[NCSG-PC] Intersessional/no meeting for 2019, but possibility to meet in 2020
Stephanie Perrin
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
Fri Aug 24 15:12:20 EEST 2018
I have to say that the last intercessional was excellent, and we got a
lot done. Earlier ones had been much less successful, and I think
coloured our responses. I know we are all busy, but I think we are
asking for trouble in the GNSO review if we lose the momentum
established under Heather's chairmanship (I would even perhaps invite
her back to chair, as she invited Jonathan).
Stephanie
On 2018-08-24 04:50, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There was also an extensive discussion on the Google Doc when the
> comment was drafted, and there was significant support from NCSG
> members for an annual intersessional. Yes, there were some objections
> raised, which is why our comment was silent on the future of the
> intersessional. I do note that participation is optional and no one is
> forced to attend the intersessional if they do not consider it to be a
> productive use of their time.
>
>> Can we ask for a transfer? since this is a part of the core budget it
>> might be possible.
>
> That won’t happen.
>
> What will happen is this $100,000 that won’t be spent will be
> presented as an operational efficiency, as though ICANN staff have
> made some great sacrifice to replenish the reserve fund. We saw that
> happen with the cuts to CROP; it is being presented as though the
> spend on staff travel has decreased, when really, a good chunk of the
> decrease in spending has come from a reduction in community support.
>
> No intersessional won’t stop the BC or IPC from lobbying ICANN staff;
> they are often in DC or Los Angeles. It will hurt the NCSG however.
>
> I would oppose an intersessional that was anything like this year’s
> one; we need to think carefully about who we are inviting, and not
> just inviting those in leadership positions. I think we should be
> allocating the 21 slots as a stakeholder group and bringing in the
> right max of active participants.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden
>
>> On 24 Aug 2018, at 06:03, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
>> <mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Ayden,
>>
>> I had the impression that we had said in our comment on budget that
>> we do the intersessional every "other" year. Based on the thread
>> below, which Rafik, Tatiana, Milton had supported every other year
>> and mentioned it. But seems like you decided to delete the paragraph
>> altogether and I did not personally respond to add it back in and
>> support every other year.
>>
>> Is ICANN giving us 100,000 USD to go to events that we have done so
>> well so far? RightsCon, IGF etc? No. It is throwing bad money after
>> bad. Can we ask for a transfer? since this is a part of the core
>> budget it might be possible.
>>
>> No one on post intersessional mailing list was meaningfully active,
>> responding to staff questions and commenting (other than you).
>> Rarely there were any substantive comments that added to the report
>> etc. And we spent a lot of time planning the last year's
>> intersessional but it does not get any better. We have made more
>> progress procedural wise, via email than we have done during these
>> meetings. Also we have to always put out fire in these meetings. It
>> is exhausting. I won't be chair anymore so I won't even be obliged to
>> go but I have a tip. as long as those who take the survey and say it
>> was great but don't even weigh in on simple questions on mailing
>> list, are not involved with working group to have an understanding of
>> dynamics, do not have a basic understanding of NCPH and do not try to
>> understand, then I think intersessional is just good for some to
>> travel. For others it's a lot of work. Intersessional is not a
>> learning opportunity. It's a battlefield. Lets bring it on every
>> other year than facing it every year with only a very small number
>> contributing and a very large number just traveling (on both
>> stakeholder groups).
>>
>> Best
>>
>>
>>
>> Farzaneh
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: *Ayden Férdeline* <icann at ferdeline.com
>> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>
>> Date: Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [NCSG-PC] [Draft] Proposed NCSG Comment on the FY19 Budget
>> To: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>>
>> Cc: ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>> <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>>, Milton
>> Mueller <milton at gatech.edu <mailto:milton at gatech.edu>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your comments on the Budget in the Google Doc, Rafik; I've
>> replied directly and done my best to resolve your concerns. In
>> particular please note the re-worded paragraph # 9 (constituency
>> travellers). I'll put your question in #6 to Xavier on Monday when
>> the [GNSO Council] Standing Committee on Budget and Operations has
>> its next call with Finance.
