[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fadi's strategy panels
Carlos A. Afonso
ca at cafonso.ca
Tue Oct 15 21:02:17 CEST 2013
I wonder if people have been invited in their personal capacities (in
which case I assume Icann will foot the bill) or as reps of their
organizations/constituencies?
[]s fraternos
--c.a.
On 10/15/2013 03:23 PM, Robin Gross wrote:
> My main concern about these "strategy panels" is that they seem to be a
> formal re-working of the way decisions are taken at ICANN. Instead of a
> bottom-up process that involves participation from any stakeholder and
> includes procedural safeguards in a PDP process, this effort puts the
> strategic Internet governance decisions in the hands of ICANN senior
> staff and invites more politics. The panels' composition, scope, and
> leadership are all decided by ICANN staff - NOT by the community of
> stakeholders. Without the GNSO stakeholders (where anyone can
> participate) making key decisions for the future of ICANN, senior ICANN
> staff will be able to shape those decisions (and Internet governance)
> much easier.
>
> Thomas Jefferson said that for governance to be legitimate, it must have
> the consent of the governed. But top-down initiatives like this, move
> ICANN further away from having the consent of the governed and more
> toward a board-staff dictatorship with no real checks on that power or
> any means to make that board-staff accountable to the governed (Internet
> users).
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
>
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> congratulations to Wolfgang and yes for the suggestion.
>> but I think that we should raise one question, who come Paul
>> Mockapetris
>> <http://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/bios#paul-mockapetris> is
>> a chair of a panel and he was just hired by ICANN as security senior
>> advisor
>> http://domainincite.com/14623-mockapetris-hired-as-icann-security-advisor
>> ? then to have clarity how the community will provide its inputs
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>>
>> 2013/10/15 William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch
>> <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>>
>>
>> Below Fadi's latest experiment. Congratulations to Wolfgang, nice
>> to have at least one NCUC member in the mix. It would be good if
>> we could get organized to provide some inputs, as most of these
>> touch on matters of interest to noncommercial interests, both
>> internally and in the wider ecosystem (given the Montevideo
>> statement and Dilma/Fadi summit in Brazil next April). Maybe we
>> can squeeze some discussion into the Constituency Day schedule in
>> BA, although it'll be tight.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From: *David Olive <david.olive at icann.org
>>> <mailto:david.olive at icann.org>>
>>> *Subject: **[Soac-infoalert] ICANN Announcements This Week*
>>> *Date: *October 15, 2013 7:55:50 AM GMT+02:00
>>> *To: *"soac-infoalert at icann.org
>>> <mailto:soac-infoalert at icann.org>" <soac-infoalert at icann.org
>>> <mailto:soac-infoalert at icann.org>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *ICANN Announces Membership and Frameworks for Strategy
>>> Panels*
>>>
>>> *Community Encouraged to Provide Input and Comment on
>>> Panels’ Work*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> */Los Angeles, California… /*ICANN today announced the
>>> membership and operating timeframe for four strategy panels.
>>>
>>> ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé
>>> announced creation of the panels during the
>>> organization’s July meeting in Durban, South Africa.
>>> Chehadé said they will bring together subject matter
>>> experts, thought leaders and industry practitioners to
>>> help transform and guide ICANN’s five year strategic plan.
>>>
>>> The membership of the strategy panels is
>>> here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14oct13-en.htm
>>>
>>> ICANN also announced a new timeframe for the panels,
>>> under which they are expected to complete their work by
>>> 31 January 2014.
>>>
>>> “This new timeframe is aimed at facilitating public
>>> comment on the panels’ work prior to its possible
>>> consideration in the formation of ICANN’s strategic plan
>>> and our 2015 budget,” said Theresa Swinehart, Senior
>>> Advisor to the President on Global Strategy “We are
>>> encouraging our community to provide input and comment
>>> before the panels submit their final reports at the end
>>> of January.”
>>>
>>> The strategy panels are exploring the following subjects:
>>>
>>> * *Identifier Technology Innovation*, chaired by Paul
>>> Mockapetris.
>>> * *ICANN's Role in the Internet Governance
>>> Ecosystem, *chaired by Vint Cerf.
>>> * *ICANN Multistakeholder Innovation*, chaired by Beth
>>> Simone Noveck
>>> * *Public Responsibility Framework*, chaired by Nii
>>> Quaynor.
>>>
>>> The four panels begin work this month. The public comment
>>> period on the panels' recommendations will begin 31
>>> January 2014 and conclude 31 March 2014.
>>>
>>> A fifth panel had been announced in Durban on the *Role
>>> of ICANN in the Future of Internet Governance*. That
>>> panel is being refocused and more information will be
>>> announced in the coming weeks.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Strategic Planning & Strategy Panels Schedules Updated
>>> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-09oct13-en.htm>*
>>> To provide more opportunity for community consideration and
>>> public comment on a draft ICANN Vision and 5-year Strategic Plan,
>>> the development schedule has been extended to accommodate two
>>> rounds of online public input, and community discussions at the
>>> ICANN Buenos Aires (November 2013) and Singapore (March 2014)
>>> meetings.
>>> 9 October 2013
>>>
>>> *NGPC Resolution for Addressing the Consequences of Name
>>> Collisions
>>> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08oct13-en.htm>*
>>> At its 18 May 2013 meeting, the ICANN Board adopted a resolution
>>> to commission a study to identify the levels of potential impact
>>> posed by each applied-for new gTLD on the use of TLDs that are
>>> not currently delegated at the root level of the public DNS.
>>> 8 October 2013
>>>
>>> *Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation
>>> <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07oct13-en.htm>*
>>> */Montevideo, Uruguay/* – The leaders of organizations
>>> responsible for coordination of the Internet technical
>>> infrastructure globally have met in Montevideo, Uruguay, to
>>> consider current issues affecting the future of the Internet.
>>> 7 October 2013
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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