Re: [council] FW: [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation

[Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,
I would be willing to participate in this pannel, although I am not sure if
it overlaps with other meetings or activities I must be involved in.
Regards
Olga

2010/3/2 Gomes, Chuck <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>  Please see below a very late request for GNSO participation in a panel
> that will be discussing the following in Nairobi:
>
> "a) What are the three most important improvements ICANN can make to its
> public participation processes to facilitate greater engagement by
> developing world stakeholders?
>
> b) Should ICANN incorporate a greater focus on the developing world in its
> work and if so, how?
>
> c) How can the work of ICANN be given greater relevance where there is low
> Internet density per capita - and what priority should be given to reaching
> stakeholders in countries with the lowest Internet connection density? (see
> the World Bank statistical link under "Materials and References" below to
> look up statistical information of the kind referenced)."
>
> Note that this conflicts with the "Registration Abuse Policies Initial
> Report Information Session" on Wednesday afternoon in Nairobi.
>
> Because of the late notice on this, it really is not possible to develop a
> GNSO position on the issues to be discussed, so I believe the best we can do
> is to identify a volunteer who would for the most part participate in a
> personal capacity and attempt to represent to the best of her/his ability
> what they understand to be views of GNSO community members.
>
> Is there anyone who would be interested and willing to participate on this
> panel in Nairobi?  Please respond as soon as possible if you are
> interested. It might be helpful if any volunteers would provide brief
> personal answers to the three questions to allow other Councilors to comment
> between now and 10 March and thereby obtain a little broader GNSO input
> before the session.
>
> Chuck
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* owner-soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> owner-soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Nick Ashton-Hart
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:32 AM
> *To:* soac-discussion@xxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [soac-discussion] Public Participation Committee public
> session, invitation for SO/AC leaders' participation
>
> Dear SO and AC leaders:
>
> On Wednesday 10th from 1600-1730 local time in Nairobi, the Board's Public
> Participation Committee will hold its public meeting.
>
> The PPC has asked me to ask you if a representative from each of the ACs
> and SOs would care to be  a part of the session by participating in a panel,
> alongside the members of the PPC, to lead the discussion  of the various
>  items on the agenda, and of course to participate in the discussion
> directly. If one of you, or someone you wish to nominate from your
> community, is unable to attend in-room we can arrange for  you to be able to
> participate remotely via audio bridge.
>
> The full agenda may be found at http://nbo.icann.org/node/8950; I have not
>  pasted it below since the hyperlinks would not be  usable and as you will
> see when you browse the agenda the hyperlinks are quite integral to the
> whole.
>
> Finally, I hope you will accept my apologies in advance for  posting the
> agenda assuming that some members of the SOs and ACs would be willing to
> participate as described. Given the subject, it seemed that I would be on
> safe ground to  make that assumption.
>
> --
>   Regards,
>
>
>
> Nick Ashton-Hart
> Senior Director for Participation and Engagement
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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