[NCUC-DISCUSS] Durban Follow Up

Mon Jul 22 18:33:30 CEST 2013

Great to hear from you dearest Dorothy.
Surely, i'll we be on time for the next edition in Accra. Inch Allah !
(Rmadan Mubarak ;-))

But, I've seen in the program, the participation at this very first African
Internet Governance School, the well known names in Africa Internet
ecosystem. I want to talk about Adiel Akploagan, the Afrinic CEO, my
dearest sister and former Chair Nnenna Nwakanma. This is a very good
beginning according to me,if it was really done as stated.
Cheers !
-Olevie-

2013/7/22 Dorothy K. Gordon <director-general at aiti-kace.com.gh>

> Thanks for you feedback DeeDee, I will certainly try and see that this is
> addressed in next year's edition of the school. We can probably involve
> Afrinic and get a full paper written up.
>
> best regards
>
> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DeeDee Halleck" <deedeehalleck at gmail.com>
> To: "Wolfgang Kleinwächter" <
> wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
> Cc: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Sent: Monday, 22 July, 2013 1:37:58 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Durban Follow Up
>
>
>
> Thank you, Wolfgang. I too heard very positive response to the "African
> School". For me the missing element in the meeting was any active
> participation by African representatives. I wish there could have been a
> school for ICANN to learn about the history and status of internet access
> and use in Africa. The only substantial contribution was the all too short
> presentation by Nil Quaynor at the final public Board meeting in which he
> was chosen to celebrate the Mandela birthday. I would have like to learn
> more about the internet in Africa from its "father" Nil and others who are
> involved in the struggle for continental bandwidth and, yes, domain names.
>
>
> DeeDee
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:01 AM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
> wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de > wrote:
>
>
> Hi everybody
>
> back home after a long journey I want to thank all NCUCrs for the great
> collaboration in Durban. It was one of the most succesful NCUC
> participation in an ICANN meeting. Here are some of my key observations:
>
> 1. NCUC had very good meetings with Board members, the two Co-Chairs of
> the GAC (for the first time) and members of ATRT 2 as well es EWG where we
> raised key issues, in particular Privacy, Freedom of Expression
> Competition, Policy vs. Implementation and the gaps in ICANNs practice of
> the multistakeholder model. We had very clear positions, inter alia to RAA
> (unified support for Article 29 WP letter), IGO/INGO WG, TMCH 50+ and
> Safeguards in new gTLD program. Our councillors made very constructive
> contributions with clear statements both during the two GNSO days and in
> the GNSO Council meeting. My impression is that the collaborative climate
> in the council with CSG and the Contracting House has improved. Good
> diplomacy! However, we still see that we get veryx often "verbal support"
> in the discussions which then is totally ignored if it comes to concrete
> decisions. We have flagged this and have it flagged again and again.
>
> 2. We had a very good constituency meeting. Brochure, Website, facts and
> figures made its way into the broader community and we are more visible
> than ever. Thanks Bill, Tapani and others for the hard day to day work.
> Probably the brochure is not only good for outreach but also for inreach. I
> had a discussion with Bruce Tonkin and he had no knowledge that NCUC has so
> many members. For him NCUC was a small group of some (critical)
> intellectuals. He was surprised that times have changed. And I am sure that
> a lot of other board members, ICANN staff and leaders are still have their
> outdated stereotypes ;-((((
>
> 3. The relationship with NPOC has substantially improved. In our joint
> meetings as NCSG we had unified positions. Marie Laure was a excellent
> proxy in the Council, This harmony came for some outsiders as a surprise
> and my impression was, that some people would have preferred to see more
> controversy in infighting within the NCSG, which fortunately did not take
> place. Unfortunately Alain was not in Durban. He is struggling with his
> illness and we all wished him well.
>
> 4. There was no formal discussion of the I*Plus Alliance project of NPOC
> members with NCUC but my impression was that the I*organisations themselves
> are rather sceptical. The idea is not bad, but the project looks very
> general and could be done probably by the I*organisations themselves
> better. It needs much more work to do if something should come our of this.
> In my eyes too late for Bali. And we could have better things on the agenda
> for BA.
>
> 5. The meeting with ALAC was quite good. Based on a critical comment from
> the consultations with the two GAC Vice Chairs ("as governments we are
> sometimes confused if we try to find out who represents civil society in
> ICANN") an idea emerged in Durban to think about the establishment of a
> "Civil Society Sector" within a reformed ICANN structure. Such a "Civil
> Society Sector" would allow the various CS bodies within ICANN (NCSG/NCUC,
> ALAC/RALOS, new emerging community based gTLD constituencies and others) to
> coordinate their positions to speak with one voice to the Board and the
> GAC. Such a sector (with a CS Coordination Committee/CSCC) could emerge on
> the "Road to London" where in June 2014 the second Internet Users Summit
> (ATLAS II) will take place. ALACs chair Olivier was very open to this
> project. We should continue the discussion in Bali and BA and be more
> active in the ATLAS WGs.
>
> 6. The planned CEO Round Table with CS leaders, orginally scheduled for
> end of June 2013, was again the subject of consultations with ICANN staff.
> The new idea is to have it in January 2014, probably in Istanbul. The
> meeting needs much more detailed preparations. And it should be integrated
> into the planning fo the "Road to London". It should be also linked to the
> work of the new five committees Fad has launched. NCUC has a lot of
> intellectual capacity to work closely with the new "Group of the Five".
> Another challenge with good opportunties for NCUC.
>
> 7. The African School on Internet Governance was seen as a great success
> in the whole ICANN community and NCUCs role was very recognized. This is an
> avenue where we can get a lot of more credits when we continue this
> (probably in Singapore next year for Asia). Similar succesful was the
> workshop on closed generics. Great!
>
> Best wishes
>
> wolfgang
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