[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC @ IGF Istanbul + MAG

Fri Sep 12 14:11:33 CEST 2014

Um, can we really afford to lose you both in one year?  How about day 
parole instead?
cheers steph
On 2014-09-12, 6:11, Anriette Esterhuysen wrote:
> You did a great job on the MAG and you will be missed. I also plan to 
> step down this year but will try to attend open consultations and 
> contribute on a voluntary basis to organising the IGF.
>
> We need new people and we need people that will really commit to work. 
> Civil society is such a small presence on the MAG that we just cannot 
> afford having people that are not able to maintain an active presence 
> throughout the process.
>
> Anriette
>
>
> On 11/09/2014 12:01, William Drake wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> For anyone who is interested, the transcripts 
>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf-2014/igf2014-transcripts and 
>> videos https://www.youtube.com/user/igf of the workshops organized by 
>> NCUC and its members are now online.  The secretariat did not link 
>> these from the Sched pages reference below (which I've raised with 
>> them), so you'd have to follow the links from the just mentioned old 
>> MAG list of approved workshops.
>>
>> Two related notes:
>>
>> *The little multi-author project I edited that was released on Day 0 
>> (see bottom) is being reformatted for publication by the USC Press as 
>> a proper e-book, will let you know when available.
>>
>> *I have now served for three years on the IGF's Multistakeholder 
>> Advisory Group (MAG) and want to rotate off in the next cycle. 
>>  Nominations for the next MAG are open until 20 October 
>> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/mag-nomination.  It'd be great if some 
>> members threw their hat in the ring for collective endorsement, which 
>> I suppose should be done at the SG level.  And if they also got 
>> endorsements by other CS coalitions like the IG Caucus, Best Bits, or 
>> APC, they'd be in even better shape when the UN DESA works its dark 
>> magic and selects for us (grrr...).  Civil society desperately needs 
>> to have serious and strategically oriented representatives who will 
>> work together to advance CS's objectives in an environment where 
>> NETmundial has endorsed the IGF strengthening we'd long advocated but 
>> conservative proponents of a staid status quo are quite good at 
>> process bending.  So I hope some good people will consider this 
>> possibility and seek nominations.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>>
>>>> *From: *William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com <mailto:wjdrake at gmail.com>>
>>>> *Subject: **Re: [Soac-infoalert] Webinar - ICANN¹s Participation in 
>>>> the IGF - 1400 UTC: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 2:00 PM*
>>>>
>>>> Hi David
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for this.  I'm traveling and not in an optimal time zone but 
>>>> will try to attend if I can.  Either way, a suggestion: in addition 
>>>> to whatever staff will be reporting, it might be of interest to 
>>>> share what members of the community are doing at IGF.  I'll start, 
>>>> perhaps others could add their activities.
>>>>
>>>> NCUC has organized two workshops
>>>>
>>>> *WS185: ICANN Globalization and the Affirmation of Commitments*
>>>> Wednesday, September 3 . 11:00am - 12:30pm
>>>> http://igf2014.sched.org/event/e11c908117568a74bc6d8ba4decbbd04#.U-2npVZaZy8
>>>>
>>>> *WS153: Institutionalizing the "Clearing House" Function*
>>>> Thursday, September 4 . 2:30pm - 4:00pm
>>>> http://igf2014.sched.org/event/6d1b3f5fb8950d5fff9a290221ce5024#.U-2oEFZaZy8
>>>>
>>>> NCSG/NCUC/NPOC has organized one workshop
>>>>
>>>> *WS114: Developing Countries Participation in Global IG*
>>>> Thursday, September 4 . 4:30pm - 6:00pm
>>>> http://igf2014.sched.org/event/a187b6ef1a88c028f718559353a3758f#.U-2pCFZaZy8
>>>> (this is actually about developing countries in the GNSO, but a few 
>>>> people on the IGF MAG argued that the GNSO was "too narrow" a 
>>>> concern so the title was made broader and more generic)
>>>>
>>>> NCUC/SG member Robin Gross has independently organized two workshops
>>>>
>>>> *WS149: Aligning ICANN Policy with Privacy Rights of Internet Users*
>>>> Friday, September 5 . 11:00am - 12:30pm
>>>>
>>>> *WS23: Accountability in MultiStakeholdr Governance Regime ICANN*
>>>> Wednesday, September 3 . 9:00am - 10:30am
>>>> http://igf2014.sched.org/event/33b459ae9364f68dbb144325a2c5f6d1#.U-2qq1ZaZy8
>>>>
>>>> and of course, various NCUC/SG members will be appearing in other 
>>>> workshops and in main sessions, e.g. the ones on the IG ecosystem, 
>>>> IANA & accountability, etc.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, I'm conspiring with colleagues in other 
>>>> organizations---Brazil, APC, Diplo, FGS---to organize an all-day 
>>>> event on Day 0 concerning NETmundial and the NETmundial Intitiative.
