[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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