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

["Jonathan Robinson" <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks All,

 

Personally, I can see no reason to use such words.  That symbolic detail
aside, this does throw up some critical points about how we engage with this
work.

 

I have a call planned this week to talk one-to-one with Beth Novek in order
to give some feedback.  I?ll obviously take into account any input from the
Council.

 

In addition, the Council needs to think about any other feedback, responses
or engagement with the work of this panel.

 

Jonathan

 

From: Gabriela Szlak [mailto:gabrielaszlak@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 03 February 2014 17:46
To: Maria Farrell
Cc: John Berard; Jonathan Robinson; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] About Designing a 21st Century ICANN

 

... And bear in mind that the purpose - in their own words is- :

 

·         Proposing new models for broad, inclusive engagement,
consensus-based policymaking and institutional structures to support such
enhanced functions; and

·         Designing processes, tools and platforms that enable a global
ICANN community to engage in these new forms of participatory
decision-making

Google translator cannot even translate those two words... it feels really
strange to talk about global engagement and participatory processes only in
English and in a an English that it seems also complex for english speakers
to get...

 

G.

 

 




Gabriela Szlak 

 

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2014-02-03 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

 



        




 
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Hello!


By engaging the stakeholders of the Internet (this really includes
everyone!), the ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation (
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=9e
2fe95b04&e=32eced4cfd> the MSI Panel) and The Governance Lab @ NYU (
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=d
1a6e896d6&e=32eced4cfd> The GovLab) 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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=4
9575264ee&e=32eced4cfd> engagement platform 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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=b
31cd77527&e=32eced4cfd> draft proposal blueprint 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:

*
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=c8
d26b0537&e=32eced4cfd> Leverage expert networking;
*
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=78
cb16e898&e=32eced4cfd> Use crowdsourcing during all phases of
decisionmaking; and
*
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=75
796fa362&e=32eced4cfd> Crowdsource oversight and develop standards to
measure success.

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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=e6
06d3f2d6&e=32eced4cfd> HERE.

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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=16
6e90c780&e=32eced4cfd> here), 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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=ad
b2ce10df&e=32eced4cfd> video 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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=c7
8e16b652&e=32eced4cfd> icannmsipanel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.

  

Toward the end of February ? we will move into the last stage of this
brainstorm ? Stage 3: Collaborative Drafting. Using a
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=e8
9c0b7d3f&e=32eced4cfd> wiki, 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
<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=6
c7b575816&e=32eced4cfd> www.thegovlab.org.


Thanks and best,

The MSI Panel & The GovLab



 






 
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