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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I want to express my strongest opposition to this entire program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have carefully observed the role of ICANN staff in the drafting of CCWG proposals and the assessment of public comments on those proposals. For the most part,
staff did a very professional job, but in the final analysis there was no way to avoid the critical conflict of interest that existed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If you are trying to reform ICANN in a way that redistributes power from ICANN board and staff to the community, it is a very bad mistake to allow the administration,
drafting and assessment processes to be controlled by ICANN staff. This problem manifested itself in numerous ways. The latest example is the evisceration of the Human Rights Framework of Interpretation provisions (see the CCWG list for details).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Now we are asked to outsource our only important function – policy development – to ICANN staff.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Big mistake. There is no doubt in my mind that this will lead to a total loss of control over the policy development process by civil society stakeholders. Just
as board, staff and legal had too much influence over the ICANN accountability CCWG, ICANN the corporation will become the controlling factor in the development of “community” policies.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">ICANN already provides enormous amounts of support to its GNSO council and working groups.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">This needs to be resisted not only by NCUC but blocked for all other constituencies as well. ICANN’s stakeholder groups need to be in control of policy development,
not the staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NCUC-EC [mailto:ncuc-ec-bounces@lists.ncuc.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafik Dammak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 24, 2016 7:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCUC-EC] Fwd: Reminder ICANN Document Development and Drafting Pilot Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I filled the questionnaire on what kind of support NCUC can use for this pilot experiment (questionnaire attached, excel file). if there is no strong objection, I will send it in monday after NCUC EC call.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">we can use this resource for NCUC and but also to support NCSG PC work. in fact, NCSG can get its own part of support from the program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">getting the admin support helped a lot to take some workload from the chair with regard to administrative tasks. in same fashion, this policy resource would help us to get more research work and briefing about policy issues for our members,
preparing for public comments.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">there are a lot of policy discussion going on and we have to work on bringing more volunteers on board and preparing them, in order to expand the pool of volunteers. such support would help for our in-reach and engagement activity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rafik<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Rafik Dammak</b> <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: 2016-04-06 15:53 GMT+09:00<br>
Subject: Reminder ICANN Document Development and Drafting Pilot Program<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">we overlooked this and I would like to work on this pilot project. we have nothing to lose and we can experiment the added value to have policy support. I am thinking that we can use such resource to get briefings and research work for
the new 3 PDP WG initiated lately.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will send the filled questionnaire by this weekend for review.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rafik<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Rafik Dammak</b> <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: 2016-02-23 3:38 GMT+09:00<br>
Subject: Fwd: ICANN Document Development and Drafting Pilot Program<br>
To: <a href="mailto:ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org" target="_blank">ncuc-ec@lists.ncuc.org</a><br>
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<p>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Please review this. There is a pilot project to provide policy support for GNSO groups. I was interviewed last year about this<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There is questionnaire to respond to<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Best.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888">Rafik <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: "Daniel O'Neill" <<a href="mailto:doneill@wbcglobal.com" target="_blank">doneill@wbcglobal.com</a>><br>
Date: Feb 19, 2016 6:51 AM<br>
Subject: ICANN Document Development and Drafting Pilot Program<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: "Robert Hoggarth" <<a href="mailto:robert.hoggarth@icann.org" target="_blank">robert.hoggarth@icann.org</a>>, "David Olive" <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I hope this note finds you doing well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I am writing to you today to follow up on and encourage your participation in the Document Development and Drafting pilot program I am working with Rob Hoggarth and Carlos Reyes to stand up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You were so generous with your time last year to assist us in the scoping process to really understand the needs of your constituency and how we could design a pilot program to address these needs and to facilitate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">David Olive had sent an e-mail in January introducing the idea of Document Development and Drafting Pilot Program, and asking for your feedback on how the pilot can assist the NCSG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As you know from our earlier discussion, I have been asked to develop this pilot program to provide additional assistance to the ICANN communities to increase their bandwidth and ability to engage in a greater
number of ICANN comment opportunities. Based on our prior conversation, we certainly saw the NCSG as one of the communities that we would be in a position to engage with and assist with this pilot program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I have attached an overview of the pilot program for your review as well as a short questionnaire that we would very much like for you to complete — to give us some initial guidance on the priority areas where
you see this program being able to assist the IPC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If it would be helpful to you, I would be happy to have a call on the pilot program at any time in the near future to discuss the program; the objective; and structure for assisting communities in their drafting
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As David's note mentioned, we want to get the program ramped up prior to ICANN55 and are past some of the target dates for feedback. We are now working a condensed timeframe and would encourage you to complete
the questionnaire as soon as possible — we would very much like to include the IPC in this pilot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please let me know if you have some time to get on the phone next week to discuss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I look forward to hearing back from you and working with you to develop this program into something that will be valuable for your community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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