NCUC Outreach at Joint Civil Society Day on 4th December at 14.30. where: Holiday Inn Express Guadalajara Autonoma Av. Patria 999 Jardines Universidad, 45110 Zapopan, Jal. Mexico Title: Domain Name Policy Matters: Advancing noncommercial values at ICANN Description: In this session we want to challenge the impression that focusing on domain name policies as a critical Internet-related topic is not exciting or […]
IGF starts next week in Guadalajara and like previous years, NCUC will be present and active there. We are holding 2 workshops: “Reality of the Answerability of multistakeholder model” , itt will be held in Wednesday 7th December 12:00pm local time (18:00UTC) “The power of the noncommercial users on the Internet”, it will be held in Thursday […]
By: Rachel Pollack NCUC at IGF 2016: A Model for the Power of Civil Society With two workshops, a pre-event, a village booth, and the presence of dozens of active members, NCUC figured prominently in the 11th Internet Governance Forum, which took place from 6 to 9 December, 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The event’s overall […]
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 […]
NCUC held an outreach meeting for Civil Society during ICANN 53, which targeted local and newcomer NGO/civil society community (https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/sat-civil-society-ncuc). Several speakers spoke to the various concerns that NCUC has been following in ICANN, and the need to have a civil society voice. In his welcome remarks, NCUC Chair Bill Drake pointed out that there […]
The powerful interests who shape the development of rules for the Internet have far more resources at their disposal than those who fight for users’ rights and freedoms online. As such, they are exceptionally well organized, and you can guarantee for every one of their initiatives that reaches the public spotlight, they have several parallel […]
The CCWG was just concluded 2 days of intense negotiations at Le Meridien Etoile in Paris. With 76 members and participants in person in the room and a further 30 participating remotely this was a well attended meeting, Robin Gross the NCSG member was present and myself James Gannon and Ed Morris were also in […]
ICANN Accountability Deficits Revealed in .AFRICA Panel Ruling By Robin D. Gross – 16 July 2015 Full Article as .PDF “Fortress ICANN” No Longer Able to Shield Itself from Accountability In an important test of ICANN’s primary accountability mechanism, its Independent Review Process (IRP), the organization has been handed a stinging blow over its mishandling […]