a concern regarding the ncuc event program

[DeeDee Halleck]

but avri,
there are so few women on.... can we have a policy that 50% of anything we
organize has 50% women?
dd

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Avri Doria <avri at ltu.se> wrote:

> In order to keep the panel small.  feel free to substitute for me.
> i won't even whinge.
>
> a.
>
> On 1 Mar 2011, at 13:34, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
>
> > Dear people,
> >
> > I have expressed my concern to the organizers regarding one of the
> > panels of the NCUC event "NCUC at ICANN: Internet Governance & the Global
> > Public Interest Policy Conference" (The Westin St. Francis Hotel, San
> > Francisco, Friday, Mar 11 2011 8:30 AM ):
> >
> > http://www.amiando.com/ncucaticann.html
> >
> > The panel in question is the following:
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > [ 10:45 - 12:00 ]  Developing Countries and Global Internet Governance
> >
> > To what extent has ICANN addressed the unique concerns and promoted the
> > participation of developing country stakeholders? How do developing
> > country governments' experiences with and attitudes toward ICANN affect
> > the larger geopolitics of Internet governance, such as their continuing
> > pressure in the United Nations for a new intergovernmental body that
> > would have "oversight" of ICANN? What do these dynamics mean for the
> > global public interest, and for the priorities of noncommercial users?
> >
> > William Drake, University of Zurich, and NCUC GNSO Councilor (session
> > chair)
> > Avri Doria, Luleå University of Technology, and NCSG Chair
> > Rafik Dammak, University of Tokyo, and NCSG GNSO Councilor
> > Markus Kummer, Internet Society and former Executive Coordinator of the
> > UN's Internet Governance Forum
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > The full program can be retrieved here:
> >
> > http://www.amiando.com/ncucaticann.html?page=488184
> >
> > My concern is that it is unbalanced regarding the expressions of the
> > "developing countries". If you share this concern, could you help
> > suggesting more names from the South which could be added (if the
> > organizers agree, of course), and who will certainly be in San Fran by
> > March 11th?
> >
> > I understand it should be a person who is closely
> > following/participating in the international IG debate from civil
> > society's perspective.
> >
> > Just in case, I am out of question as I am not following the
> > issues/events/processes as closely as I should. Some very good people (I
> > can think of Alice from Kenya) will not arrive on time. Not sure about
> > Alex Gakuru's schedule though -- just to give a few examples of names.
> >
> > It may help to take a look at the current list of registered
> participants:
> >
> >
> https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40L%26V0%20%20%0A
> >
> > Or maybe I am way out of my "jurisdiction" here... :)
> >
> > []s fraternos
> >
> > --c.a.
> >
>



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