearinghouse of IG information and bridge to key stakeholders RySG many not normally be in contact with in this area.

 

Fundraising

  1. The Chair mentioned that fundraising efforts will increase starting September and outreach targets will expand to the Registrars, as well as corporations and foundations. The Chair noted that the Google accessibility sponsorship/research grant $20k (USD) has been received and processed.

 

Communications

  1. The Secretariat gave an update on the EC series and the upcoming IGFSA newsletter. It was noted that the EC series will be restarted when the videos are received, and from the internal pro-production to schedule for a 1-2 week posting schedule.  The NRI spotlight for the 2nd newsletter will be APrIGF and the sponsor spotlight will be the NRO.

 

  1. There was discussion on social media retweet/amplification and a request made to find out more IG and NRI related accounts to follow and content to repost/retweet. The Secretariat mentioned that the internal team will look into a social media calendar as applicable and see if a digest can be made to facilitate announcement and amplification.

 

  1. The Chair noted that the IGFSA will have its General Assembly at IGF 2021. There are EC terms ending and voting procedures will have to take place in a virtual setting.  There was discussion on whether there will be EC members or IGFSA representatives in person at IGF 2021.  The EC noted that IGFSA can learn from ICANN 73’s ‘Virtual First’ practice in terms of queue management. The Secretariat also confirmed that the voting procedures were well tested in 2020 in a virtual environment and should also run smoothly this year as needed.

 

  1. AOB
    1. Jimson Olufuye to circulate IGFSA branded virtual background to the EC list.
    2. Next call: Tues 31 August 13:00 UTC (1 hour later)