[PC-NCSG] Fwd: Civil Society Roundtables

[William Drake]

Hi

Why further divide us into NGO and academic?  I'm hard pressed to see the advantages of doubling down on the splintering, but do think a CS roundtable would be great.  Ahead of something like that one could imagine a serious collective effort to do a mapping exercise, long overdue....

Bill

On Feb 10, 2013, at 1:28, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I sent off the following message to Fadi after the meting.
> 
> I got a reply from Chris, and plan to talk him later this week.
> 
> Any helpful clues from you all would be great. Especially helpful would be ideas on:
> 
>> Venn Diagram of where NGO strategic interests and DNS developments
>> intersect.
> 
> 
> avri
> 
> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at ella.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 7:30 AM
>>> To: Fadi Chehade
>>> Subject: Civil Society Rountables
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> One thing I had meant to mention while in LA, but never found the
>>> opportunity:  I think that among the leaders' roundtables that you plan,
>>> I recommend that you consider doing one with Civil Society NGO Executive
>>> Directors etc.. and another with Civil Society's prominent Internet
>>> governance academics.
>>> 
>>> Again, the LA meeting was good.
>>> 
>>> Best of luck,
>>> 
>>> avri
> 
> 
> I got permission to pass this on to co-workers
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Chris Mondini <chris.mondini at icann.org>
>> Subject: FW: Civil Society Roundtables
>> Date: 5 February 2013 12:08:15 EST
>> To: "avri at ella.com" <avri at ella.com>
>> Cc: Nora Abusitta <nora.abusitta at icann.org>
>> 
>> Dear Avri, 
>> 
>> 
>> Fadi passed your note to me and asked me to respond.  He thinks your idea
>> is a good one and asked me to speak with you to get a plan underway.  The
>> CEO roundtables have been envisioned largely as a way for him to encourage
>> Domain Name businesses to understand the scrutiny under which they find
>> themselves from governments and the public and to encourage them to work
>> together to focus on their reputation and to educate parties unfamiliar
>> with the DNS in anticipation of the increased attention that new gTLDS
>> will bring.   As a result, the agenda items have focused on reputational
>> analysis, Wall Street views, and Defining the DNS Industry.
>> 
>> I suspect that Executive Directors of NGOs and Civil Society Organizations
>> would have a separate set of interests, so I will need your help to create
>> the Venn Diagram of where NGO strategic interests and DNS developments
>> intersect.   Please keep in mind that the roundtable discussions aren't
>> about ICANN or ICANN policy making, but rather about bigger picture
>> issues, such as the value that the DNS and the scalable interoperable
>> internet bring to social discourse and civil society and where there is an
>> alignment of interests among players in the DNS ecosystem.   We need to
>> avoid any topics that are already being covered in ICANN policy forums.
>> 
>> As for Internet Governance Academics, I will be interested to hear your
>> thoughts on what would be of interest to them, too!.  Please let me know
>> when would be a good time for you to speak about your idea.  I am cc-in my
>> colleague Nora Abusitta who is responsible for engagement with
>> international organizations, as she may be able to provide insights as
>> well.
>> 
>> Thanks again and I look forward to speaking with you.
>> 
>> Kind regards, 
>> 
>> Christopher Mondini
>> Vice President, Business Engagement
>> 
>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>> 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300; Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536
>> 
>> chris.mondini at icann.org
>> +1 (310) 578-8658 (direct)
>> +1 (650) 796-4665 (mobile)
>> 
>> Skype: chris.mondini.icann
> 
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