[At-Large] Fwd: Coping with active participation in At-Large during COVID-19
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
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Sat May 9 19:36:08 UTC 2020
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Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
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On 5/9/20 9:14 PM, Sarah Kiden wrote:
> +1 Patricia
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sarah
>
> On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 19:07, Patricia Akello <ekisesta at gmail.com
> <mailto:ekisesta at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Glenn,
>
> I appreciate all your efforts and understand the concerns you have
> raised regarding connectivity which is indeed a big challenge in
> Africa. Now that the issue has been raised, our hope is that a
> solution will be found real soon.
>
> Regards
> Esther Patricia Akello
>
> On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 19:06, Glenn McKnight
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Patricia
> Lets make sure that we understand that this is difficult
> times and this special Emergency Fund is a band-aid and not a
> solution . My major concern as I ranted about a few weeks
> ago is the help to those ATLARGE community members who need
> assistance for Internet connectivity so they can be connected
> during the ICANN multiple meetings. In my survey we found
> significant high prices and low bandwidth in Africa parts of
> the far East. Maybe many more locations. ICANN has saved
> alot of money not paying stipend, airfare, hotels and all the
> associated costs of CANCUN, KL and probably Hamburg and
> perhaps 2021 and we are naive to think that we will not lose
> folks. Our multistakeholderism is at risk. We need to be
> proactive.
> G
> Glenn McKnight
> ICANN NOMCOM 2019-2021
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> Curator for Internet Governance Hub Blog
> www.internetgovernancehub.blog
> <http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog>
> http://toronto.ieee.ca/
> IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair
> glenn.mcknight at ieee.org <mailto:glenn.mcknight at ieee.org>
> skype gmcknight
> twitter @Inkmedia
> 289-830 6259
> .
>
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 10:23 AM Patricia Akello
> <ekisesta at gmail.com <mailto:ekisesta at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Glenn,
> Barack - Say no more! Am in total agreement With you. It’s
> a demonstration of good leadership and acts like this are
> a demonstration of the “Ubuntu” spirit - I am because we are.
>
> It’s a tough situation but many thanks to all who have
> contributed and supported a brother.
>
> Regards
> Esther Patricia Akello
>
>
>
> On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 16:49, Glenn McKnight
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> For the record the funds are not from ICANN
> G
> Glenn McKnight
> ICANN NOMCOM 2019-2021
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> Curator for Internet Governance Hub Blog
> www.internetgovernancehub.blog
> <http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog>
> http://toronto.ieee.ca/
> IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair
> glenn.mcknight at ieee.org <mailto:glenn.mcknight at ieee.org>
> skype gmcknight
> twitter @Inkmedia
> 289-830 6259
> .
>
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 9:46 AM ABDULKARIM AYOPO
> OLOYEDE <oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng
> <mailto:oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng>> wrote:
>
> Dear Barrack,
> Just so that I am clear. I TOTALLY agree with the
> point you made about relationships and having
> concern for others. I have NO problem with this at
> all. Relationships should transcend borders as you
> mentioned. I totally agree with where she is
> coming from and share that view too. Please
> don't get me wrong. I agree with helping. I would
> also do there same however if I head a
> company/government and in the name of helping a
> friend I give out money from the public purse to
> help a friend in distress then no one should pity
> me when it is time to go to jail. Do you think
> anyone in charge of ICANN's finances would at any
> point in time be able to justify helping someone
> stranded in another country on a non-ICANN
> business?. I am not saying don't help am saying
> you can't push it to ICANN
>
> Let me list where I disagree so that I am very clear
>
> 1. Daniel's Name should not have been mentioned in
> the email to Leon. Iit could have been a generic
> thing just as Glenn did in his mail. I believe his
> privacy has been compromised. We all now know who
> is stranded and where.
> 2. It shouldn't have been used as an example to
> convince the board cos clearly it would make them
> take an easy decision because I can't see how you
> can convince your company to pay the hotel bills
> for a friend who came on a private visit when you
> are not running a charity. The main issue should
> be about the general challenges, not individual
> challenges that way an individual can benefit.
> 3. It should not appear as the new priority. The
> priority should be the concerns the community has
> been rasing that never got to the next level.
> I hope you understand my point.
