[npoc] Re: Invitation to be an NPOC panelist in Toronto for ICANN 45

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Rinalia,

I'm so glad we will have you on the panel. Your experience in this field is
very broad and will serve the session objective well.

Thank you for your prompt response and your thoughts on the design, which I
think are very relevant and I readely agree with your arguments and
proposals.

The objective of the session is as you state and your  title suggestion is
interesting and fine with me. Others on the NPOC team for this Session will
have their views.

I want the audience to realize there is quite a body of knowledge about the
MS Process and it would be useful if ICANNers had a sense of that. So,
hearing from a specialist from outside ICANN will be useful in that regard
(I'm thinking of approaching Fred Carden of IDRC. What do you think? He is
based in Ottawa and IDRC will probably fund his trip to Toronto). Of course
the focus will be on improving the ICANN MS model as it is practiced today
and this is where your cross-community suggestion is critical. But let's
remember this will not be the first and last session at ICANN on the MS
Process.

I strongly agree with your cross-community suggestion on the panel
composition. We should strive for that. I have read the R3 paper and find
it comprehensive and inspiring and an excellent reference document for
starting these discussions.

We should reach out to Evan and Jean-Jacques. I do want you to know that I
have already reached out to ALAC to be a co-organizer but Olivier felt it
would be too much for the full plate ALAC already has for Toronto. So NPOC
will organize, but not co-organizing with ALAC does not prevent
collaboration on substance with Evan and Jean-Jacques forefront.

Do you want to approach Evan and Jean-Jacques or is it best I and
Mari-laure do?

I welcome your continued input as we fine-tune the preparations for this
session.

Marie-laure will need a picture and a short bio for the promotional
material. She may have other requirements.

Best and looking forward to our working together on this.

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Warm regards, Alain

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Rinalia Abdul Rahim <
rinalia.abdulrahim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Alain,
>
> Thank you for this kind invitation.
>
> Some thoughts.
>
> If the objective of the session is to instigate thinking on how the ICANN
> multistakeholder model can be improved, then I think the more appropriate
> session would be  *"The Multi-stakeholder Process from the Global Public
> Interest Perspective."  *Note that the "Global Public Interest" is a
> contentious issue within ICANN, but this should not deter discussions about
> it because it is important.
>
> This topic is timely because ICANN is currently struggling with the
> imminent expansion of the GNSO space due to the new gTLD program
> implementation and I believe the GAC would like to be more engaged in the
> ICANN policy development process.  If this is the level that the NPOC would
> like to engage at ICANN, then my suggestion is that you reach out across
> the ICANN community and form a panel with suitable representatives from the
> GAC (1), ALAC (1), NPOC (1), and perhaps 2 business/industry representation
> from the contracted and non-contracted houses.  It would be key not to
> overwhelm the panel with too many representatives from the business world.
> And you would need a superb moderator to manage the discussion.
>
> I would like to take the opportunity to highlight that the ALAC Working
> Group on Future Challenges led by Evan Leibovitch and Jean-Jacques Subrenat
> had developed a white paper called the R3 paper on ICANN's Future
> Challenges, which has been circulated in the ICANN community and via the
> GKP Foundation.  The paper articulates some of the issues that plague
> ICANN's multistakeholder model -   see
> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Future+Challenges+WG+-+R3+White+Paper.
> Personally, I think the R3 paper is an excellent starting point to trigger
> the debate/discussion.  Therefore, my suggestion is that you reach out to
> Evan and Jean-Jaques to discuss a collaboration for the "cross-commmunity"
> panel.
>
> The reason that I advocate the cross-community panel is that I believe the
> value of it extends to all of ICANN's diverse communities.  In a
> multi-stakeholder world and network in which we all participate, I do
> believe that our method for approaching issues should be the
> multi-stakeholder way (as a default-setting).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rinalia
>
> *
>
> *
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Alain Berranger <
> alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear Rinalia,
>>
>> NPOC would like to invite you as one of 3 panelists for one of its events
>> in Toronto. Here is the event description:
>>
>> *SESSION 2 REQUESTED FOR THE WEDNESDAY (90 minutes between 9-12:30 or
>> 14:00-16:00)*
>>
>> *Session Title:* *"The Multi-stakeholder Process from the NGO
>> Perspective"*
>>
>> *Overview:* The Multi-Stakeholder Process (MSP) has been used worldwide
>> for decades by many organizations, like ICANN, and various social and
>> economical development programs to foster consensus between diverging
>> interests in the public domain, the private sector and civil society. There
>> is a wide body of applied knowledge on the MSP which merits wider
>> dissemination and understanding. A panel of eminent specialists will share
>> some of this knowledge and foster a discussion on how the MSP can be
>> improved at ICANN.
>>
>> *Agenda*: Presentation by experts followed by discussion
>>
>> *Who should attend:* Anyone interested in the Multi-Stakeholder Process
>> for social and economical progress.
>>
>> *Promotional Strategy: *This event will be promoted broadly through the
>> NPOC and Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation sites as well as their
>> members' websites.
>>
>> *Connection details for the event: *Adobe Connect - details forthcoming
>>
>> Rinalia, I hope you will accept this invitation. Please respond soonest
>> convenient; please copy Marie-laure Lemineur, as she is the NPOC Toronto
>> events' Planner and Coordinator. Marie-laure will advise on who the other
>> panelists are as confirmations come in.
>>
>>>
>>> Warm regards, Alain
>>>
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>>> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business,
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>>>
>>>
>


-- 
Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/>
Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org
NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org
Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/
O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824
Skype: alain.berranger