[NCUC-DISCUSS] Interest Group Reboot?
Olivier Kouami
olivierkouami at gmail.com
Thu Jan 2 10:51:29 CET 2014
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.
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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 people signed up for free
>> ICANN Wiki accounts (Confluence), they could create dynamics spaces there,
>> to which we’d link from our own site. We can also set up listservs on
>> demand.
>>
>> So I would really encourage people to think about whether they would like
>> to form subgroups to debate more focused policy issues with likeminded
>> colleagues, if we get some serious proposals the volunteers in the EC and
>> E-Team will help you get them set up.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Dec 27, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Drake,
>> I am excited and appreciative to be associated with NCUC, since the first
>> intro in Durban, I hope to participate actively in NCUC events and would
>> love to champion IG4D agenda. With appropriate guidance I think I came make
>> some impact.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Benjamin
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:06 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> It will be great to have you folks there. In recent meeting a number of
>>> fellows have ended up coming to Constituency Day and joining NCUC, so this
>>> connection appears to be working.
>>>
>>> Hopefully we can engage you in some of the discussions and
>>> collaborations that will need to happen prior? For ex, both IG4D and
>>> IG4humanrights are key concerns for NCUC but the folks who previously had
>>> been initiating in these areas have less bandwidth available now, so these
>>> and other topics need new champions to carry forward with respect to
>>> outreach, position texts, etc….
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Walid AL-SAQAF <wsaqaf at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> It's delightful to be able to see you again and hopefully see if I could
>>> have a more substantial role towards helping NCUC achieve its goals.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Walid
>>>
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> Walid Al-Saqaf
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Pascal Bekono <pbekono at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> For new members like me, it will be an opportunity to meet the team
>>>> and attend meetings physically.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>
>>>> pascal
>>>>
>>>> 2013/12/24, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com>:
>>>> > Happy to see NCUCers and potential NCUCers in the mix….I would
>>>> strongly
>>>> > encourage folks to apply for future rounds…
>>>> >
>>>> > Bill
>>>> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-23dec13-en.htm
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ________________________________
>>>> >> Fellowship Program Brings Global Voices Together at ICANN | Fellows
>>>> >> Announced for Singapore Meeting
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 23 December 2013
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 42 fellows from 31 countries have been selected to participate in
>>>> ICANN's
>>>> >> Fellowship program at the 49th Public Meeting in Singapore, 23-27
>>>> March
>>>> >> 2014. Fifteen of the fellows are alumni from at least one of the
>>>> past 20
>>>> >> programs, 23 are first-time attendees to an ICANN meeting, and 4 have
>>>> >> attended meetings in past but are fellows for the first time. The
>>>> fellows
>>>> >> represent all sectors of society including civil, government,
>>>> academia,
>>>> >> business, not-for-profit and user groups. The country code supporting
>>>> >> groups are also represented.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Here is the list of selected fellows:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> * Oluwaseun Samson Ojedeji – Nigeria – Academic / Registry
>>>> >> * Xandra Fong – Fiji – Not for Profit
>>>> >> * Yungyung Teng – People's Republic of China – Government / IPC
>>>> >> * Mamadou Lo – Senegal – Business
>>>> >> * Maricarmen Sequera – Paraguay – End User
>>>> >> * João Carlos Rebello Caribé – Brazil – Not for Profit / NCUC
>>>> >> * Md. Jahangir Hossain – Bangladesh – Not for Profit / NPOC
>>>> >> * Inam Ali – Jordan – Civil Society
>>>> >> * Hanen Idoudi – Tunisia – Academic
>>>> >> * Farzaneh Badiei – Iran – End User
>>>> >> * Karel Douglas – Trinidad and Tobago – Government
>>>> >> * Bukola Fawole – Nigeria – Academic
>>>> >> * Pascal Guillaume Bekono – Cameroon – Government / At Large
>>>> >> * Ephraim Percy Kenyanito – Kenya – End User
>>>> >> * Shakeel Ahmed – Pakistan – End User
>>>> >> * Emani Fakaotimanava-Lui – Niue – Not for Profit / At Large
>>>> >> * Yousef Torman – Jordan – Academic
>>>> >> * Rommel Natividad – Philippines – Government / GAC
>>>> >> * Taravatu Arua Taravatu – Papua New Guinea – Government
>>>> >> * Gul-e Rana – Pakistan – Academic
>>>> >> * Wisdom Kwasi Donkor – Ghana – Government
>>>> >> * Rahul Sharma – India – Not for Profit
>>>> >> * Zakir Syed – Pakistan – Not for Profit
>>>> >> * Mario Aleman Zapata – Nicaragua – Not for Profit
>>>> >> * Bonface Witaba – Kenya – Not for Profit / NPOC
>>>> >> * Ibrahim Alfayoumi – West Bank and Gaza – ccTLD
>>>> >> * Etuate Cocker – Tonga – Academic
>>>> >> * Lianna Galstyan – Armenia – Not for Profit
>>>> >> * Aasis Karan – Fiji – Business / At Large
>>>> >> * Benjamin Akintunde Akinmoyeje – Nigeria – Not for Profit / NCUC
>>>> >> * Philip Adar – Kenya – Business
>>>> >> * Bram Fudzulani – Malawi – Business / ISP and ASO
>>>> >> * Matilda Pamao – Papua New Guinea – Academic / ccNSO
>>>> >> * Vernon O'Brien – Dominica – Government
>>>> >> * Valentina Pavel Burloiu – Romania – Not for Profit / At large
>>>> >> * Hasnaa Soraya Melyani – Morocco – End User
>>>> >> * Zhang Zuan – People's Republic of China – Not for Profit / member
>>>> >> NCUC
>>>> >> * Jason Hynds – Barbados – Not for Profit / At Large
>>>> >> * Mohamed Adas – West Bank and Gaza – End User
>>>> >> * Mohamed Elshaikh – Sudan – End User
>>>> >> * Walid Al-Saqaf – Yemen – Academic / NCUC
>>>> >> * Andreas Sifiso Dlamini – Swaziland – Government
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ICANN received 121 fellowship applications for the Singapore meeting.
>>>> >> Applications for each meeting are assessed by an independent
>>>> selection
>>>> >> committee. Priority is given to applicants who meet minimum program
>>>> >> requirements, are current residents of developing and least developed
>>>> >> nations in the five ICANN regions, and who are interested in
>>>> participating
>>>> >> in ICANN and its supporting organizations, advisory committees or
>>>> >> stakeholder groups.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Click here to find out more about the fellowship program and how to
>>>> apply:
>>>> >> http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships
>>>> >
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>>>
>>> *******************************************************************
>>> William J. Drake
>>> International Fellow & Lecturer
>>> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>>> University of Zurich, Switzerland
>>> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
>>> ICANN, www.ncuc.org
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>>
>> *******************************************************************
>> William J. Drake
>> International Fellow & Lecturer
>> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>> University of Zurich, Switzerland
>> Chair, Noncommercial Users Constituency,
>> ICANN, www.ncuc.org
>> william.drake at uzh.ch (direct), wjdrake at gmail.com (lists),
>> www.williamdrake.org
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