[NCSG-Discuss] A few points from today's NCSG Open Policy Meeting

[Nicolas Adam]

Which front page?

Is it the one from "tangente university" or something like that? Sorry 
to still be missing it.

Nicolas

On 13/03/2013 6:16 AM, William Drake wrote:
> One thing I'd be eager to express a group view on is that abysmal map 
> of the Internet governance ecosystem Fadi's put on the front page.  I 
> told him I thought it lame and he was genuinely taken aback, he's been 
> persuaded it unlocks the secrets of the universe…
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:56 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch 
> <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Thanks Robin, good notes, one addendum since you didn't have a access 
>> to the Adobe: there was a small bit of discussion about the one-page 
>> "cheat sheets" we agreed in LA to produce summarizing our positions 
>> on key issues for Fadi and his team, so they have some organized and 
>> accessible idea where we're coming from on a range of issues.  There 
>> was some back and forth about just how we would do this and then the 
>> discussion got side tracked, but I think the most popular view was 
>> that it should be done at the SG level and coordinated through the PC 
>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Policy+Issue+Summaries. 
>>   From my perspective anyway, one would think this should be 
>> antecedent to and more important than some of the other items 
>> mentioned yesterday.  Yes we could try to help others and broader 
>> processes by focusing the RAA discussion, supporting EWG, helping to 
>> define "public interest" for ICANN and all the rest, but shouldn't we 
>> first concentrate on getting out our own statements about our own 
>> views as a community, lay down some markers, make it less easy for 
>> ICANN leadership and staff to characterize community sentiments on a 
>> given issue in ways that ignore our views, etc.
>>
>> We have three and half weeks until Beijing.  Shouldn't we be able to 
>> pull together teams to do concise and spiffy statements on say 6 
>> topics, e.g. maybe a couple cross-cutting institutional 
>> (transparency, inclusion in the new extra-meeting meetings, outreach, 
>> policy/implementation) and a couple substantive policy (RAA, 
>> registrant right,s INGO, WHOIS, closed generics—both sides—etc).
>>
>> If there's sufficient juice to do this, I'd volunteer to help with 
>> the institutional bits, as these synch better with the UC EC work 
>> underway...
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 2:51 AM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org 
>> <mailto:robin at ipjustice.org>> wrote:
>>
>>> A few notes in advance of receiving the transcript and recording 
>>> from today's NCSG Open Policy Meeting.
>>>
>>> Proposal to organize a couple briefing sessions with ICANN staff and 
>>> Registrar negotiators regarding the recent debacle over the 
>>> Registrar Agreement Amendment (RAA) and ICANN unilateralism.
>>>
>>> Proposal to organize a briefing session with privacy-concerned 
>>> members of the WHOIS Expert Working Group about how NCSG can 
>>> contribute to the EWG discussions and possible outcomes of EWG.
>>>
>>> Proposal that NCSG help define "public interest" discussion at ICANN 
>>> by preparing a list of criteria to consider in the evaluation (Wendy 
>>> holds drafting pen - looking for input).
>>>
>>> Below is the list of discussion topics suggested by NCSG members for 
>>> NCSG GNSO Representatives to propose at Thursday's GNSO Council 
>>> Meeting on the topic of Beijing planning.
>>>
>>> GNSO & Board Discussion:
>>> 1.  Bottom-up multi-stakeholderism v. ICANN unilateralism
>>> 2.  Definition of "public interest" at ICANN
>>> 3.  ICANN engagement & outreach plans
>>> 4.  New constituencies
>>>
>>> GNSO & GAC Discussion:
>>> 1.  Policy vs. Implementation - Roles of GAC & GNSO
>>> 2.  Definition of "public interest" at ICANN
>>>
>>> CCnso & GNSO Discussion:
>>> 1.  Rights & Responsibilities document in relation to RAA
>>> 2.  ICANN engagement & outreach plans
>>> 3.  Regulation of CCtlds that look like Gtlds
>>>
>>> I apologize if I've mischaracterized anyone's suggested topic above. 
>>>  Please correct me.  And also if there are other suggestions to add 
>>> to this list, please do.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Robin
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
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