Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group

[farzaneh badii]

I think the goal of this group is to increase the effectiveness of NCSG as
a whole! One way to increase the effectiveness could be a merger.

You can start by doing an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of
having stand alone constituencies (you have some of the points in the
Google doc). No option should be off the table. Also perhaps we can be more
creative and think beyond having constituencies - we don't have to have
overly bureaucratic constituencies where everyone is doing their own thing
(own EC meetings own bylaws etc) . We can just have various interest groups
that contribute to the NCSG without having to have 6 EC members (or
leadership members) in each constituency and another 5 in  stakeholder
group. On top of that we have 10  people on NCSG PC! do we even have 27 odd
active volunteers? Sometimes we don't so people take on two roles!

All solutions should be kept on the table. Maybe merger is not the only
solution, but we should not overrule it.

I agree with Milton that discussing "membership engagement" is really a
distraction. It should be discussed but somewhere else. We have discussed
this issue for so long. For this group, we should accept the fact that we
have a limited pool of active membership and how we can make their
participation more effective.


Farzaneh


On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 10:35 AM Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
wrote:

> And here (Joan’s message below) is a good example of what I just said in
> my earlier message. The merger topic and the engagement topic are
> completely different and appeal to different people.
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> I would volunteer for a group exploring the merger. I would not volunteer
> for the “increasing participation” group.
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> --MM
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> *From:* Joan Kerr <joankerr at fbsc.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:07 AM
> *To:* Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
> *Cc:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working
> Group
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> Hello Everyone,
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> I would like to join this group to discuss ways to work together for
> common goals such as education, outreach, mentorship and increasing
> participation.  If discussing a merger is the main subject, then I am not
> interested.
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> Thanks
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> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 8:30 AM Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
> wrote:
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> Based on our discussion today during the ICANN meeting, I would propose to
> modify the Working Group charter to say this:
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>
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> 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
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> 3. The charter changes that would have to be made to implement a merger
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> 4. Whether diverse policy perspectives would be reduced by a merger
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> 5. Any other relevant issues related to a merger it uncovers
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