[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
>
> *From:*NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] *On Behalf 
> 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
>                 To: "NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>                 <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>"
>                 <NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>                 <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>>
>
>                 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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