[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Regional Outreach Session at Buenos Aires meeting
Matthew Shears
mshears at cdt.org
Wed Apr 8 15:45:34 CEST 2015
This is a great idea - thanks Bill.
Matthew
On 4/8/2015 2:37 PM, Grace Githaiga wrote:
> Hi Stefania
> Are you in touch with the guys from CELE? Daniela Schinidrig
> (dschni at palermo.edu) would be interested in collaborating with us.
>
> Rgds
> Grace
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu
> To: william.drake at uzh.ch
> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 09:15:43 +0000
> CC: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Regional Outreach Session at Buenos
> Aires meeting
>
> Hi everyone
>
> As promises earlier in side conversations, I am in, and happy to help
> or even coordinate the efforts. I already informally exchanged ideas
> with our new member Analia Aspis, and a few other locals, and there is
> enthusiasm.
>
> Language might be an issue, so may I suggest that Spanish-speaking
> members come forward? Inclusion means also trying to reach people
> where they are.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 05/apr/2015, at 11:05, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch
> <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> We have in the past have multiple conversational threads and some
> initiatives on outreach meetings with regional civil society
> people at ICANN meetings. A quick recap of some relevant data
> points shared previously and then a proposal.
>
> *Staff put money into the FY15 budget to do conferences based on
> the success of NCUC’s three Friday meetings in Singapore, Toronto,
> and Sa Francisco. I had suggested as a bridge building exercise
> that we do something all together in the Noncontracted Parties
> House, and reps of the ISPC, IPC, and BC expressed initial
> support, as did staff. But as things evolved, it became clear that
> everyone was worried that Friday 19 in BA might already be loaded
> with other high priority activities, so interest sort of waned.
>
> *I then looked into whether we could just do something on our own.
> I got a room reserved for a couple hours Friday with all the
> usual accoutrements (tech support etc), and was going to see if we
> could shake loose some of the budget allocation for food and drink
> on the side. But the other days on the SOACSGC chairs call, it
> was finally revealed after my repeated asking that indeed both the
> IGC and the CCWG will be holding all day meetings Friday. Knowing
> that a lot of us will want to be in those, and that holding a
> Friday session involves a lot of extra logistical work---e.g.
> getting and paying for early arrival hotel rooms for enough
> NCUCers to make it viable---it became evident that this wasn’t the
> best option to pursue.
>
> *So I spoke with Jean Jacques Sahel, the Euro VP for engagement
> who supported our little (and different) Saturday outreach events
> in London, LA, and Singapore. He has agreed to secure a two hour
> late afternoon Saturday slot (probably 16-18:00) for NCUC to do
> its own event, which can be a more substantively focused session
> as well as reaching out to LAC CS types who are not involved in
> (and often not so enthused about) ICANN. NPOC can do its own
> event as well, so we can each message and do what we want rather
> than have these somewhat uncomfortable events where outsiders get
> exposed to weird internal silo dynamics with competing narratives
> etc. This would be followed by a joint reception for all CS, like
> 18-19:30, then people can head off to BA restos for evening
> festivities.
>
> ICANN meeting staff have not begun the process of making rooms
> available for reservations by staff, but JJ is confident he can
> get something since most meeting rooms will be unoccupied, and can
> provide the booze for the reception. The only downside is that
> per usual, Councilors can’t all get up and walk out of the GNSO
> meeting, although if the schedule at that point is congenially
> inconsequential maybe one or two could slip out for at least a bit
> of the event. And they can join afterwards for the reception.
>
> So: let’s assume that we will do something, and that this time it
> will be us organizing it, with staff just supporting. Several
> people in the past have said here that “someone” should organize
> something. I suggest the “someone” should involve them, and
> anyone else who’s willing and able. Let’s form a Team that will
> a) define the substantive program, and b) do outreach to
> progressive LAC civil society people to get them to attend. With
> regard to the latter, it would make sense to be in touch
> with Rodrigo de la Parra, who’s the Stakeholder Engagement
> Vice-President for LAC rodrigo.delaparra at icann.org
> <mailto:rodrigo.delaparra at icann.org>. Thus far he has worked more
> with At Large's LACRALO but there’s no reason he can’t assist NCUC
> as well. I assume he has a data base of LAC CS types to whom we
> could outreach.
