[EC-NCSG] Fwd: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Calendar and Open Comments Needing Volunteers Now

Sat Nov 3 17:27:27 EET 2012

Dear Robin,

Thanks for heads-up. I will volunteer on this temporary working group - so
please count me in - is this email sufficient to get on the working group?

I was a co-founder in the 90's of telecentre.org, with Rob Robertson and
Richard Fuchs. It is a global network  of telecentres - see
http://www.telecentre.org/ . I was then with IDRC in Ottawa -
http://www.idrc.ca/ , an the network was created in partnership with the
Swiss Development Agency and Microsoft Community Affairs - it was a very
big initiative and started with a $20 million budget. It has since been
devolved from IDRC to a Foundation headquartered in The Philippines.

I have visited many telecentres in the developing world and their impact on
underserviced communities in reducing the digital divide is invaluable. The
most memorable visits for me were in very remote areas of Lao PDR and
Mozambique. Telecentres are usually located in schools, health clinics,
community centres of various kinds and are by definition a not-for-profit
social service. When a "public internet access point" (PIAP) is ran as a
for-profit entity, it is often referred to as a cyber-caf?, again talking
about the developing world (cyber-caf?s are often located in very modest
"facilities" and in great numbers in urban or peri-urban areas of large
cities - I visited my first one in Dakar). Since the mobile phone has
invaded the developing world, cyber caf?s have become less important.

You have already noted that Klaus is very experienced in telecentres, in
Latin America notably, where he co-founded Somos Telecentro - see
http://www.tele-centros.org/ . I think he has already volunteered. I have a
copy of his paper co-authored with Michel Menou from the University College
London, if Klaus, travelling intensely right now, has not had time to send
it to you.

That's it for now.

Best, Alain

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

> Thanks, Alain.
>
> We have taken volunteers from the NCSG membership to set-up a working
> group to evaluate this application in detail and then this working group
> sends its recommendation to the EC.
>
> I've asked Glen to please set up a dedicated temporary email discussion
> list so the working group can get started focusing on this application.
>  Hopefully that will be ready to go in a couple days.  This working group
> would also be best positioned to guide the membership on a response during
> the comment period as well.  Of course any one can file a comment at any
> time on this issue (or any issue for which there is an open comment
> period).  I only mentioned as one of the possible open comment periods that
> would be of general interest to the membership.  But I do think the
> internal working group should lead on these discussions and hope that will
> be underway in the next few days.
>
> Thanks again,
> Robin
>
> On Nov 1, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Alain Berranger wrote:
>
> Dear Robin,
>
> *Application for New GNSO Constituency Candidacy-"Public Internet
> Access/Cybercafe Ecosystem"*
> *Comment Close: 17 November 2012 *
> *Reply Close: 17 December 2012*
>
> How do you propose that the EC members work on this item? Does each EC
> member share his/her view soonest to the EC list?
>
> Cheers, Alain
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:27 PM
> Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] NCSG Calendar and Open Comments Needing Volunteers
> Now
> To: NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>
>
> Dear All:
>
> NCSG has a new calendar to help keep track of important meetings,
> deadlines, key comment periods, etc.  Check it out here:
>    https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Calendar
>
> Also see ICANN Comments open:
>    http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment
>
> Below are 4 open comment periods that NCSG should submit a comment on to
> ICANN before the final deadlines.  It would be great if we could get a
> small team of NCSG members to work together on drafting a comment for each
> issue below.  Of course people are always encouraged to send in their own
> personal comment, irrespective of any group comment.
>
> Are there any volunteers for members who would like to form a drafting
> team for any of the issues below?  I'm sure the NCSG Policy Committees can
> provide some guidance on these issues and NCSG perspectives as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
>
> *ISSUE:*
>
> Trademark Clearinghouse Documents<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/tmch-docs-24sep12-en.htm>
> Comment Closed:  15 October
> Reply Close:  7 November 2012
>
> Protection of International Olympic Committee (IOC) / Red Cross Names
> (RCRC) Drafting Team ? Recommendations<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ioc-rcrc-recommendations-28sep12-en.htm>
>
> Comment Closed
> Reply Close: 9 November 2012
>
> Community Input Draft 2013-2016 Strategic Plan <http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/stratplan-draft-2013-24sep12-en.htm>
> Comment Close:  13 November 2012
> Reply Close:  4 December 2012
>
> Application for New GNSO Constituency Candidacy-"Public Internet
> Access/Cybercafe Ecosystem"<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/afc-ccaoi-piacc-10oct12-en.htm>
> Comment Close: 17 November 2012
> Reply Close: 17 December 2012
>
>
>
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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/>
Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org
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Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
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