<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>bringing this topic to PC again as we need drafter and working the NCSG response to the proposed framework.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>De : <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Rafik Dammak</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 09:05<br>Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] ICANN and the Public interest<br>To: NCSG <<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu">NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>the details about public consultation below. I created a google doc so we can start the drafting for a NCSG Comment <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZJ91SSW55Isl2iBAEASopfYnWcsgsBcXdB5hUUjNdI/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZJ91SSW55Isl2iBAEASopfYnWcsgsBcXdB5hUUjNdI/edit</a>. you can listen to webinar recordings here <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/prjxplrpublicint/GPI+Toolkit" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/prjxplrpublicint/GPI+Toolkit</a> .</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">From 18 September – 18 October 2019, a community consultation is taking place on the <span>global</span> <span>public</span> interest framework proposed by the ICANN Board. In reviewing the proposal, the ICANN Board is asking the ICANN community to consider the following questions for input to the ICANN Board:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30pt;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What are your thoughts on the proposed framework approach? Do you have any suggestions for how it could be improved?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30pt;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What are your thoughts on the proposed approach for decisions in the ICANN ecosystem to be accompanied by a consideration of their impact on the <span>global</span> <span>public</span> interest (as well as an explanation regarding what is meant by the GPI in the specific case)?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:30pt;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">How do you see this working for the Supporting Organization (SO), Advisory Committee (AC), constituency, group, review team, or cross-community working group (CCWG) to which you are contributing?<u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The <span>global</span> <span>public</span> interest is central to many of ICANN’s primary governance documents, and the ICANN Board hopes to play a role in facilitating a bottom-up, community-driven process to develop a framework as a toolkit for the ICANN community to consider the <span>global</span> <span>public</span> interest. These considerations would not change the process by which decisions are made but could instead serve as tools for the community to reinforce the commitment to the <span>public</span> interest and to demonstrate how specific recommendations, advice, and <span>public</span> comments are in the <span>global</span><span>public</span> interest. This includes the ICANN community guiding the ICANN Board about the <span>public</span> interest determination the latter must make in its decisions.</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To learn more about the framework, please read the </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__r20.rs6.net_tn.jsp-3Ff-3D0014631p6ECz1koeg6ajMSzZrFT7DO05069BKNDJvhNpKDU-2D38mdcxCqJ1EJzj5gscgfkGfGj-2DFGI3o7d-5FcGAxvEYcLuDt-2DuNbFw7pLtAPwsOOBVyljJ-5FnOUkAdXGEq-5Fpqhnx9MAz7aDEHi3hvOaYb3gqWjXDXghZrpf0Ca1iUZzXdnGBbim2ZY09p7WU0m-2DXOMIhpn2CTVR7lR4v-2DDeX-5F4RZFHV0Vx2gnIRwJwkZKqQoiglVM4l6PG-2Df7xB-5FIkXMVwTDMtu5FHvXFhlTLLJIN5Jg-3D-3D-26c-3Dz44JySTIvEGqNJPIjwWImwF59dG21I-2DoxnM1Mz6G5PmaucLg5GaW-5Fg-3D-3D-26ch-3DFcbT1z5bmkz6UEfk6eUJehq3ywPR-5FHTaxr7BzhY6q17TcrAkO831rw-3D-3D&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=DRa2dXAvSFpCIgmkXhFzL7ar9Qfqa0AIgn-H4xR2EBk&m=Zrm2TmioSoHmD-RVsf08eb9s33A4I2k08_uP0LOo_zA&s=Y1oSQaaaH67cndtqhCcGryOkThAU0RpFNJVzZzD0mGc&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(72,161,153)">discussion paper [r20.rs6.net]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. Community feedback is welcome by <b>Friday, 18 October 2019 via email at </b></span><b><u><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(72,161,153)"><a href="mailto:gpitoolkit@icann.org" target="_blank">gpitoolkit@icann.org</a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. After the community consultation, there will be a <span>public</span> session at ICANN66, followed by a <span>Public</span> Comment proceeding.</span></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 08:53, Elsa S <<a href="mailto:elsa.saade@gmail.com" target="_blank">elsa.saade@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Thanks for sharing Milton!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">ICANN seems adamant about using the terms on a context to context basis given the new proposed path forward, also shared in two webinars this month.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Even though NCSG in the past year as far as I’ve seen, has been pushing for not using the word from the start, it seems we might have to actively work on mitigating the risk of its use in a more structurally biased way.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I’m keeping an eye out for any developments on the consultation phase (even though I would have preferred a formal public comment phase instead), but would also invite that we all have a discussion about the proposed way forward by ICANN, more meticulously and collectively.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Elsa</div><div dir="auto">—</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 5:59 PM Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The Constitution of the PRC indeed speaks the language of the Public Interest (PI), and the term regularly appears in legal provisions without definition. There have been no juridical interpretations of ‘PI’, either. This ambiguity gives
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Milton L Mueller<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Georgia Institute of Technology<u></u><u></u></p>
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