[LAC-Discuss] [Fwd: [Fwd: [governance] the public interest in ICANN]]

Fri Jun 13 23:31:22 EDT 2008

Jacqueline A. Morris wrote:
> Hi everyone
> here's some info on remote participation for the ALAC-NCUC meeting on 
> 24 June in Paris. The GNSO reform will be discussed which re-aligns 
> the power structures in the GNSO which deals with gTLD issues in 
> ICANN. It's an opportunity for more CS participation in this 
> particular ICANN structure.
> Jacqueline
> Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> At the Paris meeting of ICANN June 23 - 28 some reforms may be made
>> which could greatly improve ICANN's representative structure. In a
>> nutshell, representation of noncommercial users (public interest groups,
>> NGOs, and individuals of a public interest bent) will be increased from
>> its current 14%, possibly to 25% or one-third. This will also involve a
>> change in the nature of noncommercial interest representation in ICANN.
>> We'd like to invite all civil society organizations with an interest in
>> the Internet and its global governance to be aware of this and take
>> advantage of it. So we are using online collaboration tools to extend
>> the meeting between the ICANN Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
>> and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) globally. You do not have to
>> go to Paris to participate. NCUC will be using the Elluminate platform
>> to permit remote participation in the meeting. Attendees will be able to
>> pose questions or participate in the discussion. They will be able to
>> hear discussions going on in the meeting.
>>
>> The civil society meeting will be held Tuesday June 24, from 14:00 -
>> 18:00 Paris time. The first two hours will be a general policy issue
>> discussion for noncommercial organizations, the second half (from 14:00
>> - 18:00) will coincide with the joint meeting between the Noncommercial
>> Users Constituency (NCUC) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC).
>> Here are some sample world times:
>>
>> UTC/Paris 14:00-18:00
>> Delhi 19:30-23:30
>> Moscow 18:00-22:00
>> Sao Paulo 11:00-15:00
>> New York 10:00-14:00
>> Los Angeles 07:00-11:00
>> Hong Kong 22:00-02:00
>>
>> To enable your participation, first install the Elluminate java-based
>> Client. You can do this at any time, the sooner the better. To setup a
>> client, use this link
>> <http://internetgovernance.org/usingelluminate.html>
>>
>> Once that is complete, on the date and time of the meeting go to the
>> event listing on the IGP website
>> <http://internetgovernance.org/events.html#NCUC_062408> and click "Join
>> Meeting Online"
>> An alternative link to join the meeting can be found here:
>> <http://cotelcocave.syr.edu/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1213081884178>
>>
>>
>> Please relay this information to appropriate parties.
>>
>> Milton Mueller
>> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
>> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
>> ------------------------------
>> Internet Governance Project:
>> http://internetgovernance.org
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>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> [governance] the public interest in ICANN
> From:
> "Milton L Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu>
> Date:
> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:41:13 -0400
> To:
> <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>
> To:
> <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>
>
> At the Paris meeting of ICANN June 23 - 28 some reforms may be made
> which could greatly improve ICANN's representative structure. In a
> nutshell, representation of noncommercial users (public interest groups,
> NGOs, and individuals of a public interest bent) will be increased from
> its current 14%, possibly to 25% or one-third. This will also involve a
> change in the nature of noncommercial interest representation in ICANN. 
>
> We'd like to invite all civil society organizations with an interest in
> the Internet and its global governance to be aware of this and take
> advantage of it. So we are using online collaboration tools to extend
> the meeting between the ICANN Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC)
> and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) globally. You do not have to
> go to Paris to participate. NCUC will be using the Elluminate platform
> to permit remote participation in the meeting. Attendees will be able to
> pose questions or participate in the discussion. They will be able to
> hear discussions going on in the meeting.
>
> The civil society meeting will be held Tuesday June 24, from 14:00 -
> 18:00 Paris time. The first two hours will be a general policy issue
> discussion for noncommercial organizations, the second half (from 14:00
> - 18:00) will coincide with the joint meeting between the Noncommercial
> Users Constituency (NCUC) and the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). 
>
> Here are some sample world times:
>
> UTC/Paris 14:00-18:00
> Delhi 19:30-23:30
> Moscow 18:00-22:00
> Sao Paulo 11:00-15:00
> New York 10:00-14:00
> Los Angeles 07:00-11:00
> Hong Kong 22:00-02:00
>
> To enable your participation, first install the Elluminate java-based
> Client. You can do this at any time, the sooner the better. To setup a
> client, use this link
> <http://internetgovernance.org/usingelluminate.html>
>
> Once that is complete, on the date and time of the meeting go to the
> event listing on the IGP website
> <http://internetgovernance.org/events.html#NCUC_062408> and click "Join
> Meeting Online" 
>
> An alternative link to join the meeting can be found here:
> <http://cotelcocave.syr.edu/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1213081884178>
>
>
> Please relay this information to appropriate parties.
>
> Milton Mueller
> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
> ------------------------------
> Internet Governance Project:
> http://internetgovernance.org
> ____________________________________________________________
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