>
> AK
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 2:02 PM Barrack Otieno
> <otieno.barrack at gmail.com
> <mailto:otieno.barrack at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Abdulkarim,
>
> Permit me to weigh in on this matter. Having
> been involved in ICANN for a little over 10
> years now i have come to appreciate the role
> of relationships and genuine concern for each
> others well being. This is what has kept me
> and many others going in this ecosystem for
> many years and i beleive this is where Maureen
> is coming from. I literaly drop everything i
> am doing whenever a member of this community
> is in town due to the relationships we have
> established which transcend borders. As a
> leader, i would do the same when one of my
> team members is in dire straits. We all have
> an idea of the letter and the spirit of the
> law or by laws. Whichever school of thought
> you align yourself with has impacts on the
> output of your team or any organization you
> may be leading. The issues that have been
> raised are suggestions and should be treated
> as such. In my opinion Maureen is right as a
> leader to bring to the fore an issue a member
> of her leadership team is facing. Being a
> diverse community, Daniels help might just be
> an email away. If we can't help him then let
> the matter rest.
>
> On Sat, 9 May 2020, 3:39 pm ABDULKARIM AYOPO
> OLOYEDE, <oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng
> <mailto:oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng>> wrote:
>
> Dear Maureen,
>
> Your response has clearly brought out one
> of the three points that I was trying to
> make. I never asked that the individual
> should not be supported but I do not think
> it is right to prioritise one person at
> the expense of the community. Who would
> your leadership team serve if the
> community is not there?.
> I pointed out in the least paragraph of my
> email to you that the need to support the
> community has been mentioned several times
> by different people at different At-Large
> meetings but it was not taking to the next
> level until Leon stepped in only for it
> now to be overshadowed by a non-ICANN
> issue is one of my concerns. The board
> would make an easy decision on this matter
> as it is clearly dominated by a non-ICANN
> and private issue.
>
> Leadership role and general work within
> at-large is voluntary and if you are
> concern about him "regardless of how he
> came about it". That should not overshadow
> what is affecting most people within the
> community. We need to get our priorities
> right. I am sure you only found out about
> his case yesterday because according to
> the records I just checked he has been
> attending the meeting he chairs and other
> meetings including that of ATRT 3. I am
> not trying to trivialise his issue in any
> way but I decided to respond because I
> smell a rat.
>
> I do not understand what you mean by
> "unusual predicament" because we are all
> in an "unusual predicament" of COVID 19. I
> also don't understand why you mean by
> "extreme bad luck" but a lot of other
> people are affected by the "extreme bad
> luck" and USA has handled the COVID
> situation far better than a lot of other
> countries. I can give numerous example.
> some don't even have the test kit to test
> talk less of detection.
>
> It is not about me helping or not. Like
> you rightly said it is voluntary. Doing
> what is important to us as leaders mean we
> should be fair, listen and look after the
> community, not just one person we find
> loyal to us.
>
> AK
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 6:13 AM Maureen
> Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear Abdulkarim
>
> While I agree with you that there are
> surely situations similar to that of
> Daniel within At-Large, many do not
> have the same level of responsibility
> to the work of At-Large as he does. As
> one of my leadership team, I am
> concerned about his circumstances,
> regardless of how he came upon them.
>
> It was his concern for his ability to
> meet his obligations to his leadership
> role which caused me to mention his
> unusual predicament. I only found out
> about where he was and his situation
> yesterday. Even when he should be
> thinking about himself, he was
> informing me as to why he might not be
> able to fulfil his obligations to the
> O&E team for an unknown timeframe.
>
> It was extreme bad luck that he was
> not able to leave the country at the
> conclusion of the leadership event,
> especially in a country that I believe
> has very poorly managed its covid
> situation. I sympathise with anyone
> who ever finds themselves in a
> situation such as this. If there is
> any way that our community can help
> relieve Daniel's situation until his
> country's embassy can assist his
> return to Uganda, then Im happy to do
> my bit.
>
> We cant do this for everyone, but for
> someone like Daniel who has
> volunteered a lot of personal time
> towards work within At-Large as well
> as in cross-community activities for
> several years, he deserves my support
> even if in this small way, and
> gratefully with the support of other
> like-minded people.
>
> If you would like to help too, that is
> fine. If not, then that is fine as
> well. We all do what is important to
> us and as much or as little as we can.
