<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I think that maybe Baudoin is talking about hubs for ICANN meeting following the model of netmundial?</div><div>for outreach event, I recall that NCUC organized one in Nairobi in 2010 </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Rafik </div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-16 22:37 GMT+09:00 William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Baudouin<div><br></div><div>Thanks for this info. What initiative are you talking about below, is this the Africa regional program run with support from the Global Stakeholder Engagement staff, an AFRALO thing with At Large staff, or something else?</div><div><br></div><div>We are not in the same position at present but going forward could explore new horizons if there’s sufficient volunteer engagement…</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 16, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Baudouin SCHOMBE <<a href="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.schombe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="en"><span>Hello</span> <span>William</span><br><br> <span>I strongly support</span> <span>the idea</span> <span>that you</span> <span>issued</span> <span>on regional</span> <span>AWARENESS</span> <span>session</span> <span>during international</span> <span>ICANN meetings</span><span>.</span><br><br> <span>I propose</span> <span>that ICANN</span> <span>attaches</span> <span>some importance for</span> <span>remote participation</span><span>.</span><br><br> <span>At</span> <span>ICANN</span> <span>51</span> <span>in LA,</span> <span>we managed</span> <span>this experience</span> <span>mobilizing</span> <span>more than 30</span> <span>actors.</span> <span>We</span> <span>publicized</span> <span>the event.</span><br><br> <span>For ICANN</span> <span>52</span> <span>in Singapore</span><span>, we</span> <span>logistically</span><span>,</span> <span>technically</span> <span>and technologically</span><span>, solutions</span> <span>with the participation of</span> <span>local partners</span><span>:</span> <span>the Documentation Centre</span> <span>of Higher Education</span> <span>and Scientific</span> <span>Research</span> <span>Kinshasa /</span> <span>UniversiTIC</span> <span>(</span><span>CEDESURK</span> <span>/</span> <span>UniversiTIC</span><span>), the</span> <span>Francophone Digital Campus</span> <span>of Kinshasa,</span> <span>the</span> <span>House</span> <span>of Knowledge in</span> <span>Kinshasa,</span> <span>Lubumbashi</span> <span>Digital Campus</span> <span>in</span> <span>Katanga and</span> <span>Francophone Digital Campus</span> <span>of Kisangani</span> <span>in Orientale</span> <span>Province</span><span>.</span><br> <span></span></span><span lang="en"><span><span lang="en"><span><br>Other partners</span> <span>also join</span> <span>as</span> <span>internet service providers</span><span>,</span> <span>ISOC</span> <span>DRC,</span> <span>some members of the</span> <span>government.</span></span></span><br><br> <span>We expect</span> <span>an average of</span> <span>60</span> <span>participants</span> <span>per pole</span> <span>roughly</span> <span>a total of 500</span> <span>remote participants</span> <span>at the</span> <span>DRC.</span><br><br> <span>Financially</span><span>, ICANN</span> <span>may provide</span> <span>an additional</span> <span>$ 1,500</span> <span>to supplement</span> <span>certain technical requirements</span> <span>and even</span> <span>technological</span> <span>at the local level</span> <span>as was</span> <span>the case during</span> <span>the ICANN</span> <span>51</span><span>.</span><br><br> <span>It would be desirable</span> <span>to keep</span> <span>this consistency</span> <span>to facilitate the participation</span> <span>of local actors</span> <span>in the various</span> <span>discussions</span> <span>at international meetings</span> <span>of ICANN.</span><br><br> <span>I</span> <span>am personally committed</span> <span>myself to serve</span> <span>as a focal point</span> <span>for the DRC</span> <span>while the</span> <span>technical</span> <span>coordination</span> <span>will be provided by</span> <span>the</span> <span>main</span> <span>technical partner</span> <span>CEDESURK</span> <span>/</span> <span>UniversiTIC</span><span>.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><b>SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN</b><br><div><b style="font-family:'bookman old style','new york',times,serif">COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC<br>ICANN/AFRALO Member<br></b></div><div><b style="font-family:'bookman old style','new york',times,serif">ISOC Member</b><font face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><b><br></b></font>Téléphone mobile:<a href="tel:%2B243998983491" value="+243998983491" target="_blank">+243998983491</a>/<a href="tel:%2B243813684512" value="+243813684512" target="_blank">+243813684512</a><br>email : <a href="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com" target="_blank">b.schombe@gmail.com</a><br>skype : b.schombe<br>blog : <a href="http://akimambo.unblog.fr/" target="_blank">http://akimambo.unblog.fr</a><br> <br> <br><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-16 10:14 GMT+01:00 William Drake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi<div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 16, 2015, at 8:38 AM, KASWESHA <<a href="mailto:kaswesha@gmail.com" target="_blank">kaswesha@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>I participated remotely though with problems of connectivity being on and off. I suggest that Bill and team try to organize feature meeting in African countries like Kenya so most people like myself and other may also fully physically participate.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It would be good to organize outreach events in every region in conjunction with regular ICANN meetings. The problems historically have been 1) finding a slot in the packed meeting schedules; 2) getting resources and a room for meeting with tech support and reception afterwards; and 3) getting help with the organization and mobilization of participants. I organized meetings at the London and LA meetings that for varying local reasons were frankly not as good as the DC one, but we’ve learned from these on substance. There’s logistical progress as well: 1) experience shows that late Saturday afternoons followed by a reception seems the best option in terms of availability of schedule slots and drawing attendees in advance of Constituency Day, although this may mean our Council members miss the first hour; and 2) I can get resources from the Global Stakeholder Engagement staff if there’s sufficient advanced notice. Moreover, we have now the new NCUC Travel Policy which can support the travel of two active members up to US $2,000, plus there’s the ICANN Fellows program (more money and a full immersion program) if people apply early.</div><div><br></div><div>So the remaining challenge is 3) lining up relevant potential participants from the region and managing the invitation and engagement process. If we wanted to make this a regular thing, we would need EC members and regular members with regional knowledge to coordinate and lead the way. I pretty much knew who to invite in DC, but would need local knowledge elsewhere. The rebooted Membership Affairs Team would seem the most appropriate vehicle for mobilizing collective efforts in this regard. While we were thinking the MAT would focus more on “in-reach” to existing members than outreach to potential new members, there’s no reason it couldn’t try every 3-4 months to pull together a list of regional contacts as well, if people have the bandwidth…</div><div><br></div><div>It’s probably too late to try to do something for Singapore, as rooms have been allocated, it’s only three weeks away, and I’ll be traveling in between. If there was a upsurge of member commitment to launch and manage it I could try to bug the staff for a room and resources, but it’d hard. However, the MAT could begin to plan for Buenos Aires in June and beyond. The next Africa meeting will be in Marrakech 6-11 March 2016. <a href="http://meetings.icann.org/calendar" target="_blank">http://meetings.icann.org/calendar</a> I'll no longer be chair then, but I’ll certainly be a member of the MAT.</div><div><br></div><div>Stuff to think about…</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div>
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