Re: [council] About Designing a 21st Century ICANN

[Maria Farrell <maria.farrell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Goodness, I also nearly snorted my coffee but held it down long enough to
look up 'scylla' and 'charybdis'. I was chagrinned to learn these new (to
me) words were first used in the ICANN context by the beloved Norwegian
Harald Alvestrand back in 2002, a few reform movements back. Who knew?

"The current ICANN has attempted to chart a course between the scylla of
doing nothing and the charybdis of doing everything;"
http://www.alvestrand.no/icann/icann_reform.html


On 3 February 2014 17:23, <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jonathan,
>
> My coffee came through my nose this morning when I read the blueprint from
> the multistakeholder strategy panel.  But, while language like this:
> "engaging people in meaningful and productive conversations about how to
> redesign the way ICANN runs itself is difficult because the conversation
> gets caught, on the one hand, between the scylla of broad generalities and
> geopolitics without regard to the specifics of ICANN's day-to-day work, and
> the charybdis of mind-numbing technical detail on the other" is a bit
> overblown, it also works as mis-direction. There is no argument but that
> generalities, geopolitics and technical detail are a part of ICANN's life,
> but I would argue with "broad" and "mind-numbing."  That kind of language
> tips the player's hand.
>
> Further, by pegging effectiveness to the use of expert networks and
> linking legitimacy to crowdsourcing at each stage of decision making may
> only hint at the future shape of ICANN but it is clear in its view that the
> current version is no longer appetizing.  I will likely think hard about
> that as I pack for the trip to Singapore.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Berard
>
>
> --------- Original Message ---------
> Subject: [council] FW: Stage 2 Begins: Designing a 21st Century ICANN
> From: "Jonathan Robinson" <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/3/14 1:12 am
> To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Stage 2 Begins: Designing a 21st Century ICANN
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* The ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation & The
> GovLab [mailto:icannmsipanel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 31 January 2014 19:01
> *To:* jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Stage 2 Begins: Designing a 21st Century ICANN
>
>
>
>                Hello!
>
> By engaging the stakeholders of the Internet (this really includes
> everyone!), the ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation (the
> MSI 
> Panel<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=9e2fe95b04&e=32eced4cfd>)
> and The Governance Lab @ NYU (The 
> GovLab<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=d1a6e896d6&e=32eced4cfd>)
> are working to develop a set of concrete proposals for designing the
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - the public
> interest organization responsible for coordinating the Internet's Domain
> Name System (DNS) - for the 21st Century.
>
> We're writing to request your participation in this important initiative
> and to help us spread the word!
>
> Today launches *Stage 2 **- Proposal Development - *of our online
> engagement effort aimed at getting *your* input into the Panel's work in
> order to bring our ideas for evolving ICANN from principle to practice. The
> Panel has been specifically charged by ICANN's President and CEO with:
>
> ·  Proposing new models for international engagement, consensus-driven
> policymaking and institutional structures to support such enhanced
> functions; and
>
> ·  Designing processes, tools and platforms that enable the global ICANN
> community to engage in these new forms of participatory decision-making.
>
> To answer this charter, we launched a three-stage brainstorm initiative on
> November 19, 2013. We started with *Stage 1: Idea Generation. *The Panel
> and GovLab launched an *engagement platform
> <http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=49575264ee&e=32eced4cfd>*asking
>  the global public to share their ideas for what techniques,
> strategies, tools and platforms ICANN could look to and learn from to help
> transform itself into an *effective, legitimate and evolving* 21st
> century global organization.
>
> We now want to take these ideas closer to implementation during Stage 2.
> To do so, we've shared the *draft proposal blueprint 
> *<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=b31cd77527&e=32eced4cfd>on
> the *GovLab Blog *organizing all of our ideas into 16 concrete proposals
> for ICANN, which we are *opening up to you for discussion. *We want your
> feedback, input, comments, questions, and suggestions on what we've
> collected. We've also published our first set of proposals, which include
> recommendations for ICANN to:
>
>    - Leverage expert 
> networking<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=c8d26b0537&e=32eced4cfd>
>    ;
>    - Use crowdsourcing during all phases of 
> decisionmaking<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=78cb16e898&e=32eced4cfd>;
>    and
>    - Crowdsource oversight and develop standards to measure 
> success<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=75796fa362&e=32eced4cfd>
>    .
>
>  *Feel free to provide feedback or reactions using comments or the
> line-by-line annotation tools enabled on the blog.*
>
> You can also see all of these materials aggregated on the GovLab's ICANN
> project page, online 
> *HERE*<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=e606d3f2d6&e=32eced4cfd>
> *.*
>
> *Help us spread the word!*
>
> Do you know any people or organizations who would be interested in these
> proposal topics? *We'd love to get their feedback, too.* Consider doing
> any of the following:
>
> ·  Forward this "Call To Action" to colleagues and organizations you know
> working in these areas who may have ideas or feedback to share on the blog.
>
> ·  Share our proposal draft links (all accessible 
> *here*<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=166e90c780&e=32eced4cfd>
> *)*, as widely as possible within your networks (e.g., via mailing lists
> and listservs). Feel free to link to these posts or repost on your website
> edited to fit your needs!
>
> ·  Use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+ to
> spread the word about this initiative (use the *#WeCANN *hashtag!).
>
> ·  To inspire participation and learn how to contribute, watch and share
> a *video
> <http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=adb2ce10df&e=32eced4cfd>*The
>  GovLab made when we launched this brainstorm.
>
> ·  Discuss the MSI Panel's work and proposals in your own communities and
> share your comments and feedback with the us in the blog comments or at
> icannmsipanel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=c78e16b652&e=32eced4cfd>
> .
>
>
>
> Toward the end of February - we will move into the last stage of this
> brainstorm - *Stage 3: Collaborative Drafting*. Using a *wiki
> <http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=e89c0b7d3f&e=32eced4cfd>*,
> we will invite collaborative drafting on a first full draft of all
> proposals that the Panel will then submit to the ICANN CEO, Board and
> community. So stay tuned!
>
> For more information, visit The GovLab at 
> www.thegovlab.org<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=6c7b575816&e=32eced4cfd>.
>
>
> Thanks and best,
>
> *The MSI Panel & The GovLab*
>
>
>
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