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

[Wisdom Donkor]

Dear Joan,
I think NPOC will have to open up to the public, there are a lot more
people out there who are very much interested in the survival of the .ORG.
They need to spread out their net to the wider .org community

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 10:10 PM Joan Kerr <joankerr at fbsc.org> wrote:

> Hi Arsene,
>
> I agree that NPOC has can step in and engage not for profit, however, the
> NTEN is doing that and we are supporting them.  I attended their meeting on
> savethedotorg last week to hear from the community, ISOC and Ethos.
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 4:46 PM Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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