>>>>
>>>> *Session on NETmundial* (including a Book Release---Beyond 
>>>> NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to the 
>>>> Global Internet Governance Ecosystem)
>>>> Monday, September 1 . 9:00am - 6:30pm
>>>> http://igf2014.sched.org/event/9097a766855469fdddaba729e1698ab4#.U-2r-FZaZy8
>>>>
>>>> As the working title states, one of the things that will happen 
>>>> there will be the release of a little e-'book' I'm coordinating for 
>>>> the Internet Policy Observatory at the U. Pennsylvania that 
>>>> explores options for implementing the NM's Roadmap.  FYI the draft 
>>>> working table of contents is below.  We would love to see ICANN 
>>>> staff and community members there!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> ---------------
>>>>
>>>> *Beyond NETmundial: The Roadmap for Institutional Improvements to 
>>>> the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem*
>>>>
>>>> William J. Drake and Monroe Price, editors
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Introduction
>>>> Monroe Price  (U. Pennsylvania)
>>>>
>>>> *I.  Overviews*
>>>>
>>>> 1. Evolving the Ecosystem
>>>> William Drake  (U. Zurich)
>>>>
>>>> 2. The NETmundial: An Innovative First Step on a Long Road
>>>> Joana Varon (Consultant,  Brazil)
>>>>
>>>> *II.  Strengthening the Internet Governance Forum *
>>>>
>>>> 3. A Perspective from the Technical Community
>>>> Markus Kummer  (The Internet Society, Switzerland)
>>>>
>>>> 4. A Perspective from the Private Sector: Ensuring that Forum 
>>>> Follows Function
>>>> Vint Cerf, Patrick Ryan, Max Senges, and Rick Whitt  (Google)
>>>>
>>>> 5. A Perspective from Civil Society
>>>> Jeremy Malcolm (Electronic Frontier Foundation, USA)
>>>>
>>>> *III.  Filling the Gaps*
>>>>
>>>> 6.  Institutionalizing the Clearing House Function
>>>> William Drake (U. Zurich)  & Lea Kaspar (Global Partners Digital, UK)
>>>>
>>>> 7.  Global Mechanisms to Support National and Regional 
>>>> Multistakeholderism
>>>> Anriette Esterhuysen  (Association for Progressive Communications, 
>>>> South Africa)
>>>>
>>>> 8.  Feet on the Ground: Marco Civil as an Example of 
>>>> Multistakeholderism in Practice
>>>> Ronaldo Lemos  (Institute for Technology and Society, State 
>>>> University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
>>>>
>>>> 9.  Journeys Can be More important than the Destination:
>>>> Reflecting on the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
>>>> Samantha Dickinson  (Consultant, Australia)
>>>>
>>>> *IV.  Improving ICANN*
>>>>
>>>> 10.  The IANA Transition in the Context of Global Internet Governance
>>>> Emma Llansó and Matt Shears  (Center for Democracy and Technology, 
>>>> USA/UK)
>>>>
>>>> 11.  ICANN Globalization, Accountability, and Transparency
>>>> Avri Doria  (Consultant, USA)
>>>>
>>>> *V.  Broader Analytical Perspectives*
>>>>
>>>> 12.  Towards Information Interdependence
>>>> James Losey  (Stockholm University, Sweden)
>>>>
>>>> 13.  Towards Information Sovereignty
>>>> Shawn Powers  (Georgia State University, USA)
>>>>
>>>> *VI.  Moving Forward*
>>>>
>>>> 14.  Creating a Global Internet Public Policy Space: Is there a Way 
>>>> Forward?
>>>> Marilia Maciel  (Center for Technology and Society, Getulio Vargas 
>>>> Foundation,  Brazil)
>>>>
>>>> 15.  Stepping into the 'Beyond'
>>>> Nnenna Nwakanma  (The World Wide Web Foundation, Côte d'Ivoire)
>>>>
>>>> 16.  NetMundial: Watershed in Internet Policy Making?
>>>> Wolfgang Kleinwächter  (University of Aarhus/Germany)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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