Apologies of you receive multiple copies of this email. The first Open Consultations and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) Meeting in the IGF 2015 preparatory process took place on 1-3 December 2014, in Geneva, Switzerland. These consultations also took stock of the IGF 2014 meeting, looking at what worked well and what did not. ​ The summary report of the meeting is available here: http://intgovforum.org/cms/documents/igf-meeting/igf-2015-joao-pessoa/422-de... . *​​Call for participation in defining the IGF 2015 overarching theme and sub-themes* During the December Open Consultations and MAG meeting, discussions were initiated on defining the IGF 2015 overarching theme and sub-themes. A number of proposals for both the overarching theme ​( http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/contributions/open-consultations/20...) ​ and sub-themes ​( http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/contributions/open-consultations/20...) ​ were made during the meeting and discussions now continue via a dedicated mailing list - [email protected]. Stakeholders are invited to join this mailing list ​ (http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igf2015_themes_intgovforum.org)​ and to express their support for some of the already proposed themes, to suggest revisions to these themes or to propose new themes. The deadline for such contributions is 31 December 2014. *​​Call ​for stakeholders ​to Join Working Groups* Please find below a list of the Working groups and associated mailing lists. At the moment the default is public that anyone can join. ​ Working Group *Mailing list name* *Mailing list sign up page* *Lead Facilitators* IGF 2015 themes [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igf2015_themes_intgovforum.org Benedicto Fonseca Filho. Intercessional activities [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/intersessional_2015_intgovforum.org Mourad Boukadoum,; Virat Bhatia; Avri Doria; Lynn St. Amour. Main Session guidelines [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/ms_guidelines_2015_intgovforum.org Flavio Wagner; Subi Chaturvedi; Virginia Paque. Outreach communication [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/outreach_com_2015_intgovforum.org Dominique Lazanski Remote participation [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/rp_2015_intgovforum.org Ginger Paque. Self-assessment of IGF [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/selfassesment_2015_intgovforum.org Marilyn Cade. Workshop evaluation, selection criteria, and mechanisms [email protected] http://intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/ws_selection_2015_intgovforum.org ​ *​* -- Best Regards, ​​ *Ephraim Percy Kenyanito* Website: http://about.me/ekenyanito