question to the candiates

[Ayden Férdeline]

Hi Niels,

I consider my positions on the issues at the core of what the NCSG advocates for – supporting a Domain Name System that is innovative, protects the global public sphere, and is reliable – to be normative and consistent with the positions that the NCSG and its constituencies have taken since inception. To the best of my knowledge I have not taken any positions which are fundamentally inconsistent with the NCSG's principles or mission.

However, outside of our core activities, there is one area where it is possible my views diverge from some other members. I tend to see things in transactional terms, so my position on the value of some ICANN-funded programmes could be influenced by what return on investment I see being generated. I would find it difficult to continue supporting a programme where I thought metrics were either lacking or revealing no justifiable return. Now whether, as a GNSO Councillor, I would have any involvement in determining the future of such programmes, is quite another question.

I hope this answers your question, Niels. As always, I am happy to expand upon my remarks or to answer any other questions.

Best wishes,

Ayden Férdeline
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On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:40 pm, Niels ten Oever <lists at DIGITALDISSIDENTS.ORG> wrote:

> Thank you very much candidates for your statements! All very eloquent and spot on at the same time. The fact that the opinions are also converging gives a lot of trust in this team. This do beckons me to ask a follow-up question: Where is your position is most divergent from the other candidates? In other words: what makes you different? Not in terms of style, but in terms of content. Thanks again very much in advance to the candidates. Best, Niels On 08/23/2017 11:59 PM, Mike wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just traveling at the moment, and without access to my laptop, so I'll just give some quick thoughts. > > I think that public safety is best guaranteed through a robust and reliable global DNS, including reliable expectations of privacy, security, etc. It always chaffs me a bit when people talk about the traditional trade-offs between privacy and public safety, as that ignores the enormous overlap between the two, and the fact that technologies which guarantee personal privacy are also vital to our collective security - guaranteeing a free press, secure financial transactions, etc. > > Bringing this back to ICANN, I would be very uncomfortable with any sort of cooperative relationship between ICANN and law enforcement or security agencies, beyond an educational role in sharing info about what ICANN is about, or something like that. ICANN should do only what it is legally compelled to do, and even that should be carried out with maximum transparency, and with appropriate resistance (appeals) if confronted with overbroad or unreasonable demands. > > TL/DR Come back with a warrant. > > Michael Karanicolas > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 21, 2017, at 4:04 PM, Niels ten Oever wrote: >> >> Dear candidates, >> >> Would you be so kind to tell us what you think ICANN's role is vis a vis >> public safety? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Niels >> -- >> Niels ten Oever >> Head of Digital >> >> Article 19 >> www.article19.org >> >> PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 >> 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 @digitaldissidents.org>
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