[NCUC-DISCUSS] Workshop at WSIS on 6 May

Tue May 10 15:19:28 CEST 2016

Hi all,

My apologies for the belated reply, but it was a pleasure to report on the
session. I experienced a good problem: there were so many diverse and
salient points raised that I found it difficult to edit the report down to
an appropriate length -- and it was still longer than most. This
demonstrates how constructive, engaging, and useful this session was and
that there is much room to build on this session in the future.

Great job Ayden! And thank you and Renata for your kind words. The GIP
Digital Watch team really worked hard and did wonderfully.

Best,
-Michael
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On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Rafik,
>
> As always, thank you for your guidance and I speak for Renata and I here
> when I say we were both very glad you were available to confirm the
> placement of NCUC identifications in the WSIS agenda and workshop materials
> for our session on 6 May. We hope outreach efforts in the NCUC only grow,
> and are encouraged to hear that work is already underway on an outreach
> strategy for fiscal year 2017.
>
> Warm wishes,
>
> Ayden
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 2:29 AM, Rafik Dammak rafik.dammak at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> @Ayden Thanks for the message, glad that CROPP proposal could help for
>> this workshop with continuous assistance from Adam.
>>
>> As note and with regard to referring to NCUC in events or conferences, I
>> would like to ask people to check with me and executive committee,
>> coordinating with us prior to mention NCUC or making any commitments.
>> Such session should have relevance to NCUC activities and falling within
>> our outreach activities. The executive committee will help as much as
>> possible, if we found the proposal fits our outreach strategy.
>>
>> For reference, NCUC usually organised workshops for the last years at
>> Global IGF and policy conference prior to ICANN meetings. Also elected
>> officers and active members do personal outreach efforts, including 1 to 1
>> meetings to bring new members and inform about ongoing policies in ICANN.
>>
>> We will issue a call for proposals soon for CROPP for the fiscal year
>> 2017 which starts this July. so please think about a conference or event
>> you would like to attend in your region and what kind of outreach activity
>> you may propose there e.g workshop .
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> 2016-05-09 0:31 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>:
>>
>> Renata, hi-
>>
>> Thank you for your comments and also for your active participation in the
>> thematic workshop on Friday. It was great to see so many faces at WSIS from
>> across the ICANN community, and to be able to assess from a distance the
>> embodiment (or not) of ICANN and NCUC principles in the different
>> workshops, round tables, and interactive sessions.
>>
>> I have heard from numerous voices that we have set the stage for further
>> NCUC engagement in WSIS Forums in the years ahead. Perhaps next year we
>> will be able to 'crowd source' a theme and catalyse community involvement
>> early on in a topic which we as the NCUC care deeply about. We are uniquely
>> positioned as the NCUC to engage with individuals and organisations at WSIS
>> who may not see how involvement in ICANN-related activities is relevant to
>> their work, when indeed we may be their only relevant home. Our continued
>> involvement in this Forum is essential to deepening these ties and I hope
>> the Executive Committee might consider deepening our participation in WSIS
>> through the inclusion of this summit in our Strategic Outreach Plan for
>> 2017.
>>
>> Certainly Friday morning's session on ways to build engagement in
>> Internet governance debates at the local, national, regional, and global
>> levels was closely tied with Sustainable Development Goal 17 of the UN's
>> 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted in New York last September,
>> and it is my view that how the debate on this topic is re-framed or
>> extended from here is something we as the NCUC need to be a part of. It is
>> great to have NCUC members at WSIS, and there were many sessions where our
>> members spoke eloquently about ICANN activities and offered civil society
>> perspectives on different topics. But I consider it equally important to
>> have NCUC members identifying as being a part of our constituency and
>> hosting sessions under our moniker. I hope this will be the case again next
>> year.
>>
>> I am so grateful to Adam, Rafik and the EC for enabling my participation
>> in the Forum this year, and hope this is only the beginning of the NCUC's
>> involvement in creating and exchanging knowledge that helps realise the
>> WSIS action lines.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ayden
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 8, 2016 2:32 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro raquino at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> It was great to see a bit of the regional engagement perspective being
>> discussed at WSIS.
>>
>> I did not have a chance before to thank Ayden on the participation in the
>> Geographic Divisions public comment, which so many contributed and I
>> believe it was reflected in some of the debates in this session.
>>
>> Do not miss also James Gannon on the chat tool those of us below the
>> Equator line use, Whatsapp and the effects of its repeated blockages in
>> Brazil. Insights which, to me, were immensely valuable to understand how
>> groups can become attached and even identifiable by a specific tool.
>>
>> Michael Oghia`s report is great, as always, and the other NCUC-ers
>> reporting from WSIS this weeks made too great work.
>>
>> I`d like to thank those who gave Ayden support on the preparation of this
>> work and, as a contributor, I think it opens the way for others to
>> participate on these events. It isn`t easy but much needed and worth it.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Renata
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Yesterday the NCUC hosted a very successful thematic workshop at the
>> World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which brought into the
>> public arena discussions around what hinders new voices from participating
>> in Internet governance debates, particularly in the global
>> south. Contributing to the rich discussion were panelists from across the
>> ICANN community, including three NCUC members, who all greatly appreciated
>> the opportunity to participate and to be present with us.
>>
>> If you were not able to participate in this session, the Geneva Internet
>> Platform and fellow NCUC member Michael Oghia have produced a
>> wonderful summary of some of the key inputs which were harvested. You can
>> read the report here:
>> http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/sessions/engaging-under-represented-communities-regional-and-global-internet-governance-debates
>>
>> If a transcript of this session becomes available, it will be circulated
>> to this mailing list.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ayden Férdeline
>>
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