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<span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">It is
unfortunate that Rafik misunderstood the thrust of my private
comments to
Olivie, comments that had been contained in my request that he
share the
AfrICANN notice on the NCSG list, and comments that did not
constitute the body of the AfrICANN
notice and should not have been forwarded. <span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Hence the necessity of this
comment: <o:p></o:p></span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Rafik
details the considerable effort that members of NCSG and its
individual and organizational
members have made to advance DNS in Africa, and elsewhere. I and
others have
always applauded that outreach, and done what we can to contribute
to those
advances. In defense of the actual language of the comments, I do
lament the
fact that the net of inclusiveness has not been tossed as wide as
it could,
while recognizing that the ICANN remit is the DNS system, and not
the entire
Internet ecosystem. <o:p></o:p></span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">When <em><span
style="font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Alain
Berranger</span></em>
asked me to join NPOC, representing the Canadian Society for
International
Health (CSIH) it was both to help address how NPOC could help the
diverse NPO
constituency have a more aware and engaged presence in policy
issues within
ICANN’s remit, for example around the .health gTLD. However, at
the same time it
was help NPOC also turn around 180 degrees and help NPOs
strengthen their awareness
and engagement in Internet ecosystem policy issues beyond ICANN’s
remit. NPOC
constituency organizations typically have non-DNS and non-Internet
ecosystem
concerns as primary to their own mission. Contrast for example,
the likely
Internet policy concerns of ISOC-Canada with those of Canada’s
CSIH. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></i></span>That
was the issue I discussed in my previous NCSG posting. Claiming
there is more to be done no way belittles what still has been done.
Internet nirvana is not just around the next bend in the road. <br>
<br>
Sam L.
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