<div>Hey all,</div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Ayden! I've seen ICANN at Schools on Internet Governance around the world, but I think there should be more strategic and inclusive involvement. I mentioned this in our meeting at Johannesburg, and I'll write it here: we should work on two sides: 1. Getting the IG community to understand the relevance of ICANN in the field thus shape our interactions in a way where people in that wider community could possibly be able to participate and give opinions on some of the main issues we work on. 2. Maybe we should have a talk amongst us and create a more outlined link with IG for our ICANN community keeping in mind the new developments with the GDPR, with more and more privacy issues being put on the table.</div><div><br></div><div>Would be happy to elaborate if need be!</div><div><br></div><div>Elsa</div><div>--</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:33 AM Benjamin Akinmoyeje <<a href="mailto:benakin@gmail.com">benakin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Farzi & all,<br></div>The intersection of global IG and ICANN has continued to grow broader especially since Netmundial, I must say.<br></div>Many of the IG activities locally and internationally that I have participated in have always brought ICANNers together. It is almost impossible now to discuss Internet Governance without mention ICANN vis-a-vis the other.<br><br></div>I believe IG discussion is very integral part of ICANN, despite the limitation of ICANN mandate, a space for IG activities or advocacy is strongly desirable.<br><br></div>Personally, it is an easy space to be active, I will suggest that CCWG-IG should continue it is present form and community member should get more engaged to prove the relevance of the group.<br><br></div>Regards,<br></div>Benjamin<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:14 PM, farzaneh badii <span><<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As you know I am the NCSG rep on CCWG-IG. Here is an update on the status of CCWG-IG.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As a background ( and Bill can correct me if I am not right) CCWG-IG was created a couple of years ago and has made statements on Netmundial and been active on raising awareness about IANA transition and ICANN accountability in the IG environment. People perceive its work as an awareness raising group which should bridge the gap between ICANN staff and Community regarding their IG related activities and also be mindful of statements from Intergovernmental organizations that might meddle with ICANN mandate.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It usually organizes workshops at IGF, WSIS and other forums. ICANN staff has been very cooperative (especially Nigel Hickson) and are eager to work with the community for arranging such sessions. We also plan to be engaged with Board more.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Find their report and charter: <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43984275" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43984275</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There is, however, some controversy going on. Some groups are not happy with the work of ccwg-ig. Even after ccwg modified its charter to streamline its activities and its objectives, they still believe that CCWG might not be the right format for such activities. Some believe that CCWG-IG receives funding for its travel to various IG venues, which is not true. There is no funding for travel allocated to CCWG-IG. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It has gotten to a point that we should now consult with our communities about whether CCWG-IG should continue its work and under what circumstances it should do so.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Lets have a conversation about it here and I will compile your comments and relay them to the group.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">My opinion is that, CCWG-IG's members and participants should be active and should relay the work to their respective community. In many instances, when it comes to writing proposals and statements, very few people engage with activities. I think that has to be corrected. But I don't know how. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best </div><span class="m_-7644374276131701850HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="m_-7644374276131701850m_3471000002165020512gmail_signature"><div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
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