[PC-NCSG] PC-NCSG mail list transparency

Stephanie Perrin stephanie.perrin
Tue Mar 22 19:16:12 EET 2016


Fine.  However, I do think that we should also be in favour of due 
process.  The alleged perpetrator has had his rights abrogated.  The 
existing process, however flawed, has been abrogated.  I don't think we 
should ignore that. There are ways of pointing that out without 
criticising/failing to support our member.  I did not volunteer to draft 
that letter, I am not the lawyer here, but I would ask that this point 
somehow find its way into the letter.  I am very uncomfortable with the 
way this whole thing has escalated, and I don't think it reflects well 
on our commitment to human rights, due process and basic fairness.
Stephanie P

On 2016-03-22 12:39, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> I agree with Ed. Sounds like a good approach to me.
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Edward Morris <egmorris1 at toast.net 
> <mailto:egmorris1 at toast.net>> wrote:
>
>     I should note that the issue was raised at the public GNSO Council
>     meeting and a group of 5 Councillors, including 4 from the NCSG,
>     were charged with writing a letter to ICANN corporate requesting
>     enactment of a conference sexual harassment policy, amongst other
>     action items.
>     I, along with several others, have spoken with ICANN Legal
>     concerning the wider situation and can happily report that once a
>     request is made by the community ICANN legal is happy to help with
>     the drafting and enactment of such a policy.
>
>     Concerning Kathy's post, I can confirm the accuracy of all of it.
>
>     I would suggest that whilst being supportive of our member our
>     NCSG institutional response needs to focus on ensuring that the
>     complaintant receives fair consideration of any complaint she may
>     wish to bring, without any judgement as to the substance of said
>     complaint, while focusing substantively on correcting any
>     deficiency in handling such situations currently found in ICANN
>     policy.
>
>     Ed
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     On 22 Mar 2016, at 07:33, Stephanie Perrin
>     <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
>     <mailto:stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>> wrote:
>
>>     I think bashing the org and the Ombuddy should stop.  I think we
>>     should distance ourselves from that bashing.  I do not approve of
>>     breaking the rules of the process, notably the duty of
>>     confidentiality, for the purpose of making a splash in the public
>>     forum.
>>     These are totally separate from the issues of needing a policy. 
>>     Sure we need a policy.  We also need a privacy policy (which
>>     would have been abbrogated in this instance).
>>     My 2 cents.
>>     Cheers SP
>>
>>     On 2016-03-22 8:29, William Drake wrote:
>>>     Hi Kathy
>>>
>>>     I was going to say "I?m not sure what you mean by private not
>>>     for redistribution? since this is a publicly archived list, but
>>>     then I remembered?it?s not all that publicly accessible. Google
>>>     didn?t find NCSG-PC much less the list five pages in, it seems
>>>     the best technique is to log into Confluence, and navigate
>>>     through NCSG menus to
>>>     https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/NCSG+Email+Discussion+Archive...we
>>>     might want to consider this at some point in the context of
>>>     SO/AC accountability/transparency. Just a thought.
>>>
>>>     On the event in question, there are obviously a lot of issues
>>>     and views about them.  I understand the NCUC EC intends to say
>>>     something?personally I don?t know how deeply we want to get into
>>>     commenting on the incident and the things she and others have
>>>     said about it.  Obviously there should be a policy. As I
>>>     mentioned elsewhere it?s not clear other entities holding lots
>>>     of meetings with delegates and mixed business/receptions, such
>>>     as the UN, are better than ICANN, which makes me a bit
>>>     unconformable with bashing the org and staff.   So hopefully as
>>>     this evolves we get the tone as well as the facts right.
>>>
>>>     Bill
>>>     _
>>>     _
>>>>
>>>>     On Mar 22, 2016, at 13:02, Kathy Kleiman
>>>>     <Kathy at kathykleiman.com <mailto:Kathy at kathykleiman.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     _private__
>>>>     __not for redistribution__
>>>>     _
>>>>     Hi All,
>>>>     Within the confines of this group, I wanted to share a concern
>>>>     about the statement Padmini posted on Friday. She says she was
>>>>     discouraged from speaking about her experiences, but my
>>>>     understanding is that was not the case.
>>>>
>>>>     Padmini wanted to speak out at the first Public Forum on Monday
>>>>     afternoon without preparation for the presentation. Four
>>>>     independent ICANN leaders -- two women and two men -- arrived
>>>>     at the same advice. That this first Public Forum of ICANN, on
>>>>     the opening day of the meeting, was not the right time and
>>>>     place.  Everyone was focused on issues of accountability and
>>>>     transition issues. Further, the ICANN Board, would be caught
>>>>     offguard and perhaps continue the pattern of "inappropriate
>>>>     responses" (as it was already established that few in ICANN
>>>>     were trained in what she considered appropriate responses).
>>>>     Such a presentation, in that place, at that moment in time, and
>>>>     without preparation, would likely compound the problem, not
>>>>     reduce it.  That was the advice.
>>>>
>>>>     When the Board raised the Diversity question to the NCSG (the
>>>>     next day), I quickly contacted Padmini to let her know that
>>>>     there was a good moment for the issues she wanted to raise
>>>>     coming up -- with the audience she wanted to raise it with. I
>>>>     offered to assist with the presentation. Several people from
>>>>     the group above worked with her on the presentation. At least
>>>>     two people from the group above independently notified the
>>>>     Board of the sensitive issues about to be raised. She gave a
>>>>     good presentation of the issues before the Board in a public
>>>>     place at a proper time; they responded appropriately.
>>>>
>>>>     That was the advice - matching the speech to an appropriate
>>>>     time and place.
>>>>
>>>>     _private__
>>>>     __not for redistribution__
>>>>     _
>>>>
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