> The same will have to go for our work
> within ICANN.
>
> Regards and keep well
> Maureen
>
>
> On Fri, 8 May 2020, 1:36 pm ABDULKARIM
> AYOPO OLOYEDE,
> <oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng
> <mailto:oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Maureen,
> I greatly sympathise with Daniel
> on this issue you shared and I
> totally agree with your approach
> of setting up a welfare team and
> the Gofundme. However, I do not
> understand why you decided to
> include it in your email to Leon.
> His travel is clearly not related
> to the challenges being faced by
> the community as a result of
> having what should have been a
> face to face meeting going online.
> Your email was saying you removed
> a message cos it is not ICANN
> related but yet it included an
> issue which is clearly not ICANN
> related. The unrelated issue you
> raised has clearly overshadowed
> the other critical issue. In fact,
> it took the most significant part
> of the mail. What was supposed to
> be the main point in the mail is
> now being relegated to paragraph
> 3. In as much as I sympathise
> with Daniel, I do not see the
> reason why a private issue was now
> explicitly discussed in an email
> to Leon and the community. There
> are lots of people around the
> world in a similar situation and I
> can't understand and I don't
> clearly want to guess why you
> are making Daniel's case look
> worse than it is or as an example
> for the mailing list. I have lots
> of friends and even family members
> stranded as a result of the
> unexpected shutdown. We all faced
> challenges in our private lives or
> because of the unexpected shut
> down of the world and I believe
> this should remain private except
> if ICANN is now a social club.
>
> I also agree with Remmy Nweke that
> RALO leaders should also take
> up the issues relating to
> challenges the community is facing
> in regards to having an online
> meeting. This is because they are
> closer to the community and It
> took Leon to raise it specifically
> before it became a serious issue
> for the ALAC when clearly we
> should not have waited this long.
> It has been raised by several
> people before now but we didn't
> seams to listen or take it seriously.
>
> AK
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 6:49 PM
> Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Leon
>
> Here is the discussion that
> arose out of the request from
> the ALAC meeting. I am so
> grateful that the community
> restricted their comments to
> those that were most
> thoughtful and considerate of
> ICANN's situation while also
> taking into account some of
> the hardship issues
> experienced by our volunteers
> at this time. I forward all
> the emails received on the
> topic (I had one instance
> where the email was on another
> topic and once revealed, the
> sender asked for it to be
> removed).
>
> One case which only very
> recently came to my attention
> was Daniel Nanghaka who was in
> the US attending an AMEX
> Leadership course in
> Washington DC when the flights
> out of US were grounded and he
> could not return to Uganda. He
> has been staying with friends
> in Massachusetts but living
> very frugally on his limited
> resources. Even though he has
> tried, his contacts with the
> Uganda Embassy in Washington
> DC have not been responded to
> (as of yesterday) and neither
> has AMEX been of any real
> assistance to his plight. I
> have suggested that he persist
> and if possible return to
> Washington DC to get his
> government's support directly.
> Fortunately he is still within
> scope of his current visa, but
> who knows how long will he
> have to remain in a foreign
> country without any resources?
> Daniel hadn't raised his
> situation with us because his
> reason for being there was not
> directly related to ICANN,
> except that _he is worried
> _that he may not be able to
> participate in his meetings
> because internet connection is
> expensive and it is draining
> what little resources he has
> at the moment, even to take
> his own O&E meetings. This is
> an extreme case but a real
> live situation for one of our
> leadership team.
>
> The cost of internet and the
> loss of jobs especially for
> those in developing countries
> will make ICANN's work of less
> priority, especially when
> they have to worry more about
> how to feed and care for their
> families in situations where
> the pandemic is still rabid,
> and it is the impoverished
> areas that are being hardest
> hit. While I know that ICANN
> cannot save the world, it
> saddens me to know what some
> of our hardest-working
> volunteers are experiencing in
> their real worlds... and yet
> at the same time there is
> still a flow of even more
> meetings than before, even
> within At-Large, with an
> expectation of more volunteer
> input into issues that ICANN
> has to resolve. All I can say
> is that the longer this
> situation exists, the greater
> the chance of those voices
> that we have been working
> really hard to encourage to
> join our discussions, will
> disappear and our
> multistakeholder model will be
> truly lost. But what can ICANN
> do and what more can we do as
> volunteers who are already
> stretched within our own
> bubbles just to keep ourselves
> safe? This is our dilemma.
