[NCUC-DISCUSS] Regional Outreach Sessions During ICANN Meetings

Sun Jan 18 10:19:51 CET 2015

Hi,

I think that maybe Baudoin is talking about hubs for ICANN meeting
following the model of netmundial?
for outreach event, I recall that NCUC organized one in Nairobi in 2010

Rafik

2015-01-16 22:37 GMT+09:00 William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>:

> Hi Baudouin
>
> Thanks for this info.  What initiative are you talking about below, is
> this the Africa regional program run with support from the Global
> Stakeholder Engagement staff, an AFRALO thing with At Large staff, or
> something else?
>
> We are not in the same position at present but going forward could explore
> new horizons if there’s sufficient volunteer engagement…
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
> On Jan 16, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello William
>
> I strongly support the idea that you issued on regional AWARENESS session during
> international ICANN meetings.
>
> I propose that ICANN attaches some importance for remote participation.
>
> At ICANN 51 in LA, we managed this experience mobilizing more than 30
> actors. We publicized the event.
>
> For ICANN 52 in Singapore, we logistically, technically and
> technologically, solutions with the participation of local partners: the
> Documentation Centre of Higher Education and Scientific Research Kinshasa
> / UniversiTIC (CEDESURK / UniversiTIC), the Francophone Digital Campus of
> Kinshasa, the House of Knowledge in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi Digital Campus in Katanga
> and Francophone Digital Campus of Kisangani in Orientale Province.
>
> Other partners also join as internet service providers, ISOC DRC, some
> members of the government.
>
> We expect an average of 60 participants per pole roughly a total of 500 remote
> participants at the DRC.
>
> Financially, ICANN may provide an additional $ 1,500 to supplement certain
> technical requirements and even technological at the local level as was the
> case during the ICANN 51.
>
> It would be desirable to keep this consistency to facilitate the
> participation of local actors in the various discussions at international
> meetings of ICANN.
>
> I am personally committed myself to serve as a focal point for the DRC while
> the technical coordination will be provided by the main technical partner
> CEDESURK / UniversiTIC.
>
> *SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN*
>
>
> *COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFECICANN/AFRALO Member*
> *ISOC Member*
> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243813684512
> email                  : b.schombe at gmail.com
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>
>
>
>
> 2015-01-16 10:14 GMT+01:00 William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2015, at 8:38 AM, KASWESHA <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  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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>>   University of Zurich, Switzerland
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>>   ICANN, www.ncuc.org
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