[NCUC-DISCUSS] Deadline for WSIS proposals is tomorrow - here are some ideas for the NCUC to consider proposing

[Remmy Nweke]

I see
Thanks
Remmy

On Feb 28, 2017 10:55 PM, "Ayden Férdeline" <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Remmy. I think even if were wildly optimistic, we would only get
> one or two thematic workshop ideas accepted. But the UN works in mysterious
> ways... ;-)
>
> - Ayden
>
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> Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Deadline for WSIS proposals is tomorrow - here
> are some ideas for the NCUC to consider proposing
> Local Time: 28 February 2017 9:53 PM
> UTC Time: 28 February 2017 21:53
> From: remmyn at gmail.com
> To: Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
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> Excellent job there @Ayden and @Renata
>
> My only fear is if hosting 5 sessions will not be too much.
>
> Good work
> Remmy
>
> On Feb 28, 2017 10:35 PM, "Ayden Férdeline" <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings, all-
>>
>> The next World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will be held in
>> Geneva from 12 to 16 June. *The deadline for workshop proposals is
>> tomorrow.*
>>
>> Last year, the NCUC hosted a highly successful thematic workshop at WSIS
>> on engaging un-represented and under-represented communities in local,
>> national, regional, and global Internet governance debates. The session was
>> closely tied with Sustainable Development Goal 17 of the UN’s 2030 Agenda
>> for Sustainable Development. I was pleased to coordinate this event in
>> conjunction with Renata Aquino Ribeiro, and we had a broad range of
>> speakers from our stakeholder group (including the NCUC’s James Gannon and
>> NPOC’s Klaus Stoll) along with panellists from the business, end-user, and
>> technical communities. In the audience at our session was an ICANN board
>> member, Markus Kummer, ICANN staff and community members, and high-level
>> government officials and civil society representatives. Our panel had a
>> gender balance, the most remote participants of any WSIS workshop, and
>> featured in the official outcome document of the event. Privately it has
>> been communicated to us that the workshop would be welcomed at WSIS again
>> this year, but more on that in a moment…
>>
>> This was not the extent of the NCUC’s engagement at WSIS last year. Bill
>> Drake moderated an insightful session on Internet fragmentation, with NCUC
>> members Anriette Esterhuysen and Wolfgang Kleinwächter among the
>> panellists. Anriette moderated a session on advancing Internet governance
>> principles and practices, with NCUC members Avri Doria and Bill Drake among
>> the panellists. The Cross-Community Working Group on Internet Governance
>> had a session on the IANA transition moderated by Matthew Shears with
>> speakers including the NCUC’s Tatiana Tropina. Offsite, Tatiana, Matt, and
>> I spoke at an event organised by the Geneva Internet Platform on how civil
>> society actors can get involved in policymaking at ICANN and potentially
>> shape the future of the Domain Name System. And NPOC's Adela Goberna spoke
>> eloquently during the Opening Ceremony's high-level dialogue on the WSIS
>> Action Lines and the SDGs.
>>
>> In my opinion, the stage is set for further NCUC engagement in WSIS. With
>> the benefit of hindsight, it would have been helpful to ‘crowd source’ a
>> theme a few months ago and to catalyse community involvement sooner so that
>> we could submit a workshop proposal on a topic which we as the NCUC care
>> deeply about. Alas, with the deadline for workshop proposals being
>> tomorrow, that isn’t feasible now (the failure was mine for not suggesting
>> that we do this sooner), so instead *Renata and I have drafted a few
>> workshop proposals for the NCUC to consider submitting*. Here’s a link
>> to them on Google Docs.
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3AyMelaMuQJmI4odYFZK7b-O-fjKEE_UqzQ9NuzGvI/edit?usp=sharing>
>> Your comments and suggestions on how the NCUC can become more involved in
>> creating and exchanging knowledge that helps realise the WSIS action lines
>> is warmly welcomed, and please also feel free to suggest an alternative
>> proposal if you do think what Renata and I have drafted is not suitable.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> (Renata and I were planning on submitting all the ideas for workshops
>> that we can think of, and if any are accepted by the International
>> Telecommunications Union, coming back to the EC to ask if it is something
>> the NCUC would like to carry forward and host under its moniker, and if the
>> response is in the affirmative, then coming back to this list to further
>> develop the proposal in a more collaborative manner.)
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Ayden Férdeline
>> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline>
>>
>>
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