By Renata Aquino Ribeiro Attending ICANN5 was being a part of a historical moment of change in Internet governance. Also, in a panoramic view of some of the themes brought up in a few sessions, it meant too being faced with old dilemmas the Internet governance debate venues seem to have a difficulty in grasping. […]
By Ines Hfaiedh From 04 to 05 May 2016, The Middle East DNS Forum was held in Tunis, Tunisia. The forum was an opportunity to meet and network with the DNS industry’s key players and experts in the field. Participants from ICANN, ISOC, Registries, Registrars/Resellers, Registrants, ccTLDs, new gTLD Applicants, service providers, brand owners, legal […]
By Ines Hfaiedh The community based session moderated by NCUC Chair Rafik Dammak, shed light on Civil Society involvement at ICANN, how they contribute to the Policy Development Process (PDP), and why it is important to have a civil society voice at ICANN’s PDP. The session featured: Stephane Van Gelder, Current NomCom Chair, Former GNSO […]
By James N Gitau Inside an ICANN meeting: My experience Having never participated in the ICANN meeting before, I felt as if I was a stranger and most of the times I was reluctant and hardly contributed to any debate, however I observed and embarked on a learning mission. On March 5th I attended the NCUC […]
By Stephanie Perrin Readers of this blog may recall that I blogged in August 2015 on my participation with Monika Zalnieriute at the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications, in Seoul Korea. I was invited back this year for further discussions on ICANN data protection issues, including the new Registration Data Services (RDS) […]
When: Thursday, 9 June 2016 What time: Around 6 pm, after the session on Blocking, filtering and take-down of Internet content in Europe ends. Where: At EuroDIG – Room 211/212 Duration: 5-8 minutes – You have heard the term multistakeholder governance a lot at EuroDIG and other meetings. But do you want to be a part […]
Where: Ravintolapresto, ETELÄESPLANADI 14, 00130 HELSINKI, Website: http://www.ravintolapresto.fi/en When: Saturday 25 June 2016 from 18.00 to 21.00 The Non Commercial Users Constituency at ICANN is coming to Helsinki soon and we want to tell you more about it. If you are an NGO or a noncommercial Internet user join us on Saturday 25 June, for an informal meet […]
Reflecting on ICANN 56 by Gangesh Varma The ‘control-of-the-Internet’ rhetoric never lost appeal. The domestic politics in United States particularly from Republican Senators is not a new obstacle to the IANA Transition. The Republican Party Platform for 2016 captures the key policy positions of the Republican Party for the Presidential elections and includes a section […]
The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) Executive Committee (EC) was gratified to hear that the IANA transition will not be blocked by the U.S. Congress. We congratulate the board and the entire multistakeholder community on this news. Now that the contract with NTIA is sure to expire on September 30, the NCUC EC asks that the […]
Sponsored by ICANN’s Noncommercial Users Constituency Co-moderators: Milton Mueller, Georgia Institute of Technology, Internet Governance Project, and NCUC co-founder Kilnam Chon, Emeritus Professor, KAIST, and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Thursday, November 3, 13:45 – 15:15 Hall 2, HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE (HICC) Novotel & HICC Complex Hyderabad, India https://icann572016.sched.org/event/8ePr/gnso-non-commercial-users-constituency-ncuc-outreach[icann572016.sched.org] Staging ICANN 57 in India […]