>
> Regards
> Maureen
>
>
> Forwarded Conversation
> Subject: Coping with active
> participation in At-Large
> during COVID-19
> ------------------------
>
> From: *Maureen Hilyard*
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM
> To: At-Large Worldwide
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Dear At-Large Community
>
> In all our recent ICANN
> meetings, the Board and the
> senior staff have been very
> mindful of the
> difficulties that are being
> experienced by the volunteer
> community of At-Large during
> this pandemic and its impact
> on their ability to
> participate as regularly as
> they used to.
>
> During his intervention in the
> ALAC meeting on 28 April, the
> At-Large appointed Board
> member, Leon Sanchez, raised
> his ongoing concerns and asked
> the 70+ participants at the
> meeting how ICANN might be
> able to help volunteers to
> continue with their active
> involvement in the work of
> At-Large and contributing to
> the bigger picture work of ICANN.
>
> Because he has requested
> practical and constructive
> suggestions about how ICANN
> may be able to assist, I am
> putting this message out to
> those who also already attend
> online meetings and actively
> participate and engage, even
> under really trying personal
> circumstances. I am willing to
> pass on your suggestions to
> Leon, who will in turn take
> these to the Board for their
> consideration.
>
> _Please respond only to this
> thread_ before 7 May, so that
> the full account can be passed
> on to Leon. I look forward to
> your thoughtful contributions
> to this matter.
>
> Regards
> Maureen
> ALAC Chair
>
>
> ----------
> From: *Glenn McKnight*
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at
> 10:22 AM
> To: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Thanks Maureen
> As you know this is an issue
> I brought up in the ALT PLUS
> call a week before the ZOOM
> call this week with Leon, at
> that time I interfaced with
> Leon on the dire straits that
> some people are facing during
> this pandemic situation and
> that many folks are unwilling
> to step forward and publicly
> come to the table with a "cap
> in their hands"
>
> We are facing a 4% drop in the
> world economy and this means a
> depression much worse than the
> Great Depression. Also this
> Covid-19 may see a serious
> second and third wave
> resulting in many more deaths
> and economic disruption. (
> shades of the 1918 pandemic
> that killed 100 million)
>
> I would surmise that we have
> in the ATLARGE community that
> many folks are unemployed or
> underemployed and facing tough
> times and seriously compounded
> in countries that don't have
> any safety net to protect them
> and help them over the
> difficult times. Since
> charity starts at home I
> suggest ICANN dig into its
> pockets as ISOC and Mozilla
> and many others and come up
> with a financial assistance to
> those that could really
> appreciate the support. I
> suggest that the stipend for
> the ICANN Meetings to be paid
> to the ATLARGE members which
> will cover their internet
> costs and food costs as they
> fully participate with the
> remote meetings. In the
> cases where people don't want
> or need this financial support
> they can simple not apply for
> the stipend and the financial
> costs would be reduced. It
> should be confidential and an
> optional application process.
>
> In a recent survey of Atlarge
> members we found a large
> number of African and small
> island states with very poor
> internet access and very high
> costs for their access to the
> Internet. This produces a
> digital divide that needs to
> be recognized and if not
> addressed we may loose more
> members from the community.
> As recommendations to join
> more online meetings and join
> ICANN LEARN webinars its an
> assumption that we all have
> fair and equal access and
> this inequality is enhanced
> with more reliance on remote
> participation
>
> Glenn McKnight
> ICANN NOMCOM 2019-2021
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> Curator for Internet
> Governance Hub Blog
> www.internetgovernancehub.blog
> <http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog>
> http://toronto.ieee.ca/
> IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair
> glenn.mcknight at ieee.org
> <mailto:glenn.mcknight at ieee.org>
> skype gmcknight
> twitter @Inkmedia
> 289-830 6259
> .
>
> ----------
>
> From: *Remmy Nweke*
> <remmyn at gmail.com
> <mailto:remmyn at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at
> 11:20 AM
> To: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Thanks Maureen,
> This is very thoughtful both
> of ICANN, ALAC and Leon.
>
> For me, the best possible way
> to encourage participation
> should have been:
>
> 1. To have data palliative,
> but it looks cumbersome from
> ICANN end down to the local
> service providers.
