[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC LAC Call - Onboarding and Choose the theme!

[Ayden Férdeline]

On the participation of civil society — I agree that this would make for an interesting discussion. Milton spoke about this in his book, Networks and States, where he said one of the challenges for civil society representation in Internet governance is that there are rarely formal mechanisms in place for replacing representatives and that decision-making processes are sometimes improvised. It is hard for us to call for accountability and transparency when our own lack of formality and diversity is lacking! (But I think we're getting a lot better in this respect.)

Best wishes,

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

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> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC LAC Call - Onboarding and Choose the theme!
> Local Time: 27 August 2017 3:40 PM
> UTC Time: 27 August 2017 14:40
> From: raquino at gmail.com
> To: Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com>
> NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>, ncuc-lac at lists.ncuc.org
>
> Dear Carlos
>
> Thank you for your reply and interest in participation.
>
> About the theme:  "creating awareness for citizens to participate in DNS policy" - it's an important one and I'll message you for us to work on it.
>
> About the participation in civil society of representatives from other stakeholder groups, I understand your frustration.
> This is a wider problem in internet governance and truer in developing countries.
> "Using many hats" is quite common.
> But accountability and transparency are also very important for participation as a civil society actor and this is truly difficult to obtain from some participants.
> So, in the end, there is a balance.
> You will find it here, as well as in other civil society spaces, finding the paths and following the right processes can be done and you can accomplish true participation.
> It takes time and patience, it may not be too easy, you may want to give up sometimes, but you are very welcome to try it and it is worth it.
>
> Best,
>
> Renata
>
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 8:21 AM, Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Renata. I would like to propose a debate about the real civil society participating on Icann issues. Most of the times we see technical or academic or professional people at NCUC but there is a user only people here? How to create awareness for citizens and the importance of this issues?
>>
>> Carlos Vera
>>
>>> On Aug 26, 2017, at 9:51 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Next NCUC LAC Call will be 29 September
>>>
>>> As our NCUC members highlight presentation we have the Onboarding
>>> Program team - thanks Kathy, Ayden and Louise!
>>>
>>> We have news for this edition: Choose our 2nd theme!
>>>
>>> If there are any issues you think we should discuss on the call, note
>>> your idea. Until mid-September we'll receive suggestions
>>>
>>> You can also volunteer to be a debater!
>>> Remember debaters can also the unsung heroes and heroines who will
>>> help our calls be multilingual so you can also participate in ES or PT
>>> BR - the interpretation we have for now
>>>
>>> NCUC LAC Calls aim to engage and establish communication between
>>> membership from the region but also wth all NCUC and NCSG membership
>>> and those generally interested in civil society and DNS, so all are
>>> welcome
>>>
>>> Thanks for your inputs
>>>
>>> Renata
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Maryam Bakoshi
>>> <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org> wrote:
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Please find below participation details for the NCUC LAC Members meeting on
>>>> Friday 28 SEPT 2017 at 1800 UTC.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Adobe Connect URL: https://participate.icann.org/ncuc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Time Zones: https://tinyurl.com/y9s84xty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For conference calls with simultaneous interpretation, we use Adigo operator
>>>> services.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Participants willing to join the call need to dial into the Adigo Conference
>>>> Center using the numbers listed here:
>>>> http://adigo.com/icann/[mailer.samanage.com]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Once you reach the conference center, you need to enter the conference ID
>>>> for the language of your preference:
>>>>
>>>> English: 9001
>>>>
>>>> Spanish: 9003
>>>>
>>>> Portuguese: 9007
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively, Adigo can dial out to participants and connect them to the
>>>> call. In that case, I kindly ask you to send me an email:
>>>> Maryam.bakoshi at icann.org, and I will get this requested for you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maryam Bakoshi
>>>>
>>>> SO/AC Collaboration Services Sr. Coordinator
>>>>
>>>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>>>>
>>>> Skype: Maryam.bakoshi.icann
>>>>
>>>> Telephone: [+44 7737698036](tel:%2B44%207737698036)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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