[Poll] Reminder topics of interest for the ICANN Board-NCSG session in Buenos Aires
Stephanie Perrin
stephanie.perrin at MAIL.UTORONTO.CA
Thu May 14 11:41:28 EEST 2015
Great, join us on the mentor list....I will start a wee group. I think
it may be tough for folks where skype is blocked....Oman, for instance,
and I am not sure about Walid, if it is blocked in Yemen.
Cheers Stephanie
On 15-05-14 10:58 AM, James Gannon wrote:
>
> I like this idea.
>
> -James
>
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> Of *Stephanie Perrin
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:47 PM
> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [Poll] Reminder topics of interest for the ICANN
> Board-NCSG session in Buenos Aires
>
> Why don't we start a special skype channel for "newbies" those who
> would be interested in mentoring, and for general questions. I for
> one would be reluctant to just fire a question at you Rafik, knowing
> how busy you are. I would be happy to hang out on that channel if
> anyone is interested....not that I don't still call myself a newbie,
> but I have figured a few things out with much help from those who have
> been around for many years.
> Do most folks have access to Skype? and if not is there a better
> platform?
> Stephanie Perrin
>
> On 2015-05-14 7:42, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
> Hi Rao,
>
> I am not sure that you read my response to Arthur but that is ok.
>
> I think some volunteers are already doing or ready to mentoring,
> supporting and helping when they get question or request and that
> happens during working groups processes. not sure that we need to
> formalize such process .
>
> I would think instead if someone has some questions, he can send
> them directly off list to me or councillors, officers or any
> other active members since it may create a more 1-to-1 convenient
> personalized discussion . I understand that can be hard for anyone
> to jump and intervene , being worried to ask a "stupid" question.
> Well there is no stupid question, we are here to support each
> other in peer basis. we all went through learning curves and had
> to ask questions and search for answers. a kind of active learning.
>
> for newcomer webinar, we have that idea in pipeline to explain
> about policy-development process but that will be more
> complementary to existing effort provided by GNSO for newcomers to
> get involved in working groups. the confcall is held in quarterly
> basis and it should be held next month if I am not mistaking.
>
> regarding volunteering for tasks, I think that anyone can take the
> lead and not waiting to do things that he see relevant , share
> that with the group later on. we can learn from other communities
> way of doing things
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2015-05-14 19:23 GMT+09:00 Rao Naveed Bin Rais
> <naveedbinrais at gmail.com <mailto:naveedbinrais at gmail.com>>:
>
> I also second Arthur as Rafik just did.
>
> Referring to one of my earlier posts of March 10, I proposed
> 2-3 measures in order to get new members engaged quickly. One
> of the point I proposed there was to have some volunteers
> which may act as mentors for the newcomers (2,3 new members
> associated with each mentor). The volunteers could be some
> active and contributing members. Another point I made there
> was to have a call for volunteers (for new members only) and
> give them some less important and small tasks to work on so as
> to boost their confidence and make them realize that they have
> started contributing.
>
> a+,
>
> Naveed -
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Arthur Gwagwa
> <arthurgwagwa at gmail.com <mailto:arthurgwagwa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear Rafik
>
> As a new member, I have been finding some of the
> discussions quite bewildering and technical. It looks like
> I jumped into a discussion that has been going on for
> years, and therefore I am still trying to get the head and
> the tail of it. The paper written by David and Danielle
> has helped me grasp a few basics of what is happening and
> may be able to participate meaningfully in future. Perhaps
> in future, new members need more support, especially
> provision of a basic online resource kit.
>
> Best.
>
> On 7 May 2015 at 14:08, Rafik Dammak
> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> please suggest 2 or 3 topics we should discuss with
> ICANN board during our joint-session in ICANN meeting.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Rafik Dammak* <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>>
> Date: 2015-04-27 20:10 GMT+09:00
> Subject: [Poll] topics of interest for the ICANN
> Board-NCSG session in Buenos Aires
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>
> Hi everyone,
>
> earlier that usual, we should find out the topics we
> would like to discuss with ICANN board in Buenos Aires
> meeting. we will try first to get several suggestions,
> then later we can narrow them to 3 topics for example.
> we have deadline for *15th May.*
>
> this will allow more time for us and the board itself
> to prepare for the session. The ICANN board chair sent
> also a letter with suggestion for new format for that
> session, but also for a Board - Stakeholders Groups
> plenary session with agreed topics. please find more
> details in the attached document. I do think that is
> good step to improve the dialogue between the
> community and the board
>
> so feel free to propose topics and please add 1 or 2
> lines to explain what you think we should discuss on
> those issues.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Rafik
>
>
> --
>
> Arthur Ernest Gwagwa
>
> Legal Counsel, The Chambers
>
> 11th Floor Old Mutual Centre
>
> Harare, Zimbabwe
>
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