[NCUC-DISCUSS] Facebook as an obligatory requirement for being ICANN60 fellow

[Stephanie Perrin]

I totally agree, nobody should have to join Facebook.  They can find 
another way to communicate.  I am quite surprised, as I am also 
surprised to find that  Siranush Vardanyan is now ICANN staff. So how do 
we best argue with this policy?

Stephanie Perrin


On 2017-07-27 15:48, Michael Karanicolas wrote:
> Hi Dina,
>
> Thanks very much for bringing this to our attention. You raise a very
> interesting issue - and I agree, in principle, that signing up for
> Facebook should not be a required component of participating in an
> ICANN Fellowship program.
>
> Would you feel comfortable forwarding or screenshot-ing the email in
> its entirety, just so we can see the full context as a means of
> informing this discussion?
>
> In the interim, and while this discussion goes on, it may be useful if
> you wanted to raise your concerns directly with Siranush, if you
> haven't already. Your objection would seem to me to be a valid one, so
> it might be interesting to see how ICANN might respond.
>
> Best,
>
> Michael Karanicolas
>
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 4:23 PM, thomascovenant
> <thomascovenant at thomascovenant.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am writing about a general matter that can still be quite important to
>> some.
>>
>> I respectfully disagree with making Facebook obligatory for ICANN
>> Fellowship program participation, yet it doesn't seem possible
>> to question this decision.
>>
>> Further, the decision to deny fellowship to those who do not comply with
>> Facebook demand makes no sense to me.
>>
>> I would welcome diverse participation of FOSS community, privacy
>> activists and ethical hacking communities in ICANN work. It can be very
>> valuable.
>>
>> I don't want any single fellow be forced to compromise their principles
>> in order to make volunteer contribution to ICANN work (please read the
>> links below).
>>
>> At the moment this is solved by forcing to register under a false name,
>> which is not the right thing to do on behalf of a large organization.
>>
>> Alternative means of communication should be easily available to those
>> who ask for them, minor detail of communication platform should not be
>> the reason to discourage volunteer work.
>>
>> We also have Chinese and Iranian fellows. Some countries impose FB
>> cencorship (wiki link below), which can also be an issue...
>>
>> What are your thoughts on this general subject? And how a good solution
>> can be found?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dina Solveig Jalkanen,
>> grateful for technical fellowship to ICANN60
>>
>> Resources:
>>
>> FB Censorship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook
>> Some information about Facebook from Richard Stallman:
>> https://stallman.org/facebook.htm
>> http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook
>>
>>  From public Fellowship emails by Siranush Vardanyan
>> Fellowship Program Manager, Public Responsibility Support, ICANN:
>>
>> "Last but not least: Social Media I will be creating an ICANN60 Facebook
>> page which is a required participation for this program.
>> Those who do not have Facebook page, please, create one, as you will be
>> asked to join ICANN60 Facebook page."
>> --
>> * * *
>> Friendly geek in Amsterdam, FSFE Fellow
>> https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/User:Thomascovenant
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