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

Wed Mar 1 13:52:12 CET 2017

Thank you so much for this feedback, Tanya.

Regarding the DNS and content control proposal, I share your view on the need to raise awareness on this topic. This is a critically important issue, and WSIS attracts a very different crowd to other fora which I think can work to our advantage. We also have more of a sphere of influence around who we would invite to speak on the panel, so I think the danger of an ‘ambush’ or avalanche of loaded questions is reduced compared with other settings. That said, if this proposal was accepted there would be a heavy load of prep required, and a need for reinforcement from the likes of yourself, Robin, Kathy, Jeremy, or Mitch…

Regarding the WHOIS proposal, I think it aligns well with the SDGs and WSIS action lines, but the challenge would be in sourcing suitable speakers. Domain name registrars and registries do not really engage with WSIS, nor do registrants. We don’t want the workshop to be a talking shop; I would think that we would want a workshop that informs and educates the vulnerable and those who work with the vulnerable on how they can protect themselves from shame, anger, and threats when they register domain names. I believe it can be done; there’s just a lot of work ahead.

(I should also clarify: at this stage I am just working to submit workshop proposals in the hope that the NCUC is again invited to host a workshop at WSIS. I am not necessarily looking to take the workshops forward myself, especially if someone else from the NCUC would like to, as I think that’s a call that the EC should make, but equally I’d be happy to do so where I am qualified. Thanks!)

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline
[linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)

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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: 1 March 2017 12:56 AM
UTC Time: 1 March 2017 00:56
From: t.tropina at mpicc.de
To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org

Ayden,

sorry I missed this thread - as much as I would love to take part in drafting, I have been working non stop (till 2 am now) and had a couple ICANN calls in the evening. Sorry for missing this option. Thanks so much to you and Renata for taking the initiative and working on this!

I would like to quickly echo Farzy's comment a bit, but develop further:

Proposal 1. While it is a highly sensitive topic, I think it is totally worth the submission! Yes, there will be a need for experts on this issue, but we can also learn from our RightsCon experience how the discussion could be shaped, what would one need to make such a workshop a success. If this would be considered carefully - not only we will be able to contribute to the discussion and advance it, but also raise awareness on this issue. The latter is no less important! I totally support this submission.

Agree with Farz on proposal 2 (WHOIS) - probably the most likely to get accepted and go well as you are actively involved in this.

With under-served regions the scheme could be the same as with RightsCon - learn from other sessions at other events (GAC session at ICANN 58, etc), see how it could be advanced if the proposal is accepted. I think it does have potential to be accepted as it seems to fit strongly in both WSIS overarching theme and action lines.

Again - very well done, many thanks!

Cheers

Tanya

On 28/02/17 23:09, farzaneh badii wrote:

Ayden,

thanks for this. As to proposal 1: At RightsCon NCUC is going to hold a workshop that is more or less similar. Proposal one in this document is highly sensitive and you need to have the experts in the field present during the session to be able to advance the discussion.
Proposal 2 seems to be about privacy and WHOIS. Highlight that more and highlight its relevance to the work of ICANN in the beginning. I think this proposal has the most potential and you know a lot about it.

I have added more comments in the document about the other proposals. If we want to talk about underserved regions, we have to at least make the connection between ICANN/NCUC work and this topic. (GAC will have a session about underserved regions at ICANN 58)

Farzaneh

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:55 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>

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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