<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Ayden<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ok thanks, but I’m not sure I understand what you’re doing. If you send Gitanjali more than one proposal it’s not obvious you thereby increase the chances of acceptance given the limited number of slots and the way they plan the agenda. Most of the slots will go to groups doing ICT4D. And five is a lot more than one…they might come back and say which of these do you want. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">BTW I confirmed today that if you build #5 Chinmayi will come. Anriette not sure.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 1, 2017, at 13:55, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@FERDELINE.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Thanks for your comments, Bill, and for the panelist suggestions. That was incredibly useful. I like your idea, so I’ve put together a new proposal (<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3AyMelaMuQJmI4odYFZK7b-O-fjKEE_UqzQ9NuzGvI/edit?usp=sharing" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3AyMelaMuQJmI4odYFZK7b-O-fjKEE_UqzQ9NuzGvI/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" class="">#5 in the Google Doc</a>) which meshes together the two workshops that the NCUC hosted at the IGF in 2013 and 2016, and, if it is accepted by the ITU, I will come back to this list and find a way to add a splash of originality to the proposal… and provided you have no scheduling conflicts I think you’d make an excellent panelist here, too!<br class=""><br class="">Thanks again,<br class="">Ayden<br class=""></div><div class=" protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="protonmail_quote"><div class="">-------- Original Message --------<br class=""></div><div class="">Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Deadline for WSIS proposals is tomorrow - here are some ideas for the NCUC to consider proposing<br class=""></div><div class="">Local Time: 1 March 2017 6:56 AM<br class=""></div><div class="">UTC Time: 1 March 2017 06:56<br class=""></div><div class="">From: <a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a><br class=""></div><div class="">To: Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@FERDELINE.COM</a>><br class=""></div><div class="">farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" class="">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>>, NCUC-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org" class="">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Afterthoughts (I’m still on my first cup of coffee so thinking slowly)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 1, 2017, at 07:35, William Drake <<a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" class="">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">With a topic like this, you don’t have to worry about getting the precisely right blend of expertise, as per Farzi’s comment on your first proposal below. All of us can talk about the role and contributions of CS in ICANN or IG generally. You could just toss in names of people who’ll be there, and if you decide later you want a different mix tweak if after it’s accepted. I assume you and Renata plan to attend, and I expect to be doing another WS and could speak to this if you like. Not sure who else is coming but you could poll quickly and send such a thing by COB.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fiona Alexander from the US NTIA will be there for the workshop I’m doing and is a strong supporter of civil society & multistakeholder, so I could probably rope her in.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anriette Esterhuysen usually comes to WSIS Forum and would have a lot to say.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chinmayi Arun from the Centre for Communication Governance in India usually comes and could speak to CS @ IG.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Torbjörn Fredriksson is the Head of the ICT Analysis Section at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and also will be on my WS, and he’s interested in CS engagement at UNCTAD and more generally on Internet stuff, could share experiences from another organizational context.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And if you put such folks, esp. USG and UNCTAD, on the panel, the chances of ITU turning down the proposal decline methinks.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>