Re: [npoc-voice] NPOC's Chair report to the GNSO Council today October 17th, 2012

[Olivier Kouami <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you so much dear Eduardo for your quick diligence.
Keep up the great work !
Cheers !
-Olivier-


2012/10/18, Eduardo Monge <eduardo.monge@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> In regards to Olivier's request, find below sources for the resources being
> requested:
>
> Rinalia's presentation:  check out this tweet
> http://twitter.com/#!/NPOC_ICANN/status/258594740650512384
>
> Evan's et al R3 ALAC White paper:
> https://community.icann.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#content/view/34603268
>
> S. Lanfranco paper check out previous npoc-voice email at
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/npoc-voice/msg00397.html
>
> A link to the session's Audiocast recording will be available soon.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eduardo Monge
>
> On 17/10/2012, at 08:55 p.m., "Olivier Kouami" <olivierkouami@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello dearest Eduardo and Alain,
>>
>> Congratulations for the great jobs you're doing there in the name of
>> NPOC.
>> I would like to have a copy of these presentations of Dr Sam
>> Lanfranco, Rinalia Abdul Rahim and Evan Leibovitch of At-Large. It
>> will be really useful for me to have them for a better preparation of
>> the similar event I've planned to realize in december here in Togo : a
>> round table on the same topic of MSP.
>> It was really difficult for me to follow up the meeting online despite
>> my availability. I think it's was a problem  of bandwidth or something
>> like that ;-)
>>
>> God bless you with your work.
>> Cheers !
>> -Olivier-
>>
>> 2012/10/17, Carson, Michael <Michael.Carson@xxxxxxxx>:
>>> Thanks Alain for your leadership and the report.  I was unable to listen
>>> in
>>> due to other obligations.
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael A. Carson Jr.
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>>> From: owner-npoc-voice@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-npoc-voice@xxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of Cintra Sooknanan
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:17 PM
>>> To: Eduardo Monge
>>> Cc: npoc-voice
>>> Subject: Re: [npoc-voice] NPOC's Chair report to the GNSO Council today
>>> October 17th, 2012
>>>
>>> Thanks Alain and Eduardo for this report.
>>>
>>> It was great being part of NPOC's activities in Toronto.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Cintra Sooknanan
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Eduardo Monge
>>> <eduardo.monge@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:eduardo.monge@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> Dear NPOC Colleagues,
>>>
>>> Find below Alain Berranger's report as NPOC's Chair to the GNSO Council
>>> today October 17th, 2012 during the ICANN 45 Public Meeting.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Eduardo Monge
>>> NPOC Communications Committee Chair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> October 17th, 2012
>>> NPOC Chair Report to GNSO Council
>>>
>>> Activities since Prague:
>>>
>>> 1. Outreach effort to international not-for-profit organizations  that
>>> have
>>> not engaged in the past with ICANN such as
>>> Telecentre.org<http://Telecentre.org> and World Summit Award
>>> 2. Creation of a Program committee. Call for nominations and an
>>> evaluation
>>> committee. Appointments of Marie-laure Lemineur from Costa Rica as
>>> Chair,
>>> Programs Committe, of Poncelet Ileleji from The Gambia and of Olivier
>>> Kouami
>>> from Togo as co-chairs
>>> 3. Lively debate on npoc-voice re protection of INGOs and NGOs in
>>> general,
>>> indicating that special protection for a few does open the floodgate of
>>> protection requests by many.
>>> 4. We have designed a 2-year NPOC outreach strategy
>>> 5. We applied for and were granted a side session slot at the IGF meeting
>>> in
>>> Baku and will deliver the contents in collaboration with NCUC. The side
>>> session theme is the importance of civil society to Internet governance.
>>> 6. We are working out the devilish details on the NCSG membership
>>> application  form, interpretation of admission criteria and resources
>>> needed
>>> to process in a timely manner. We hope to finally hit business as usual
>>> on
>>> that front in a matter of days and suspect that we will need staff help
>>> if
>>> we are to avoid reputational risks and put this issue to final rest. We
>>> cannot afford any further delays in unfolding our outreach plan, so
>>> essential to being welcoming and inclusive to civil society at ICANN.
>>> 7. We have about 50 members, give or take the uncertainties just
>>> referred
>>> to. As serial optimists, we continue to recruit NPOC members on a
>>> regular
>>> steady basis, the bulk of our new members being from developing
>>> countries
>>> and emerging economies. We estimate the latter to represent about 30% of
>>> our
>>> total membership but well over 60% if you consider only the latest
>>> applications. Given that there are millions of NGOs in the world, these
>>> numbers remain modest by any measure;
>>> 8. We are planning a robust involvement in WSIS 2013 in partnership with
>>> the
>>> Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation; I will know more when I report
>>> to
>>> you again in Beijing.
>>>
>>> Hihglights from Toronto:
>>>
>>> 1.  This morning we held a 90 minutes panel session on the subject of
>>> "Multi-Stakeholder Models" in collaboration with At Large colleagues. We
>>> had
>>> excellent presentations by Dr Sam Lanfranco, professor emeritus at York
>>> U.
>>> Here in Toronto, by Rinalia Abdul Rahim and Evan Leibovitch from
>>> At-Large.
>>> It was a frank success and we are planning follow up events in Geneva
>>> and
>>> Beijing in 2013;
>>> 2. I'm sad to report that 3 of our African members could not join us here
>>> in
>>> Toronto for reasons of visa difficulties; I have also accepted the
>>> resignation of our Vice-chair Lori Shulman for personal reasons. We are
>>> very
>>> sorry to lose her extremely valuable expertise and warmly wish her good
>>> luck
>>> on her future challenges. We will appoint an interim vIce-chair until we
>>> can
>>> effect our NPOC charter provisions to appoint an elected replacement.
>>> 3. We had planned to have a second session in Toronto on the subject of
>>> "the
>>> Impact of new gTLDs on the NFP/NGO communities";  but panelists were
>>> unable
>>> to find a time slot where they could all be present.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your attention.
>>>
>>> Alain
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
>>> Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca
>>> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business,
>>> www.schulich.yorku.ca<http://www.schulich.yorku.ca>
>>> Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation,
>>> www.gkpfoundation.org<http://www.gkpfoundation.org>
>>> NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation,
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>>> Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
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>>>
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>>
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