[NCUC-DISCUSS] WBC Global policy support pilot - is NCUC participating in it?

[Ayden Férdeline]

Hi Farzi,

Thanks for this update and for sharing your perspective on this issue.

I am glad to hear that the EC will re-evaluate whether or not we choose to participate in this pilot programme. At my second ICANN meeting in Marrakech, I remember listening to Kathy Kleiman brilliantly communicate to the Board that we needed to build our capacity to absorb an increased, growing, and specialised workload. When this pilot programme was announced, it felt to me like our calls had been heard and resources were being offered to boost our participation in ICANN activities. Now it seems like other, already-better resourced constituencies and stakeholder groups are benefiting from this programme while we turned it down… do forgive me if I am oversimplifying things… I just think a better path forward would be if participated in the pilot programme and set our own parametres around what support we would accept and what support we would find unsuitable.

Best wishes,



Ayden Férdeline
[linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)



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Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] WBC Global policy support pilot - is NCUC participating in it?
Local Time: 22 December 2016 12:11 PM
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From: farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
To: matthew shears <mshears at cdt.org>
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We didn't continue discussing it and in the end did not sign up for it for this time. I am now looking into if there will be another opportunity to sign up for it in the future.

The EC has to decide on this, one way or another we are going to come up with ways to support policy research in the new year. (Even through other means but that's for next year)

Just that you know my opinion about using such services: I do not see any problem as long as it is supervised and the researchers do not put in their own opinion in docs. But that's my personal opinion and need to discuss with EC.



On 22 Dec 2016 06:20, "matthew shears" <mshears at cdt.org> wrote:


Didn't we reject this option when it was presented to us? Unfortunately



On 22/12/2016 11:19, James Gannon wrote:




Oh great point, I had forgotten. Whats the status on this?




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Date: Thursday 22 December 2016 at 11:01
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Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] WBC Global policy support pilot - is NCUC participating in it?




Hi,

Whatever happened to that ICANN pilot programme which was to offer selected constituencies and stakeholder groups assistance with policy research and document drafting? I remember being told in Helsinki its launch was imminent, and had an excellent discussion with a consultant from WBC Global about it. Are there any updates?

Thanks,



Ayden Férdeline
[linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)




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