[NCUC-DISCUSS] Berkman Center to review the proposal to NTIA

[Carlos Afonso]

Of course... Agree with Stephanie.

frt rgds

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On 3/19/16 12:53, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
> I would have done a call for proposals, and I would have favored in my
> assessment criteria a university consortium from a range of countries
> that had Internet governance experience and strong academic credentials,
> with economic (market) and civil society participation.
> Not that hard to do....they blew it.  The European Commission does this
> kind of tendering all the time.....they would know better, I suspect,
> than to sole source this one.  Too important.
> Not that Berkman is per se bad....just US based and an ICANN regular.
> steph
> 
> On 2016-03-19 11:46, William Drake wrote:
>> Hi Stephanie
>>
>> I don’t know if I’d go as far as to say this ‘ruins' it; Berkman’s
>> done multiple reviews for ICANN over the years and they have a lot of
>> people etc. they can put on the case, and in any event their input is
>> just that.  But like Avri I did find the 'the only capable source’
>> framing to be a bit much…I’d guess that’s how NIST sells contracts for
>> local consumption.
>>
>> Who would you have advised NTIA to have gone with instead?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 19, 2016, at 16:35, Stephanie Perrin
>>> <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow.  What BS.  What are the Europeans going to say about this? (let
>>> alone the Chinese.....)
>>> How could you take all that work done over the past year by a
>>> multi-stakeholder organization and ruin it by sole-sourcing to Harvard?
>>> Steph
>>>
>>> On 2016-03-19 10:36, avri doria wrote:
>>>> fascinating.
>>>>
>>>>>   the only capable source that can provide an independent review and
>>>>> assessment of a non-profit corporate governance structure designed for
>>>>> a multistakeholder setting
>>>> On 19-Mar-16 10:07, William Drake wrote:
>>>>> May be of interest to some…
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=bfc9cbacbbeb27a0ff16b3bef68c8657&tab=core&_cview=1
>>>>>
>>>>>   Bill
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>    University of Zurich, Switzerland
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