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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A brief reflection: As a child I received a Japanese post-WWII toy windup car. It had a 5<sup>th</sup> wheel on the bottom. Every time it got to the edge of the table
the 5<sup>th</sup> wheel would redirect it so it would not fall off the table. Our approach to issues here is like the reverse of that windup car. No matter where we start, there are forces at play to drive the discussion off the table and over the edge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I initiated this discussion with my posting on the state of the troika (NCSG, NCUC, NPOC) where I suggested that a review was in order since significant volunteer labor
went into three administrative structures dealing with (and competing over) virtually identical work agendas. I also noted that we were short volunteer engagement in ongoing ICANN tasks (PDPs, comments, etc.). We have low levels of engagement by the bulk of
troika membership. Lastly, given the size of the ngo/civil society sector on the planet we are a terribly tiny band of warriors speaking on behalf of the vast stakeholder community in that sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">To ignore the consequences of existing structures, and simply treat this as but another exercise in outreach, may protect some in-house structural entitlements but it
will not attract a broader membership that joins with a sense of engagement and agency. Also, it will not strengthen our voice within the work of ICANN. Lastly, it will not make us more engaged with or accountable to the global ngo/civil society sector and
its non-commercial stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Many have worked hard for what we have. They are to be thanked for that. The motivation behind my “troika” intervention was to get us to review existing structures and
consider structural changes that would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the volunteer engagement we have, increase our “clout” within ICANN, and attract a broader membership that joins with a sense of engagement and agency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I am reminded or the early Internet stakeholder groups that structured themselves around special interest groups (SIGs), for example the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) “Birds of a Feather” groups. <a href="https://www.ietf.org/how/bofs/">https://www.ietf.org/how/bofs/</a> .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We might consider taking a feather or two from the IETF nest as we reflect on how to go forward here.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Sam Lanfranco (NCSG, NPOC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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