Proposed modification of NCSG Strategic Review Working Group

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On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 3:24 PM farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would volunteer for a group exploring the merger. I would not volunteer
>> for the “increasing participation” group.
>>
>> --MM
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
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>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 8:30 AM 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
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>> --
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