Minutes Location: Executive Committee Mailing ListTime: 10-17 April 2015Participants:Bill Drake (NCUC Chair)Roy Balleste (North America representative)João Carlos Caribé (Latin America/Caribbean representative) Grace Githaiga (Africa representative)Peter Green/ Zuan Zhang 张 钻(Asia/Australia/Pacific representative)Stefania Milan (Europe representative)Agenda:1. BudgetThe EC noted with great appreciation the Public Interest Registry’s currently in process contribution of $15,000.00, and asked the Treasurer to provide it with an […]
One of the things that has most surprised me since getting involved in the internet governance arena is the importance of face-to-face (F2F) contact and meetings. Certainly the internet should reduce the need to meet in the flesh, yet the longer I am involved in this field the more meetings there appear to be to attend. […]
Sunday the 22nd of March, 2015, 8pm GMT. I notice an email from 2pm that I hadn’t had a chance to look at: Robin Gross, NCUC Member of the Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability, henceforth also CCWG), is stuck in San Francisco. Do you think you could get on a plane tomorrow […]
As parallel consultations are being launched on the latest proposals from the working groups on Naming and on Accountability & Governance, we are delighted to invite you to a webinar dedicated to civil society, on April 29th at 1430-1600 UTC. This will be an opportunity to provide an update and exchange views on the IANA stewardship transition […]
Danielle Kehl and I have just published a background paper on the IANA transition – entitled “Controlling Internet Infrastructure – Part I: The IANA Transition and Why it Matters for the Future of the Internet” – for the Open Technology Institute. It’s available here: http://www.newamerica.org/oti/controlling-internet-infrastructure/ There probably isn’t a great deal in there that those of you […]
ICANN 53 – Progress and Building Consensus ICG The ICG met for two days to discuss the current status of the names, numbers and protocol proposals. With the numbers and protocols proposals having already been submitted in the previous number of weeks much of the focus was on the draft proposal that was to be sent for […]
The IANA Transition: The Work Ahead AUGUST 27, 2015 | Global Internet Policy On 17 August, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence Strickling announced that the US government would be extending the IANA contract with ICANN through 30 September 2016. This long anticipated extension reflects the community’s need for additional time to accomplish a number […]
This week, ahead of ICANN 54 in Dublin, comments and reactions following ICANN Board objections on CCWG Accountability proposals and China calling for an international code of conduct on the Internet are among most documented topics on Internet Governance ecosystem . As for events, we notice ITU TELECOM WORLD 2015 in Budapest, and ENOG 10 […]
Invitation to Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) Outreach Event Time and Date: 19.30 – 27 January 2016 Duration: Approx. 90 minutes Location: ICANN, 6 Rond Point Schuman Bt. 1, Brussels B-1040, Belgium, https://goo.gl/maps/nXxTtuxdsgL2 (a few minutes from Schuman metro station) Target group: Civil Society and digital rights activists as well as individuals with non-commercial interests in […]
Location: NCUC Adobe Connect Date: 15 January 2016; 14:00 UTC Participants: Rafik Dammak (NCUC Chair) Milton Mueller (North America representative) João Carlos Caribé (Latin America/Caribbean representative) Peter Green/ Zuan Zhang 张 钻 (Asia/Australia/Pacific representative) Farzaneh Badii (Europe representative) Staff: Maryam Bakoshi Agenda / Action NCPH Intersessional Meeting 2016 Maryam Bakoshi, to send NCPH Intersessional agenda to […]