[ALAC] ACTION/ALAC by Friday, 31 July 17 UTC: ALAC Statement on Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps

[Javier Rua]

Excellent!  Thanks Marita.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:54 AM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:

> Interesting Javier. We did say this in our previous submission -- there
> are professionals in this field ICANN should be using for thorny issues.
> That's why I am asking that these suggestions already submitted be brought
> forward. Maybe I could add this as an example of good suggestions in the
> other submissions that were never addressed.
>
> Marita
> On 7/30/2020 11:38 AM, Javier Rua wrote:
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>
> Hello to all. IMHO, an aspect that seems absent from this discussion is
> the possibility of professional facilitation in thorny issues, to the
> extent compatible with MSM.
>
> This idea might go a bit against the grain in terms of community
> self-governance which cannot be underestimated, but there are profesional
> entities out there that are experts in getting diverse and even enemy
> groups to sit down and negotiate (from peace / reconciliation agreements
> among guerrillas and states, to more run of the mill, less bellicose
> disagreements).  I’ve seen these entities in action (I remember one called
> REOS Partners
> https://reospartners.com/) and I believe these professional approaches
> could help a contentious working group be more purposeful, efficient and
> effective-Maybe pack months of work into a few days.
>
> If this notion  is seen completely out of the ICANN  MSM self-governance
> comfort zone, perhaps one of these professional organizations could help
> train ICANN community volunteer/leaders and perhaps also ICANN staff, on
> these communication and consensus building techniques. ICANN org would get
> great ‘bang for the buck’ in investments such as these, which would both
> enhance participation and speed-up processes in WGs & PDPs.
>
> Javier Rúa-Jovet
>
> +1-787-396-6511
> twitter: @javrua
> skype: javier.rua1
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/javrua
>
>
> On Jul 30, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Evin Erdogdu <evin.erdogdu at icann.org>
> <evin.erdogdu at icann.org> wrote:
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> 
>
> Dear ALAC Members,
>
>
> Please see the ALAC Statement on Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s
> Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps and provide comments, if any, by this *Friday,
> 31 July at 17:00 UTC:*
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>
>
> *https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8hAOyuL4XiTS-yzGbpgOk7pl4hSpH4yeMNxxiZEVwA/edit?usp=sharing
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8hAOyuL4XiTS-yzGbpgOk7pl4hSpH4yeMNxxiZEVwA/edit?usp=sharing>
> *
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>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Evin Ashley Erdoğdu
>
> Policy Development Senior Coordinator
>
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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