Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group

[Thato Mfikwe]

Well said Farzaneh.

Thato

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 7:27 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Bruna,
>
> Sorry this is off topic but since we are still discussing why people don't
> engage, I'd like to give you some background. Though you have your own
> valuable experience, it might help. We can also start another thread.
>
> People can be inactive at ICANN and NCSG for the following reasons:
> 1. they don't know what will come off it.
> 2. DNS and ICANN work is not an important part of Internet governance
> anymore. People want to do exciting stuff and not work on such a narrow
> field. We should just accept that.
> 3.They don't know where to start from.
> These are what come to my mind. But I wonder why we are guessing, how
> about we just ask people why they don't engage!
>
> One thing that is crucial which Renata did so well was to encourage new
> people to get involved by working on little tasks that doesn't take a lot
> of their time. Renata's outreach skills and work were effective and
> excellent. Yes we had perhaps too many outreach sessions  but because of
> her work we have active members like you, Tomslin, Shahul and others that
> contribute regularly.
>
> Another issue is to tell people how they can get engaged. Forwarding
> emails with no word about how they can get engaged or what the email even
> means, is like sending busy people a piece in cuneiform asking them to
> contribute. I know you might use google translate nowadays for anything,
> but we need to decrease the transaction costs of volunteering and increase
> its benefit so that people can engage.
>
> Mentorship, talking to interested NCSG members one-on-one  and asking them
> what they want to work on are some other suggestions.
>
> And again we should remember that NCSG is a voluntary group working on a
> really narrow issue that can be less exciting. Voting doesn't cost people
> too much. Doing a ton of work for a voluntary group should be goal oriented
> and people should know what they will achieve (intellectual achievements
> are harder to sell, I admit). Having people become members and not be
> active is normal even in very important fields. Just like the elections,
> where some people's civic participation is limited to voting and a minority
> actively campaign for someone and engage in debates. But we need to revive
> the minority of volunteers at NCSG and I am sure that we can achieve that
> under your leadership.
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:29 AM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello NCSG,
>>
>> In light of the discussions hosted on both NCUCs and NCSGs open meetings
>> at ICANN69, @Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix <rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com> and
>> myself worked on some amendments to the proposed charter for the Strategic
>> Review Working Group.
>>
>> The charter can be found here:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IZOoZVn-SmvZ2peYYULmQ6dTNAMEjb63jWCtOmGCJc/edit
>>
>> And, in case any of you is still interested in joining these efforts,
>> please email @Raphaël Beauregard-Lacroix <rbeauregardlacroix at gmail.com>,
>> Maryam, @Brenda Brewer <brenda.brewer at icann.org> or myself.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bruna Santos
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:27 PM Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Based on our discussion today during the ICANN meeting, I would propose
>>> to modify the Working Group charter to say this:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The task of the Working Group will be to explore the issues raised by an
>>> attempt to merge the two constituencies into an integrated Noncommercial
>>> Stakeholder Group. The group will conduct a thorough fact-finding operation
>>> to address:
>>>
>>> 1. Whether or not double constituencies creates duplicate administrative
>>> work
>>>
>>> 2. The impact of a merger on ICANN travel support and other resource
>>> availability
>>>
>>> 3. The charter changes that would have to be made to implement a merger
>>>
>>> 4. Whether diverse policy perspectives would be reduced by a merger
>>>
>>> 5. Any other relevant issues related to a merger it uncovers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Milton L Mueller
>>>
>>> Georgia Institute of Technology
>>>
>>> School of Public Policy
>>>
>>> [image: IGP_logo_gold block]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>>
>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>> @boomartins
>>
>
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