RE: [npoc] Re: The view of a Gambian ICT4D advocate on ICANN's current MSism

[Eduardo Monge <eduardo.monge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Evan,

I have contacted Katim Touray and he has indicated that he will connect 
remotely to NPOC´s workshop on MSM on Oct 17th  as he is not attending ICANN 45 
in Toronto.

Let us hope he can participate and share his views and input in our session.

Regards,

Eduardo Monge



De: owner-npoc@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-npoc@xxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Alain 
Berranger
Enviado el: jueves, 11 de octubre de 2012 07:27 p.m.
Para: Evan Leibovitch
CC: npoc-voice@xxxxxxxxx; npoc@xxxxxxxxx; Jean-Jacques Subrenat; Rinalia Abdul 
Rahim; Sam Lanfranco; Poncelet Ileleji; Olivier Crépin-Leblond; Olivier Kouami
Asunto: [npoc] Re: The view of a Gambian ICT4D advocate on ICANN's current MSism

Thanks Evan,

Your analysis is key to putting perspective on the article.

Alain
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Evan Leibovitch 
<evan@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:evan@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
While it may not be clear from the article, Katim is hardly an ICANN outsider. 
He is a former Board member, and is champion of a gTLD application in the 
current round (.ummah) -- one of the few to take advantage of the Applicant 
Support Program.

I am disturbed by an article that complains about the lack of geographical 
representation yet makes no mention -- not one -- of At-Large, ICANN's most 
geographically diverse constituency.

Complaining about lack of participation of Africans in the GAC and ccNSO is not 
something ICANN is able to address. Those countries and their ccTLD operators 
choose not to participate, and ICANN can not compel them to do so. 
Additionally, the GNSO business community is no more a "closed shop" than NPOC. 
They accept those who show up.

Yes, ICANN is weak on outreach and remote participation. At-Large sees that 
first-hand on a regular basis. This area is explicitly dealt with in R3. Yet 
Katim made zero mention of the AfrICANN working group or the Fellowship 
program, yet was well aware of both.

In addition, Africa has some unique internal challenges that are beyond ICANN's 
ability to address. Some of them have been on full display as we witness a 
nasty, public feud-cum-power play between the two applicants for .africa.

And lastly, lack of participation in the gTLD program, which IMO in large part 
is an expensive and useless exercise of vanity, to me demonstrates prudence. (I 
take it as a sense of pride that my own local governments chose not to apply in 
this round, and I would have fought them had they tried.)

In Africa, there are far better things on which to invest $200K++ (personally, 
I would extend that beyond Africa, but I digress...)

So is lack of participation due to lack of awareness? Or rather just the 
opposite -- an acute awareness of ICANN and its relatively tiny role in 
Internet governance and issues, and a subsequent low prioritization. Katim's 
comment completely avoids that central question.

In these contexts, I find the CircleID piece to be a cheap shot at an easy 
target. He's not wrong, but he's not being particularly helpful either. He 
certainly did At-Large no favours by completely ignoring our role and unique 
potential. And the lack of disclosure about participation as a gTLD applicant 
is cause for concern.

- Evan


On 10 October 2012 10:41, Alain Berranger 
<alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Dear NPOC Colleagues and friends,

Please see:

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121009_multi_stakeholderism_revisited_icann_we_can_do_better/

It is the view of Katim S. Touray from The Gambia. Poncelet Ileleji, NPOC's new 
1st Vice-Chair, Program Committe is from The Gambia and probably knows Katim 
Touray.

Our NPOC/ALAC session on Wednesday in Toronto continues to be very timely.

I hope Mr. Touray can participate if he is in Toronto or by distance 
participation.

Best regards, Alain
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