>
> Who would like to be part of this effort?
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Marilia Maciel
> <mariliamaciel at gmail.com <mailto:mariliamaciel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Completely agree and happy to help organising this with full
> force for Buenos Aires/Latin America. It is an excellent
> opportunity to work on some needed outreach in the region.
> Marília
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:09 AM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"
> <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de
> <mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> this old idea is worth to recycle again and again. It
> SHOULD become a regular event (and would give NCUC the
> needed profile and reputation within the broader ICANN
> community as a constructive partner). I propose to do it
> always (if possible) in close cooperation with the local
> university or other academic institutions. Other partners
> could be the ccTLD in the country and the relevant ISOC
> chapter. This would be also a good step to promote the
> launch of national Multistakeholder Platforms, as
> recommended by NetMundial and supported by ICANN.
>
> BA is a good point to start. Dublin (Trinity College?) is
> another opportunity.
>
> wolfgang
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org
> <mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> im Auftrag
> von William Drake
> Gesendet: Fr 16.01.2015 10:14
> An: KASWESHA
> Cc: NCUC-discuss
> Betreff: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Regional Outreach Sessions During
> ICANN Meetings
>
> Hi
>
> > On Jan 16, 2015, at 8:38 AM, KASWESHA
> <kaswesha at gmail.com <mailto:kaswesha at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > I participated remotely though with problems of
> connectivity being on and off. I suggest that Bill and
> team try to organize feature meeting in African countries
> like Kenya so most people like myself and other may also
> fully physically participate.
>
> It would be good to organize outreach events in every
> region in conjunction with regular ICANN meetings. The
> problems historically have been 1) finding a slot in the
> packed meeting schedules; 2) getting resources and a room
> for meeting with tech support and reception afterwards;
> and 3) getting help with the organization and mobilization
> of participants. I organized meetings at the London and
> LA meetings that for varying local reasons were frankly
> not as good as the DC one, but we've learned from these on
> substance. There's logistical progress as well: 1)
> experience shows that late Saturday afternoons followed by
> a reception seems the best option in terms of availability
> of schedule slots and drawing attendees in advance of
> Constituency Day, although this may mean our Council
> members miss the first hour; and 2) I can get resources
> from the Global Stakeholder Engagement staff if there's
> sufficient advanced notice. Moreover, we have now the new
> NCUC Travel Policy which can support the travel of two
> active members up to US $2,000, plus there's the ICANN
> Fellows program (more money and a full immersion program)
> if people apply early.
>
> So the remaining challenge is 3) lining up relevant
> potential participants from the region and managing the
> invitation and engagement process. If we wanted to make
> this a regular thing, we would need EC members and regular
> members with regional knowledge to coordinate and lead the
> way. I pretty much knew who to invite in DC, but would
> need local knowledge elsewhere. The rebooted Membership
> Affairs Team would seem the most appropriate vehicle for
> mobilizing collective efforts in this regard. While we
> were thinking the MAT would focus more on "in-reach" to
> existing members than outreach to potential new members,
> there's no reason it couldn't try every 3-4 months to pull
> together a list of regional contacts as well, if people
> have the bandwidth.
>
> It's probably too late to try to do something for
> Singapore, as rooms have been allocated, it's only three
> weeks away, and I'll be traveling in between. If there was
> a upsurge of member commitment to launch and manage it I
> could try to bug the staff for a room and resources, but
> it'd hard. However, the MAT could begin to plan for
> Buenos Aires in June and beyond. The next Africa meeting
> will be in Marrakech 6-11 March 2016.
> http://meetings.icann.org/calendar
> <http://meetings.icann.org/calendar> I'll no longer be
> chair then, but I'll certainly be a member of the MAT.
>
> Stuff to think about.
>
> Bill
>
>
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