Benjamin's concern about .org holder awareness and engagement.

[Arsène Tungali]

And that's where the. NPOC should step in and engage with non profits
across the world, starting with engaging their members about this .org saga!

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 3:50 PM Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Benjamin you ask a very important question, just take Africa alone and the
> number of NGO's that are registered with .org, most dont even know their
> rights neither to participate in IG debates. It is very sad that, the very
> people that should know better are taken taken advantage. I see this to be
> a calculated move, it didnt just start today.
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> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 2:30 PM Sam Lanfranco <lanfran at yorku.ca> wrote:
>
>> Benjamin,
>>
>> You have raised an important point here, one that applies to more than
>> just the .org domain name holders, won’t go away, and requires increased
>> attention.
>>
>> Every person, community, company, and government is now a resident in the
>> Internet ecosystem. Most have no idea of their rights and obligations as
>> "citizens" in those digital spaces.
>>
>> In literal citizenship one’s rights and obligations evolve out of
>> appropriate legislation, and education around acceptable behavior. There
>> are starts around privacy rights, e.g. EU’s GPDR.
>>
>> There is also an issue in this .org transaction, with ICANN’s attempts to
>> give questionable powers to registries and registrars under the ill-named
>> banner of DNS Abuse.
>>
>> Making .org domain name holders aware of their rights and obligations,
>> and engaging them in the policy and behavior dialogues, are important parts
>> of defining digital citizenship.
>>
>> Sam Lanfranco
>>
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> *From*: Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at GMAIL.COM>
>> *To*: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> *Sent*: Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 8:59 AM
>> *Subject*: Re: Milton's Dec 8th Draft & Commentary
>>
>> I also align with this letter, however I just have some concern playing
>> in my head.
>> How does this process get the representation of the about 10 million
>> registrants of the .org TLD , knowing fully that many of them don't even
>> participate in the IG processes? It is just a question in my head.
>>
>> However this is a good approach compared to others.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Benjamin
>>
>>
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