>
> 2. An alternative is to have
> an aggregated sum approved for
> e.g. 4 months = USD600; to be
> given to participants to
> cushion their data effect paid
> directly to them (both mobile
> device and laptop). Thereby
> easing off at ICANN end and
> also encouraging participant
> to optimise the resource to
> their most essential needs
> including more data, because
> some may have purchased data
> ahead, say two months in a row.
>
> I hope this helps.
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> From: <carlosraul at gutierrez.se
> <mailto:carlosraul at gutierrez.se>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at
> 11:44 AM
> To: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Thank you Maureen and Léon !
>
> 1. We in LACRALO have already
> adapted our meeting hours to
> avoid conflicts with working
> hours as far as possible.
> Thanks to our Brazilian and
> Uruguayan friends that's stay
> up late, the westerners in
> Mexico in Costa Rica have
> meeting only after 4pm or so.
> REQUEST;
> 1. Can't we do choose two
> convenient blocks of time over
> the day so that's global
> meetings only happen outside
> of sleeping hours?
> 2. Can we start using those
> blocks of time ASAP
> 3. Can we keep those Blocks
> for the Kuala Lumpur virtual
> meeting instead of the local
> time there?
> 4. If all of the above is not
> possible: can we spread the
> Kuala Lumpur meeting into 2-3
> power weekend meetings online?
>
> Seriously, if we are going to
> spend the next few months on
> virtual meetings, it makes no
> sense to use the planning
> frameworks and time blocks of
> Face to Face meetings.
>
>
> Thanks! Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
>
>
> ----------
> From: *Vanda Scartezini*
> <vanda at scartezini.org
> <mailto:vanda at scartezini.org>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at
> 12:06 PM
> To: Glenn McKnight
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>,
> Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
>
>
> Dear Glenn and Maureen
>
>
>
> These thoughts are really
> relevant when we can see in
> developing region several
> medium class persons are
> struggled to feed their
> families without work.
>
> Here, as developing country,
> the government is performing
> a quite complex operation,
> providing a 120 – 240 (
> widows with children)
> correspondent USD to 56
> millions ( ¼ of our
> population) of persons and had
> open up a 26 million of a
> special bank account to those
> not having one in the public
> bank, and will pay such amount
> during 3 months or even longer
> depend upon the winter ( even
> mild one here) season. The
> amount represents what we
> call basic basket with food
> and cleaner and hygienic items
> for one month of a family of
> 4. The basic mobile are
> reduced and energy are
> sponsored for those families.
>
> Helping people to attend our
> meetings on line in places
> where they need to spend too
> much special nowadays paying
> internet or even 3G for a
> volunteer activity, does not
> see will break ICANN’s
> finances and certainly will
> help a lot to keep these
> relevant community with us.
>
> Thanks for these relevant
> proposal that I do believe
> really help the engagement of
> our community.
>
> We can also help to state who,
> in our regions, is really in
> need of help. Some even to
> feed their families.
>
> Kisses and take care
>
>
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> From: *Glenn McKnight*
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
> Date: Sat, May 2, 2020 at 4:28 AM
> To: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Greetings
>
> Here is the draft response
> from*NARALO* . Note we are
> still working out the
> logistics of the ideas and
> its not final . I am sharing
> it for inspiration purpose.
> The bold and italic comments
> are excerpts from ICANN's
> comments direct from the ICANN
> page
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-_IO9vxnl2AUyrPE2zcL19UjyDPbl5DQHTLvWxX1q6Q/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> Supporting the Work of Our
> Global Community over the
> Next Few Months: Leveraging
> Remote Participation
>
>
> Link to document
>
> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/supporting-the-work-of-our-global-community-over-the-next-few-months-leveraging-remote-participation
>
>
>
> Facts
>
> *
>
> All ICANN Face to Face
> meetings on hold to Sept 2020
>
>
> Reality
>
> *
>
> The Pandemic will likely
> be worse in the fall
> according to the CDC
> comments and likely it
> will be into 2021.(1) and
> resulting in no Face to
> Face meetings during that
> year
>
>
> Item One: Remote Participation
>
> ICANN has always embraced
> remote participation. It is
> what makes our work accessible
> to a global community and
> enables us to get the work
> done between meetings.