>>
>> I have now removed the paragraph about the Intersessional, as perhaps
>> it is better to be silent here rather than to praise something which
>> may not have widespread support. This year's Intersessional was a
>> trainwreck but I do think this is a disaster we have to own. Last
>> year's Intersessional was brilliant. What was the difference? It
>> wasn't content (as you said Rafik, the content rarely changes), but I
>> do think it was the participant mix. Our 'side' was too silent at
>> this year's meeting and we didn't have enough strong voices to
>> counter the perspectives being shared by the CSG. When I think back
>> to Reykjavik, I remember how great it was having Kathy and others
>> engaging in real debates with the CSG. I didn't see enough of that
>> this year; I cannot even think of any action items that came out of
>> the forum. With the suggestion circulating (at least during the
>> Council's Strategic Planning Session) that we may need to go down
>> from 3 to 2 ICANN public meetings per year for budgetary reasons, and
>> may want to tie a Council meeting in with the GDD Summit, I am
>> reluctant to relinquish any support allocated to us that has made the
>> core budget. But perhaps we could advocate tying the Intersessional
>> in with the GDD Summit, an idea floated last year? I could see real
>> benefits to that; on some issues, the contracted parties are our
>> allies...
>>
>> Another thing: the Additional Budget Requests (ABRs). I made the
>> point in this comment that I think it is wrong to cut this community
>> support, because I feel very strongly that to make small cuts here
>> which impact us, without tackling structural issues where the real
>> costs lie, is the wrong approach. But how on earth could we expect
>> ICANN to approve some of them? Some which 'we' submitted are
>> genuinely embarrassing and would be an inappropriate use of funds if
>> approved. I have not said anything on the main mailing list BUT ones
>> like this, i.e. an NCUC board game
>> <https://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2018-February/008789.html>,
>> should never have been submitted (in my opinion) and harm our
>> reputation. Their submission was an Executive decision made without
>> public consultation on the discussion list. I don't want this to
>> sound like an attack against anyone, as that is not my intention, but
>> I think we need to do some kind of internal reflection before
>> submitting requests. This request for a board game will be seen by
>> the entire community, will be mocked, and let's be real, won't be
>> approved (nor should it!). Why do this to our reputation?
>>
>> Ayden
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On 9 February 2018 8:07 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ayden,
>>>
>>> thanks for the draft which is coming at a good time and allow us to
>>> work on it without pressure,
>>> about the intercessional which is a separate topic not necessarily
>>> related to the budget, I am for an evaluation and assessment. I am
>>> not that convinced that issues were a matter of planning. The
>>> content is almost the same every year, just with small changes of
>>> few topics. I think after 5 years or more, it is a good time to
>>> review and think about improvement. I believe our CSG friends will
>>> be open and welcome that. Organizing it every other year can provide
>>> that opportunity and possibility for real change.
>>>
>>> I will review the budget and add my comments there.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>> 2018-02-09 6:21 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
>>> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>:
>>>
>>> I think this year's Intersessional was unsuccessful, partially
>>> because of insufficient planning on our part, as well as the
>>> wrong delegates being in attendance. But I do think the concept
>>> itself is a good one and one which should continue. I am happy
>>> to remove this paragraph from the document altogether, however,
>>> if we do not have a common agreement on their value. I don't
>>> think it ranks among our most pressing concerns!
>>>
>>> Ayden
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> On 8 February 2018 10:14 PM, Dr. Tatiana Tropina
>>> <t.tropina at mpicc.de <mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am one of those who questions the value of the intersessionals.
