[NCUC-DISCUSS] Answers to Questions posed

Sat Oct 21 05:42:13 CEST 2017

The private companies also have there responsibility in supporting the civil society and some have done so and one of them has been Microsoft in the past years they have been trying to do sensitization and have worked closely with ISOC and been in support. What i am saying is if these commercial orgs. have support and will support even if google does work in the same direction as the NCUC as a civil society group and have objectives and a clear line to support. I would consider those options but as a team and also as a membership. 

On the other hand Symantec for example have been trying to do same and they are working to align with GDPR and privacy policies. One of the early signs is that US government at least the DoD (US Dept of Defense) have started to move to Microsoft cloud solutions and the first thing they would be looking at is how protected the data are. I would say with all cautiousness that if they are doing so. hey have evaluated there risks so yes why not. They have a clear program with clear standards and agreements and they do fund such programs why not when they are able to help in sponsoring.

However, i still believe that there should be no compromise on what the NCUC is doing and continues to do. We may or may not like some of the commercial groups but if they have clear sponsoring programs why not. They are one such company and there are more out there. The advantage is also sensitizing more and more of the big names and the impact of them could lead to interesting paths. Why not !!!

> On Oct 21, 2017, at 02:51, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kris,
> 
> Am I correct in understanding that, if you were elected Chair, you would approach private companies such as Microsoft to see if they would financially support the NCUC?
> 
> Thanks for clarifying,
> 
> Ayden
> 
> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Answers to Questions posed
>> Local Time: 20 October 2017 3:48 PM
>> UTC Time: 20 October 2017 14:48
>> From: seeburn.k at gmail.com
>> To: NCUC Discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Sorry again for not making it but i will reply to some of the questions that was sent out.
>> 
>> 
>>  NCUC Elections “meet the Candidate Call”: Questions 
>> 
>> 8. Question for Chair Candidates: Do you believe it is important to adhere to deadlines? 
>> Adhering to deadlines is very important for sure. There two inputs here and they are policy and EC. As far as EC is concerned there might be some challenges at times but i believe in communications as to why the situation is like this. Second front is policy and so far some have managed to keep to deadlines but it is the most challenging part as its not only about deadlines its finding the right middle and consensus to see things through. It is never easy task.
>> 
>> 
>> 9. Question to Renata: How are you going to make sure that there will be that Unism among members and respect of each other views and opinions 
>> It is a question to renata but i will also try to answer this question: It is the primary role of any chair to never start biased by his/her views. The team is here to work as a team when someone does not clearly understand an opinion or a view it is for the chair to ensure there is no distention. That means understand the views and make sure everyone is on the same page.
>> 
>> 
>> 10. Question for chair candidates: do you plan to re-activate the current members that not actively engage? and how? 
>> There is always a reason why someone is not active and it is in our purview to see why. That means approaching and understanding their view their options and what they want and what they can’t see today. It is always helpful to get feedback good or bad but we need to learn heavily from those. For me yes it’s important to communicate and discuss and see where people find themselves and what they think is wrong and could be done better to improve. Improvement is a process and does not happen overnight but that does not means we do not engage those who are not active. It may take its time but each member is important and counts. The how can and will take different forms. But calling on them and have one on one is important. Emails are somewhat very impersonal still when it comes to communication with people.
>> 
>> 11. Q: What is your strategy to have civil society organizations (not individuals) from your regions join the NCUC as members? Can you name up to two organizations based in your region that you would love to see join NCUC? And why these?
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>> We may come to the conclusion that some areas a pretty much united but in many other areas the ideas differ largely to small bits. For me any organisation who wants to join and understands exactly what the work is being done by the constituency and wants to help more in achieving the goals is more than welcomed provided they are on the same page. Dry run if some can understand where i am getting to.
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>> 13. Question to Renata: you suggested seeking new ways of funding NCUC members and seeking sponsors I will be glad if you can elaborate more on that. 
>> This question is again to renata but i will answer from my views as well. Funding is not an easy one. This is one of the things which is where the influential NGO’s may well come in handy if we are in the same page. Some private companies can also support in terms of cicil rights. We have seen quite a few doing that including “Microsoft”. There are wonderful foundations out there that can be interesting sources of sponsorship. But the approach and convincing that we are working in the right direction is more than important and what is being done to benefit the society at large.
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>> 14. Can you explain how you will deal with volunteer burnout on the PDPs? 
>> Volunteer burnout is a fact right now beyond any doubts. Even i am getting burnout with all the different WT but one thing is clear there is lots to learn and understand and the strategies that are happening and who benefits. Burnout is real problem as i see the same people everywhere to defend. The reality is we need to ensure that those joining and those who are not active find their ways back. It is not about connection it is about understand how to interact and how to fit in those PDP processes. As some may feel left out and they just give up and go. I did the same thing way back and i will not hide it. But then of course i was already engaged in other board that may have conflicted my views. The catch 22 in here is that people have contributed so much by themselves it comes to a point that you realize you cannot be doing everything on your own and you look back and no one is behind you. I know the feeling very well. We must be able to delve in our membership and bring that fire back up. They need to feel that they are contributing for something and that also means recognition, reduce the friction, have more insight that makes the membership trigger to the light. Its never perfect but we need to revive and see things differently. We need to able to use resources effectively because all of us are plain volunteers. Even if it comes down to be where we need to decide and help people in making their choices where we may see them fit. But we cannot pull the string to its extremes because it will break sooner or later then we don’t find these people again. There is no solution that fits all but i would really wish that our membership understand what the NCUC is all about and what members bring to the table. We have a lot of members who are more than experienced to help the upcoming ones. We need to look at ways of transferring and understanding  what is at stake.
>> 
>> 15. Question to Yolanda: Can you tell us how open, transparent, accountable and Tolerant can you be dealing with member 
>> 
>> This question is to Yolanda but i guess i still need to reply to this. I am and have followed and still follow and practice a clear governance and transparent system and governance does define accountability. I may end up talking like a lawyer here but one of the bigger challenges we face is that people do consider the GNSO and the whole constituencies as a group of “MAFIA” let’s be clear about it. We need to beat out of this tag. Bottom up process dictates that members have a right to know and understand what lead to such and such decisions. My take is that we may have to define clear processes that the membership sees things were not done in a biased way. Some things might end up being confidential because of sensitivity of the situation. But as to the rest i do not see why we cannot be very open and transparent in our approach. Isn’t that what is dictated and the wish of the membership?
>> 
>>> On Oct 20, 2017, at 17:39, Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at ICANN.ORG <mailto:maryam.bakoshi at ICANN.ORG>> wrote:
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>>> Dear All,
>>>  
>>> Please find attendance and recording of the 2017 NCUC Elections " Meet the Candidate Call" on Friday 20 October 2017 at 1000 UTC.
>>>  
>>> Attendance: Arsene Tungali, Ayden Férdeline, Bruna Santos, David Cake
>>> Farell Folly, Farzaneh Badii, Patricia Gnilane, GZ Kabir, Inam Ali, Ines Hfaiedh, Louise Marie Hurel, Michael Karanicolas, Milton Mueller, Nadira AL-Araj, Rafik Dammak, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Shavkat Sabirov, Shreedeep Rayamajhi, Soni Ekpe, Stephanie Perrin, Szeming, Tapani, Tarvainen, Thato Mfikwe, Wisdom Donkor, Yazid AKANHO, Yolanda Mlonzi, Zakir Syed, zina BRAHIM MAHAMAT
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>> Kris Seeburn
>> seeburn.k at gmail.com <mailto:seeburn.k at gmail.com>
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> 

Kris Seeburn
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