[NCUC-DISCUSS] English version of the Report of Benin DNS Forum 2016 is now available!

Wed Mar 1 06:28:51 CET 2017

I agree with both of you! Liaising with ICANN staff and making the case for
why this would be useful seems like it would be advantageous.

Best,
-Michael

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Farzaneh,
>
> I attended only one DNS forum last year in Tunis and I cannot speak about
> other regional DNS.
> I organized a session there about Civil society in ICANN to introduce NCSG
> etc. the program is usually focused on DNS industry and challenges in the
> region such new gTLD or registrar business. However, I think we can propose
> as NCUC a session about non-commercial registrants concerns that you
> mentioned and we can liaise with the ICANN regional VPs for that purpose. I
> don't think there was any concern about any sensitive topic.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2017-03-01 6:56 GMT+09:00 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thank you Michael.
>>
>> I am not really sure if all right-based issues are controversial in
>> certain regions. For example, many of the noncommercial registrants (or
>> even commercial ones) don't know whom to go to when they have a dispute
>> over their domain name (due process). They don't know how they should
>> respond to copyright claims. Sometimes even ccTLDs use WIPO dispute
>> resolution mechanism which is held in English. So imagine an Iranian
>> registrant of ncuc.ir that has to go to WIPO and file a dispute in
>> English. (example only)
>>
>>
>> Many rights of the noncommercial registrants can be discussed and
>> protected by NCUC at ICANN and they do not raise domestic controversy but
>> also help the noncommercial registrant users domestically. I think it would
>> be good to start a conversation about which rights are less politically
>> sensitive and need protection and add this to DNS forums that are held in
>> various regions. Or maybe a stand alone event would do too if DNS Forum is
>> sacred.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Farzi,
>>>
>>> I've attended the Turkey DNS Forum for two years now, and while some
>>> issues like governance and legality have been addressed, the vast majority
>>> of the issues that fall within the remit of the NCUC has not been covered.
>>> In their defense, however, the political environment is unfortunately not
>>> currently conducive to rights-based issues in Turkey, and I don't know what
>>> the demand is for non-technical ICANN policies either.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> -Michael
>>> __________________
>>>
>>> Michael J. Oghia
>>> iGmena <http://igmena.org/> communications manager
>>> Independent #netgov consultant & editor
>>>
>>> Belgrade, Serbia
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>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:54 PM, farzaneh badii <
>>> farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot Mathias for sharing this announcement and the report with
>>>> us.
>>>>
>>>> I think the overall program looks very interesting and I wish the
>>>> program a successful event for this year too.
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if in these DNS forums and programs, issues such as
>>>> noncommercial registrants rights and other non-technical ICANN policies are
>>>> mentioned and discussed? Or is it only limited to technical and economical
>>>> issues?
>>>>
>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Mathias HOUNGBO <mathias at houngbo.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mefies toi de la médiocrité, c'est la moisissure de l'esprit
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> My blog - http://mathias.houngbo.net
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 22/02/2017 à 15:13, Michael Oghia a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mathias,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for sharing this. Good luck with this initiative!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> -Michael
>>>>> __________________
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael J. Oghia
>>>>> iGmena <http://igmena.org/> communications manager
>>>>> Independent #netgov consultant & editor
>>>>>
>>>>> Belgrade, Serbia
>>>>> Skype: mikeoghia
>>>>> Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia> *|* LinkedIn
>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Mathias HOUNGBO <mathias at houngbo.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings Madam/Sir,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *English version of the Report of Benin DNS Forum 2016 is now
>>>>>> available!*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Monitoring Committees and the Organization Committees of the
>>>>>> Benin DNS Forum held  from October 13 to 15, 2016 in Cotonou are
>>>>>> pleased to share with you the global report of this second edition under
>>>>>> the theme *"Economy, Governance and Security around the DNS".*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While the third edition in 2017 is on the horizon, new perspectives
>>>>>> are opening up to help to sustain the achievements of the past editions.
>>>>>> These include projects on the DNS, among others: the « DNSThone », which
>>>>>> will set up a prototype of the Internet infrastructure and a study on the
>>>>>> resilience of the DNS in Benin to be presented during the next Forum to
>>>>>> take place in 2017.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Download the full Report here
>>>>>> <http://dnsforum.bj/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BDF-2016-Rapport-en.pdf>
>>>>>> : http://dnsforum.bj/report-of-bdf-2016/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mefies toi de la médiocrité, c'est la moisissure de l'esprit
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> My blog - http://mathias.houngbo.net
>>>>>>
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