[NCUC-DISCUSS] ICANN, TRAVEL, TRUMP

[Edward Morris]

With our Chair unable to safely attend the NCPH Intercessional meeting in 
Reykjavik in two weeks time due to the American governments travel 
restrictions ( 
http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2017-January/003567.html ),  Milton 
Mueller's take on "Internet Governance And Trump's Assault on International 
Travel ( 
http://www.internetgovernance.org/2017/01/30/internet-governance-and-trumps-
assault-on-international-travel/ ) is of particular relevance to NCUC 
members. Thank you, Milton, for writing it.
  
 We are in the early stages of this new administration. We still do not 
know what the policy of this new American government will be towards ICANN 
and our work. As an American corporation,  there are concerns immediate and 
distant, operational and more theoretical, as to the impact of this 
Republican government on ICANN. "America First" and "One World, One 
Internet" just may be two slogans that can not be easily reconciled. 
  
 As we wait and watch,  as a Constituency we need to be vigilante and 
supportive of all our members. With the unstable nature of the United 
States government,  I'd suggest the Board may have acted a bit too quickly 
in approving Puerto Rico as a meeting site for ICANN 61. Some community 
groups, including some in the noncommercial world,  are already considering 
a boycott of ICANN 60 for other reasons.
  
 Regardless of what happens with both of these Meetings, I'd encourage our 
NCUC leadership to demand that ICANN devote more resources to remote 
participation. ICANN sponsored regional hubs may be part of a solution, 
modern technology certainly is. Adobe Connect simply is no longer state of 
the art. Although we need to be careful with the bandwidth limitations of 
our members, we can and need to develop state of the art, ICANN specific 
remote participation tools. It's one way to proactively adapt to the new 
world environment. 
  
 Thanks, again, Milton. More challenges for us to meet as we fight to 
preserve noncommercial values such as free speech, privacy, due process and 
fair use on the global internet.
  
 Kind Regards,
  
  
 Ed Morris
  
  
  
  

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