> COVID-19 has made remote
> engagement even more crucial,
> and a very real and practical
> alternative
>
>
> Comment
>
> This is a practical solution
> to keep the community engaged
> but the devil is in the
> details. We have a serious
> digital divide which impacts
> the ATLARGE community. Since
> ICANN has Multistakeholderism
> baked into its DNA it is
> critical to provide
> communities with the tools to
> properly engage. In Canada,
> especially in the far- north,
> in the US tribal lands, as
> well as in rural areas(2),
> among students(3) and in poor
> urban communities(4)there is a
> serious digital divide that
> makes it next to impossible to
> participate fully in the
> meetings. In fact, if there
> are few participants in such
> areas, it is not because they
> don’t want to participate.
> They simply cannot participate
> unless their internet
> accessibility issues are
> addressed. Although ICANN
> cannot be responsible for all
> digital divide issues, it must
> recognize that these exist and
> perhaps look for alternative
> ways to deal with these --
> create support groups, reach
> out locally with low tech
> methods, build partnerships
> with national, regional, and
> local organizations, etc..
>
>
>
> Item Two; Leverage
> Participation Tools
>
> It is more important than ever
> that we leverage our remote
> participation tools to
> continue effectively engaging
> and supporting our community
> in the work that needs to be
> done; at the very least, over
> the next four months.
>
>
> Comments
>
> It is not just a matter of
> online tools ie. Zoom, Adobe,
> Bluejean etc or accessibility
> issues, but about the
> bandwidth required by any or
> all of them. Moreover, many
> within At Large have uneven
> connectivity speeds and others
> are burdened with very high
> Internet costs and extremely
> slow speeds. This combined
> with the loss of income by
> many of the participants due
> to COVID-19 making it harder
> for them to pay for the extra
> data needed to participate in
> the At Large or other ICANN
> related calls.
>
>
> Item Three Online Courses/
> Webinars
>
> We are working with the
> community to ensure that
> high-priority topics for this
> period are being addressed and
> are creating new opportunities
> and training for our
> stakeholders within At Large
> to participate. As such, we
> are looking at facilitating
> these efforts and adding a
> variety of additional
> activities to build capacity,
> to attract new participants,
> and to educate, and engage
> these new participants. These
> activities will include
> informative webinars, ICANN
> Learn modules, lectures, and
> ICANN Public Meeting readouts.
>
>
> However, this strategy of
> engagement is only possible
> where high-speed Internet
> access is available and the
> end-user has the funds to pay
> for the extra service. We
> would be interested in
> learning about any surveys
> that ICANN LEARN staff have
> done on connectivity
> challenges of end-users. A
> recent informal ATLARGE
> survey, although having only
> twenty responses, shows that
> participants in developing
> countries have limited
> bandwidth especially in many
> parts of Africa and small
> island states combined with
> high Internet costs.
>
>
> General View
>
> In the short run, the
> participation in the first
> virtual meeting (Cancun) while
> having very high
> participation, should be
> looked at as a novelty, this
> will not be the new norm. We
> do expect that participation
> in future meetings will drop
> until the economy gets back on
> track. Participants do not
> have the available income to
> spend on the access needed to
> actively participate in online
> meetings. We are at a serious
> risk of losing valuable
> volunteers. At Large
> participants are volunteers
> and unlike other
> constituencies, they do this
> outside their paid jobs and
> often take a vacation to
> attend ICANN Meetings.
>
>
> Our community unlike the
> other the government or
> business community do not have
> the luxury of sponsorship to
> carry on their volunteerism.
> Our community has had to dig
> into their own pockets to pay
> to participate. If the economy
> does not pick up we can see a
> substantial loss of
> participants from locations we
> cannot afford to lose. We
> propose that ICANN recognize
> the value of these
> participants and create a
> special connectivity fund. The
> process and procedure could be
> worked out in a simple
> application and approval process.
>
> Recommendations
>
> *
>
> Provide the stipend to all
> elected ATLARGE community
> members
>
> *
>
> Provide an opportunity to
> ALS members to receive an
> Internet Connectivity
> voucher to offset their
> high Internet costs so
> they can participate.
>
> *
>
> ICANN LEARN should conduct
> a true connectivity survey
> of all users.
