[bc-gnso] BC Members Comments at the mike in the Public Forum in Prague - Globalization of ICANN

["Chris Chaplow" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BC Members Comments at the mike in the Public Forum in Prague    28th June
2012.

Globalization of ICANN

 

 

>>STEVE CROCKER: WE'RE RUNNING CONSIDERABLY BEHIND TIME AND THERE'S JUST
SIMPLY CHOICES TO BE MADE. WE CAN KEEP GOING WITH THIS. WE HAVE
GLOBALIZATION OF ICANN AND NEW gTLDs AND SOME TOPICS THAT ARE LISTED UNDER
ANY OTHER BUSINES." 
LET ME JUST DO A QUICK SHOW OF HANDS HERE. 
WHICH OF THESE WOULD YOU LIKE NOT TO TALK ABOUT. 
ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT TALKING ABOUT GLOBALIZATION OF ICANN, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU. 
ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW gTLDs, RAISE YOUR HAND. OHHHH. 



[ LAUGHTER ] >> THERE'S ONE BACK THERE. 
[ LAUGHTER ] >>STEVE CROCKER: I SEE. SO PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO TALK ABOUT
THESE THINGS. 
YOU GET -- YOU GET 20 SECONDS HERE. GO. SERIOUSLY. CRAM IT IN. 140
CHARACTERS.

 

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>>MARILYN CADE: MY NAME IS MARILYN CADE AND I AM GOING TO CHANGE WHAT I WAS
GOING TO SAY BECAUSE WE JUST SENT A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT I'M JUST NOT
COMFORTABLE WITH. 
[ APPLAUSE ] 



I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT. HERE'S WHY I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. THIS
ORGANIZATION, I HEARD A METAPHOR ON MONDAY ABOUT ICANN BEING AN OASIS. WE
WANT MORE PEOPLE TO COME HERE. AND GLOBALIZATION IS SO ESSENTIAL WE HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH MORE ACTIVELY. SO I THINK ACTUALLY FOR THE FUTURE OF
ICANN, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, GLOBALIZATION AS A TOPIC IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
NEW gTLDs. 
[ APPLAUSE ] 



>>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. 



>>MARILYN CADE: SO I'M GOING TO MENTION A SPECIFIC SUGGESTION THAT B.C. MADE
ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT ICANN COULD HAVE GRASPED TO SEND A WONDERFUL
MESSAGE TO THE WORLD ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO GLOBALIZATION. WE COULD HAVE
PRIORITIZED IDNs. WE DIDN'T DO IT BUT WE COULD HAVE. THAT WOULD BE SUCH A
GIFT TO US AND TO THE WORLD TO SAY WE ARE ACTING IN THE GLOBAL PUBLIC
INTEREST. WE ARE IN FACT IN TROUBLE OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING
US, NOT KNOWING US NOT CARING. LET'S DO SOMETHING ACTIVE AND PROACTIVE, AND
WE STILL CAN. BUT LET'S ALSO STILL REALIZE THAT GLOBALIZATION IS OUR FIRST
PRIORITY. 
>>STEVE CROCKER: THANK YOU. NEXT.