[NCUC-DISCUSS] Interest Group Reboot?

[Adrián Quesada Rodríguez]

Hello everyone,

I have been away from work until now but I would also like to get
involvedin the IG4D interest group if you'll accept me.

Regards,

Adrian Quesada Rodriguez
Teaching Assistant
Technology, e-commerce & telecommunications dept.
Faculty of Law
University of Costa Rica


El jueves, 2 de enero de 2014, <office at kmjoseph.com> escribió:

>   Happy New Year to you all.
>
> Thanks
> K M Joseph
> Indi
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>  *From:* Olivier Kouami<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','olivierkouami at gmail.com');>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:21 PM
> *To:* Benjamin Akinmoyeje<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','benakin at gmail.com');>
> *Cc:* ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org');>
> *Subject:* Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Interest Group Reboot?
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>  Happy New Year 2014 to all of you on this mailing list, the NCUCers !
> I expect it to be a very active year especially for the NCUC.
> I'am adding myself to Banjamin to volunteer fo any IG4D interests group.
> }
> + at Benjamin
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> 2013/12/31 Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com>
>
> Hello Bill,
> Thank you for the email. It is well appreciated. Wishing you and everyone
> Happy New Year in a few hours.
> I took time to read you mail and I have decided to hashtag some key words
> and phrases
> #mechanism through which people who share common interests on
> #substantive policy matters
> #engage
> #dialogue and collaboration
> #movement doesn't wither away
> # step up
> #take ownership
> #keep afloat
>
> So I have processed everything you said and I perceive it is a good idea.
> My next steps will be to get access to the Ning website or links on
> previous efforts to help give a more practical view of the work on ground.
> To also see what has been done, that we help identify the gaps.
>
> The best thing to do is to try and coordinate various efforts and interest
> in the area of IG4D within NCUC, just as you have mentioned.
> I believe with proper mentoring and guidance we can revamp the old flames
> and get notable outputs.
> I am willing to volunteer for IG4D interests group.
>
> Thank you
> Benjamin
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:47 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Benjamin
>
> Glad to hear you are interested in pushing the IG4D agenda.  I spent years
> doing that in IGF with what locally would count as some success (four years
> of workshops and agitation yielded a series of main sessions, which started
> well but became a bit mediocre).  This has proven more difficult in the
> ICANN context, as was demonstrated in the JAS debate on Applicant Support
> for new gTLDs from developing countries and underfunded entities.
>
> What we need is a mechanism through which people who share common
> interests on substantive policy matters can engage in dialogue and
> collaboration.  These could be called Interest Groups, as per our original
> proposal for an integrated NCSG, or they could be call Teams like the
> functional/managerial ones we set up next year, or they could be called
> something else, doesn't matter.  What does matter is that they have a space
> and some people willing to serve as coordinators/facilitators to ensure
> that conversation and movement doesn't wither away.
>
> On our old Ning website we had the ability for members to sign up to
> self-formed interest groups, and there were like a dozen people who said
> they wanted to work on IG4D.  There were also  self-formed interest groups
> on like a dozen other topics, e.g. FoE, IPR, IG, etc.  Alas, most of these
> drifted without coordination and commitment, and that functionality was not
> retained when we moved to the new website.
>
> It would be very good to revisit the format of interest groups if there
> are now people willing to steep up and take some ownership so they are kept
> afloat.  If for example you could be interested to do an IG4D interest
> group, if Walid could be interested to do one on human rights, if Peter
> wanted to do one on China/AP, if João wanted to do one on the Brazil
> meeting etc.--right there we have the basis for some good new energy and
> potentially notable outputs, whether Issue Briefs, web materials, PCP
> interventions, WG participation, etc.  And that just the Fellows...there may
> be a lot of other members who have particular interests and are not equally
> jazzed by the full range GNSO topics.  NCUC should be a platform from which
> they can collaborate with others on those topics of most keen interest to
> them.
>
> I don't know if it's possible to reinstate the social networking
> functionality on our website.  Alternatively, if
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