>>>>
>>>> I won't support continuing them every year. Every other year is
>>>> a compromise I can accept.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Tanya
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/02/18 20:14, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ayden
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve had a chance to read your comments and congratulate you
>>>>> on doing so much work to go through the budget and prepare an
>>>>> intelligent evaluation of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree with most of the comments but propose a few minor
>>>>> amendments here and there, which I will put onto the Google
>>>>> doc using suggest mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only point of disagreement is #17 your support for
>>>>> continued intersessionals. I don’t think there is consensus on
>>>>> that and in fact after the last one I heard several people who
>>>>> supported them question their value or frequency. A good
>>>>> middle ground might be to have them once every other year.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I’ll enter my comments on the doc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. Milton L Mueller
>>>>>
>>>>> Professor, School of Public Policy <http://spp.gatech.edu/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Georgia Institute of Technology
>>>>>
>>>>> Internet Governance Project
>>>>>
>>>>> http://internetgovernance.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Ayden Férdeline [mailto:icann at ferdeline.com]
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 8, 2018 7:27 AM
>>>>> *To:* ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>>>>> <mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>; Mueller, Milton L
>>>>> <milton at gatech.edu> <mailto:milton at gatech.edu>;
>>>>> crg at ISOC-CR.ORG <mailto:crg at ISOC-CR.ORG>;
>>>>> paul.rosenzweig at REDBRANCHCONSULTING.COM
>>>>> <mailto:paul.rosenzweig at REDBRANCHCONSULTING.COM>; Corinne Cath
>>>>> <corinnecath at gmail.com> <mailto:corinnecath at gmail.com>
>>>>> *Subject:* [Draft] Proposed NCSG Comment on the FY19 Budget
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have prepared a first draft of a proposed NCSG comment on
>>>>> the FY19 budget. This took quite some time to comb through,
>>>>> and I might have missed some things. So before I share this
>>>>> comment on the main discussion list and face the inevitable
>>>>> wrath of criticism and dislike, I thought I might share it
>>>>> here to get some initial feedback. I have also cc'd in a few
>>>>> other people who might not be on this mailing list but who I
>>>>> think might be able to offer some constructive edits on its
>>>>> contents:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tBia4z5QQFGz9vFUQUkS0lbZNqU6C5n4pyUmlH3m8e8/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks for your help,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ayden
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. Carlos, if one sentence looks familiar, it's because I
>>>>> copied and pasted it from an email you sent to the NCSG list
>>>>> last year re: our Reserve Fund comment. I hope this is okay.
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Farzaneh
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 7:46 PM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
>> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> wrote:
>>
>> The community has suffered cut after cut and we have been
>> directly impacted. We have next to no budget for capacity
>> building this fiscal year, and CROP has become useless, as it can
>> only be used for ICANN-sponsored events and ICANN refuses to
>> provide a list of them. And we are about to throw away $100,000
>> that actually was allocated to us for an intersessional? This is
>> crazy; we should improve it, make it work. And I definitely think
>> we should be consulting with members to develop our position here.
>>
>> Ayden
>>
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>>
>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 01:42, Rafik Dammak
>> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I made my opinion based on all the intersessionals since the
>>> beginning not just the last ones. I am also cautious to think
>>> that is "people" issue as it is usually the easy way to ignore
>>> other causes and problems.
>>> again I dont see any lasting outcome from intercessional
>>> including iceland. even a topic like Board seat election was
>>> only fixed this year and the work done by email and with a small
>>> group.
>>> I think it is a good time to review.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>> Le ven. 24 août 2018 à 08:35, Ayden Férdeline
>>> <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> a écrit :
>>>
>>> I think we should discuss this with the entire membership
>>> before we rule it out. I think the intersessional has value.
>>> It was not the best this year, but we invited the wrong
>>> people. The Iceland intersessional was extremely productive.
>>> We should return to that format. And discuss who to invite.
>>>
>>> Ayden
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 01:29, Rafik Dammak
>>> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Ayden,
>>>>
>>>> I don't see how things can be improve. the same timeframe
>>>> issue is still there and make it impossible to make any
>>>> substantial change in format or even topics.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Rafik
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le ven. 24 août 2018 à 08:20, Ayden Férdeline
>>>> <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Strategically I think it is a mistake to turn down this
>>>> support. We have this resource allocated in the budget.
>>>> Why not improve it for 2019? We won’t get it in 2020 if
>>>> we decline the resource this fiscal year.
>>>>
>>>> Ayden
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 01:12, Rafik Dammak
>>>> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Farzaneh,
>>>>>
>>>>> yes holding in 2020 will give more time to rethink the
>>>>> format and the objectives of the intercessional. we
>>>>> got to review it, holding such meeting for sake of
>>>>> holding makes no sense.
>>>>> I don't recall any lasting outcome from the
>>>>> intersessional and we works with CSG when needed
>>>>> outside that meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rafik
>>>>> Le ven. 24 août 2018 à 07:55, farzaneh badii
>>>>> <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:farzaneh.badii at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> As we agreed in our comment, it is better to have
>>>>> the intersessional meeting every two years. today
>>>>> the gnso team contacted the chairs to know their
>>>>> opinion about holding the intersessional Joan and
>>>>> i said that it should be every two years(based on
>>>>> our previous deliberation with the group)
>>>>>
>>>>> So this means we should discuss holding it for
>>>>> 2020 and no intersessional in 2019.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>> --
>>>>> Farzaneh
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