Feb 10: Singapore Pathfinder Webinar: What every Civil Society Organization should Know about its use of the Internet and Never Dared to Ask! - Part 2

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

Thanks for that Lori. However…,

On Feb 3, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Lori Schulman <lori.schulman at ASCD.ORG> wrote:

[SNIP]

> The idea is to create the right balance between fostering basic rights such as free speech and privacy while protecting the name, reputation and intellectual output of worthy organisations.

This is precisely why I am interested to hear what this section of the webinar will include. You’ve (as have others before) certainly made a case for why protection of brands is important to the operations of NGOs. The thing is; the balance you refer to would never really be achieved if the arguments made by members of the IPC on Policy Development Process (PDP) working groups were to go unchecked without active pushback from those representing civil society interests in gTLD policy development. That is generally how some semblance of a balance is achieved. More often than not, it does feel like an uphill struggle.

So please do forgive me if I am a bit sceptical on how this webinar will be presenting what the policy issues of importance to civil society are. To get a feel for how what you describe is presented to CS organisations within the context of the whole webinar, it’d be helpful to have a recording of it archived somewhere. So are there plans to have the webinar recorded?

Thanks again.

Amr
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