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

[Seun Ojedeji]

Hello,

Normally fellows are encouraged to participate in social media for
experience sharing to somewhat promote the program.

That said, I agree that the choice of word used by staff seem to imply a
compulsory requirement but I want to believe it's a lower "r" kindof
requirement and they really don't mean it as such.

When I was a fellow there used to be a 7am fellows session(I think it still
happen) and I will hear Mama J say things in the line of "coming promptly
is a requirement.... don't try me guys". While we don't want to see the red
part of Mama J, some of us that goofed occasionally, found that it was
rather important and in our interest to be prompt as there wasn't a
checkbox that we ultimately has unchecked (if any). So being a requirement
became more of a secondary thing, the value one get(or may loose) in not
attending became primary.

Overall there are good advantage and bonding that happens via social media
but ofcourse it should remain optional. I think it's good to note this to
staff and should be a minor thing to fix.

Regards

Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Jul 27, 2017 8:23 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."
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Friendly geek in Amsterdam, FSFE Fellow
https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/User:Thomascovenant
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