>
> *
>
> Improve upon the end-user
> survey at the end of all
> ICANN Public webinars to
> get feedback on
> participation and
> connectivity experiences
> ie. latency, quality etc
>
>
>
> Conclusion
>
> Under development
>
> Footnotes
>
> 1.
>
> https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/forecasting-us.html
>
> 2.
>
> 60% of farmers in the US
> report very poor Broadband
> speeds
> https://api.unitedsoybean.org/uploads/documents/58546-1-ruralbroadband-whitepages-final.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid
>
> 3.
>
> Students and digital
> divide
> https://internetgovernancehub.blog/2020/04/10/when-school-is-online-the-digital-divide-grows-greater/
>
> 4.
>
> Poor and Digital
> Dividehttps://internetgovernancehub.blog/2020/04/29/digital-divide-isolates-and-endangers-millions-of-uks-poorest/
>
> 5.
>
> Broadband Infographic
>
>
>
> Glenn McKnight
> ICANN NOMCOM 2019-2021
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> Curator for Internet
> Governance Hub Blog
> www.internetgovernancehub.blog
> <http://www.internetgovernancehub.blog>
> http://toronto.ieee.ca/
> IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair
> glenn.mcknight at ieee.org
> <mailto:glenn.mcknight at ieee.org>
> skype gmcknight
> twitter @Inkmedia
> 289-830 6259
> .
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 3:59
> PM Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
> ----------
> From: *Judith Hellerstein*
> <judith at jhellerstein.com
> <mailto:judith at jhellerstein.com>>
> Date: Sat, May 2, 2020 at 3:10 PM
> To: Glenn McKnight
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
> Cc: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
>
>
> Hi Glenn,
> I have more to add but did not
> get a chance on Friday to put
> in but will do so tomorrow
>
> Best,
> Judith
>
> Sent from my iPad
> judith at jhellerstein.com
> <mailto:judith at jhellerstein.com>
> Skype ID:JudithHellerstein
>
>> On May 2, 2020, at 10:29 AM,
>> Glenn McKnight
>> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
>> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
> ----------
> From: *Olivier Kouami*
> <olivierkouami at gmail.com
> <mailto:olivierkouami at gmail.com>>
> Date: Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:49 PM
> To: Glenn McKnight
> <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
> Cc: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>,
> At Large
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Hi all.
> Greetings everyone from Sénégal.
> +1 @Glen who raised issues
> that i'm personaly facing in
> this sad pandemic moment.
> I Also approve the concrete
> proposals of Remmy.
> Most ALSes are certainly on
> these needs too.
> Much appreciate if ICANN could
> make as proposed.
> Warm regards
> Olévié
>
>
> ----------
> From: *Barrack Otieno*
> <otieno.barrack at gmail.com
> <mailto:otieno.barrack at gmail.com>>
> Date: Mon, May 4, 2020 at 6:02 PM
> To: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
> Cc: At-Large Worldwide
> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> <mailto:at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org>>
>
>
> Hi Maureen,
>
> My humble and personal take to
> this is that similar to the
> fellowship program, we could
> consider support to community
> members who dedicate
> significant time and resources
> to ICANN's mission by
> contributing to the work of
> various supporting
> organizations and Advisory
> Commitees and the overall
> mission of ICANN. It is true
> engaging in SO/AC work costs
> valuable time for those whose
> day job may not necessarily be
> around the DNS ecosystem.
> Significant resources are
> incurred to get online and to
> have the right tools that can
> enable meaningful
> participation and contribution
> to ICANN's work. I welcome the
> idea of reimbursing some of
> the costs incurred on
> connectivity or any other
> aspect as may be determined
> through a suitable process
> considering the continuous
> nature of the work we are doing.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> --
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> +254733206359
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>
>
> ----------
> From: *LUKE KAPCHANGA*
> <wanjalaluke1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:wanjalaluke1 at gmail.com>>
> Date: Tue, May 5, 2020 at 6:41 AM
> To: Maureen Hilyard
> <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com
> <mailto:maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>>
>
>
> Thanks Maureen ,
> Glenn has captured what some
> of go through, if not worse. I
> am based in rural areas of
> Kenya. To attend online
> meetings I depend at times
> on cyber cafes, which are not
> very reliable, yet the best
> option. The COVID 19, has
> worsened the situation. The
> proposal to assist us from
> developing countries is welcome.
>
>
>
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