[ALAC] Message to Board on Strategic Plan

Wed Nov 6 12:42:17 UTC 2019

Dear Maureen,
Thank you for your email however I think something is missing and it is my
duty to fill the gap.

Just like how the GDPR law affected the working of ICANN a single
resolution from the ITU can change the scope, the legitimacy or the way
ICANN carries out its activities.
The ITU has two types of members the sector members and the member state.
ICANN is now a sector member and all countries of the world can be part of
the member state. Member state can only be represented by those appointed
by a country and they are the only ones who can vote or take a major
decision at the ITU. Therefore, ITU is controlled by the member state and
sector member can only have a voice in the room but can not ultimately take
a direct role in decision making at the ITU. Therefore being a sector
member is not enough. As a sector member, you need to 'lobby' the member
state to achieve your goal. The ITU seams to be more legitimate than ICANN
because representatives at the ITU have to be appointed by a government and
this is not like ICANN where anyone can be a member. We all know the power
ultimately belongs to governments ( we have seen this from GDPR recently).
Therefore the next stage for ICANN after joining as a sector member of the
ITU is to know how to ''lobby'' the member state.

One of the major issue being discussed at the ITU is the legitimacy of
ICANN and fragmentation of the internet. Some member states
are beginning to agitate for ITU to carry out the function of ICANN and
some of us believe doing this would lead to fragmenting the internet or a
situation where governments would directly control the internet.  This is
exactly part of what the  ICANN board saw and decided to be a sector member
of the ITU and I believe this is the same reason why the Internet Society
also joined as a sector member.
 Judith, (copied in this mail) Natalia Mochu, Nadira (copied in this mail)
and Nigel Hickson are the other people whom I know that are familiar with
these issues  (as we have been together at ITU meetings)and you might want
to also consult them.
Therefore my question has a direct relationship to internet fragmentation
and the ICANN strategic plan. The internet society has been using my
suggested mechanism and to a large extent, it has been working. You can ask
the 4 people I mentioned earlier.

Secondly, if you do not want this question to be asked today, I am ready to
give it up because I am not yet fully on the ALAC and because it does not
100% fall into the remit of why NOMCOM appointed me unto the ALAC against
the wish of some.
Let me be clear, I was appointed by NOMCOM to ALAC for 2 reasons (1) to
bring a different perspective to the ALAC  and (2) To represent the African
Community as these where two distinct criteria they wanted during the
selection process.
My argument above fulfils objective 1  of my appointment but it does not
fulfil the second objective because some African government are the ones
majorly pushing for the fragmentation of the internet at the level of the
ITU by pushing for ITU to take over the role of ICANN. Hence why I am ready
to give this up this time.
Finally, I do not subscribe and totally reject the insinuation  in the
personal email Holly sent to me and copied you suggesting that I take
instructions from Tijani. This was the email I first received and I believe
that was why you followed up with another email (not sure). Let me be
clear, I have my own mind,  the capacity and capability to know what is
wrong and what is right.

Thanks and Apologies for this long email.

Abdulkarim

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 10:24 PM Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Abdulkarim
>
> I want to give the predominance of time to the DNS Abuse that was given as
> the ALAC's choice of topic  by the CPWG for discussion by the Board.
>
> The Board asked for feedback on the strategic plan.. and Holly is going to
> talk about fragmentation, which was discussed during the session.
>
> However I think Holly asked for a summary of your question which she is
> still waiting for because between you and her, the strategic plan topic has
> only been assigned 5 minutes between you. Marita and Ricardo also only have
> 5 mins.
>
> Please send her the actual question and a short statement.
>
> Maureen
>
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> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, 6:54 PM ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE, <
> oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng> wrote:
>
>> Dear Maureen,
>> You message is not clear are you saying this is a new issue or are you
>> speaking generally? I seams a bit confused here.
>> This is because my previous email is about the startegic plan which is
>> part of the plan. Am I getting something wrong here?
>> Thank you.
>> Abdulkarim
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, 18:48 Maureen Hilyard, <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>> With regards to the Board-ALAC meeting tomorrow, it is important we
>>> stick to the plan. We have already told them that we are going to make a
>>> comment about their strategic plan, financial operations plan and the
>>> multistakeholder model, AND THEN we are going to raise the DNS Abuse issue
>>> for them to respond to. We want to be able to have a decent discussion
>>> about this topic with them. They will have talked it to death with other
>>> sections of ICANN, but we will base on the end-user perspective.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately we won't be able to add another topic. We've only got an
>>> hour with them.
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 4:15 PM ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE <
>>> oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Here is the general overview of my proposed message to the Board  on
>>>> the strategic plan as requested by Tijani during the meeting.
>>>>
>>>> This is in addition to Holly’s question to the board on the same topic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The strategic plan of ICANN is quite rich, and We are glad it now
>>>> includes issues under Geopolitics. We think it's a fantastic document:
>>>> however, we hope more should be done in terms of having a strategy to
>>>> engage members as appropriate.
>>>>
>>>> For example, ICANN is now a sector member of the ITU because of the
>>>> need to have a seat at the table where ICANN issues are being discussed
>>>> within the context and remit of the ITU. Some Government representatives to
>>>> ITU meetings come to ICANN meetings in representing a wide range of
>>>> interest and there is a need to have a strategy to engage these people
>>>> within the geopolitical theme of the strategy document as nothing can be
>>>> archive as not a lot can be achieved by a sector member without the buy-in
>>>> on member state.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, our view is that there should be a clear strategy to engage
>>>> these people to harmonize views to promote the goal of ICANN and this
>>>> should be more effective rather than an Ad-hoc discussion at the corridor.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   --
>>>> *Dr. Abdulkarim A.Oloyede*. *B. Eng (BUK), M.Sc (York), PhD (York),
>>>> R.Eng, A+*
>>>> *Senior Lecturer, **Department of Telecommunications Science,
>>>> University of Ilorin, Nigeria*
>>>>
>>>> *Rutherford Commonwealth Postdoctoral Researcher In Wireless
>>>> Telecommunications, University of York *
>>>>
>>>> *Vice Chairman, Telecommunications  Development Advisory Group (TDAG), **International
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-- 
*Dr. Abdulkarim A.Oloyede*. *B. Eng (BUK), M.Sc (York), PhD (York), R.Eng,
A+*
*Senior Lecturer, **Department of Telecommunications Science, University of
Ilorin, Nigeria*
*Vice Chairman, Telecommunications  Development Advisory Group (TDAG),
**International
Telecommunication Union (ITU).*
*Alternative Emails: olouss at yahoo.com <olouss at yahoo.com>  OR
 aao500 at york.ac.uk <aao500 at york.ac.uk>*

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