[NCUC-DISCUSS] Community budget request 2017

[Milan, Stefania]

Thanks Farzi/Rafik for bringing up the idea of the policy conference, and Matt for drawing attention to it again. I have somehow missed it when it first circulated through the list.

I participated in two such policy conferences, and found them very informative and empowering for the community in general: great opportunities for exploring issues in a format other than the mailing-list, for networking with the other constituencies and SO/AC within ICANN and familiarise them with our values and ideas (thinking here about the policy conference in Singapore 2014 that Bill organized), and for awareness-raising and recruiting as well (I myself got involved with NCUC after speaking at one such conference).

I am a bit concerned about the idea of having a 2-day event: while certainly powerful to develop our own agenda further, it would probably mean making ICANN meetings even longer... so, rather a 1-day event, packed and rich, but that people can actually attend. Count on me for organising :-)

My two cents, Stefania

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Da: Ncuc-discuss <ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> per conto di Jyoti Panday <jyoti at cis-india.org>
Inviato: giovedì 11 febbraio 2016 14.45
A: Matthew Shears
Cc: NCUC-discuss
Oggetto: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Community budget request 2017

+1 Matthew I think this is a great idea!

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> On 11 Feb 2016, at 18:46, Matthew Shears <mshears at cdt.org> wrote:
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> I would like to support - if it is not to late - an idea that I believe Farzi/Rafik floated some time ago - that of a Policy Conference.
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> Apparently we have done these in the past - San Francisco, Toronto and Singapore
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> I would proprose a one or two-day Policy Conference with three specific components/goals:  1) deep dives with invited experts into priority and/or new policy areas; 2) working sessions to coordinate on/progress PDPs and other policy priorities; 3) assessment of progress and planning on policy priorities generally.
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> I see this as a great opportunity to come together and drive policy work forward (there is no substitute for F2F), build capacity among those interested in policy work and getting more involved, outreach to experts from other parts of the community, etc.
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> Matthew
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