[At-Large] pitch to the board re: MS model

Marita Moll mmoll at ca.inter.net
Tue Nov 5 13:09:58 UTC 2019


Thanks Alfredo. That's a really interesting idea. We must stop talking 
about increased participation as a theory and continue to bring new and 
practical ideas like this forward.

Marita

On 11/5/2019 7:33 AM, Alfredo Calderon wrote:
> Hi Marita
>
> As I mentioned in a previous Public Forum to the Board it would be 
> great to create an “Internship Program” where after due diligence 
> graduate students or even post-doc students (I believe LACRALO at the 
> House of Internet has an initiative) could get engaged. The funds 
> invested would be less and individuals with fresh new ideas would get 
> engaged.
>
> On the other had, most young individuals willing to be engaged have a 
> full-time job and if his/her employer is not linked to the ICANN or 
> Internet Governance environment would not comprehend why a none 
> related professional would want to get involved in ICANN. Thus, the 
> retired and in some cases ‘freelancers’ are the ones more engaged and 
> volunteering to the cause if ICANN’s remit.
>
> Distance participation is encouraged but to increase motivated 
> individuals in most cases a face-to-face immersion process is needed. 
> If we tie this with requirement that some Working groups do business 
> in English without interpretation, we are not encouraging non-English 
> proficient individuals to engage.
>
> Coming from a bilingual community and using technology tools, how 
> about having some portable device to translate on the spot oral 
> conversations. Encourage the use on tools that translate with a 
> reasonable speed audio conversations.
>
> Sorry, just giving some thoughts that might start a more detailed 
> conversation.
>
> Alfredo Calderon
> Email: calderon.alfredo at gmail.com
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>
>
>> On Nov 4, 2019, at 9:25 PM, Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> That's right Carlton. It will always be an uphill battle -- but they 
>> could lighten the load a bit. If anyone reading this has a good 
>> example of a project with potential to bring in new members but which 
>> would probably not find a place in the current ICANN funding boxes, 
>> please send them over. I have a couple, but could use something 
>> non-North America based.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marita
>>
>> On 11/4/2019 3:34 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>>> Well worthy of our collective consideration!
>>>
>>> Because as it now happens, what we built is only narrowing the base 
>>> from where we expect to recruit.
>>>
>>> We know well the challenges we face. Finding volunteers to do the 
>>> policy work at the level we would find competitive to other 
>>> well-resourced parts of the community is like looking for the goose 
>>> that lays the golden egg on a needle in a haystack.
>>>
>>> We have to cast far and wide. And for every thousand we reach if 
>>> we're really lucky and all the stars align  we will harvest what, 
>>> maybe three!
>>>
>>> And,  if we harvest three, I'm prepared to declare victory and go home.
>>>
>>> Carlton
>>>
>>> On Mon, 4 Nov 2019, 2:23 pm Marita Moll, <mmoll at ca.inter.net 
>>> <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     My thoughts about our pitch to the board later on this week re:
>>>     the evolution of the MS model. We can only expect to have 15 min
>>>     on this so am keeping it fairly narrowly focussed:
>>>
>>>     Our focus would be on improving our ability to grow the MS
>>>     volunteer community, increasing diversity, increasing
>>>     participation. The goal has to be to build a system that can
>>>     attract and retain volunteers in multiple locations and local
>>>     contexts who can engage at multiple levels. There is no one size
>>>     that fits all. In this challenge, the community must lead. That
>>>     is where the expertise is, that's where the local knowledge is
>>>     and where the solutions will come from. We need to innovate,
>>>     take some risks and think outside of the box.
>>>
>>>     Good theory, but in reality, there are lots of hurdles -- it is
>>>     not so easy to get adequate funds moving in the direction of
>>>     innovative community outreach programs. --- offer a couple of
>>>     real examples.
>>>
>>>     *The ask: In the interests of bringing more people into our
>>>     communities to deal with the ever increasing workload, will the
>>>     Board formally recognize and encourage efforts to innovate in
>>>     this challenge of growing our community -- by lowering some of
>>>     the barriers.*
>>>
>>>     Marita
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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