[PC-NCSG] Brief comments on the Westlake report

[Sam Lanfranco]

PC Colleagues,

I am about to disappear into a Canadian Internet black hole for several 
days so I will take my last shot at the proposed NCSG comments. I will 
not suggest revisions. I leave that to the rest of you. I personally do 
not think it really matters whether NCSG formally submits comments, or 
the process just feeds off of the individual comments and discussions 
that have surrounded the review of the Westlake report. A formal 
submission looks better, I guess, but the core messages to the Board 
(and staff) are pretty clear and have been sent in a number of ways. 
Should this draft statement get to a consensus assessment, treat me as 
siding with the majority.

For me, in addition to the obvious points that are made in this draft 
and have been made elsewhere, there are two issue areas that stand out 
in the comments:

  * The first is that the how, what, and why of outreach efforts needs
    to be carefully examined. Outreach is for awareness and engagement,
    but it too often looks like simply the recruitment of volunteer
    labor, and not an effort to help members of the constituency
    understand the issues that impact on them both within Internet
    governance and within the Internet ecosystem. Again, the how, what
    and why of outreach efforts needs a clear vision and strategy.
  * The second, as flagged in the draft NSCG comments, is that
    recommendations that simply pile work obligations on staff (and
    demand more staff) need to be evaluated against alternative
    processes that do not depend on augmented staff.....and make
    efficient use of volunteer labor from constituencies.

I leave the rest in your hands.

Sam

/On 30/07/2015 11:18 PM, Stephanie Perrin wrote:/
> /attached is a word version of the google doc, which is still 
> available here 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JxXbcVnRrjppVK3bkN-RNgwzJm3SuXZsIeDOI_CsdLU/edit. 
> Following Avri's suggestion, I have changed all your access rights to 
> comment not edit, (or suggest) and if you hate google docs I will 
> accept to revise based on a redline version of the attached word doc.  
> Frankly, after doing 10 pages on the last round, I feel like I have 
> already said it all and they are not listening.  We have serious 
> problems with volunteer burnout and we have 36 recommendations where 
> most of them appear to be make work projects for staff and 
> consultants.  I may be getting cynical, this is why I invite you to 
> have at it. //
> //I sent the questionnaire around earlier. //
> //Kind regards, //
> //Stephanie /
>
>
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Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar)
Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3
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