[NA-Discuss] Discussion of North American Strategy

Sat Dec 3 18:48:58 UTC 2016

It is truly sad that nobody considers the existing strategy of NARALO to
actually perform its bylaw-mandated agenda, and perhaps enumerate the
fields of policy and public-education expertise in which it wishes to
exhibit leadership.

This is not just an exercise in the theoretical: A US congressman has taken
aim at ICANN based on a campaign of misinformation. That campaign seems to
have no answer, according to the RALO in the appropriate region. NOTE: this
congressman is still in power, and the newly elected US administration
appears sympathetic to his views:

Meanwhile, a major rift between the GAC and GNSO threatens ICANN at the
very core, and if it doesn't resolve well there will be nobody to care
about -- let alone fund -- NARALO's little outreach efforts.

WHAT LEADERSHIP IS NARALO EXHBITING  TO ANSWER THIS? Or even to inform its
ALSs on these issues? The events unfolding around us demand that this is
not the time for more sustained navel gazing.

A shopping list of disadvantaged groups to whom do outreach to is an
absolute waste of effort and money if there is no clue what to do with all
them once they are brought together. A case could easily be made that all
this emphasis on outreach is a smokescreen to hide the utter vacuum of
policy interest here.

NARALO used to produce more policy inputs to ALAC than the other RALOs
combined. And it didn't need a bloody strategic plan to do so.

Cheers,
Evan

On 2 December 2016 at 22:44, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> I'm not sure what you mean by me being wrong in this case. We cannot make
> them do something they decide not to do. But as I said and you are saying,
> we should discuss it with them with the potential for changing their minds.
>
> Alan
>
>
> At 02/12/2016 04:29 PM, Judith Hellerstein wrote:
>
> HI All,
>
> Yes Glenn and I have mentioned this several times and asked why we do not
> have a plan and the answer we have gotten is that Global Stakeholder
> Engagement doe snot think we need a plan.  I tend to disagree.  Allan's
> response on the call when it was brought up was that NARALO can not make
> GSE do something they are not interested in doing. I also disagree with
> that statement .  I think we should directly ask for a North American
> Strategy document how does GSE plan on increasing engagement in the Lower
> Income areas, in the vast student population, with disadvantaged
> communities, with Indigenous communities, with people with disabilities and
> special needs.  I would like to have that answer.
>
> These are just some of the things I would like to see in a strategy
>
> Best,
>
> Judith
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> On 12/2/2016 4:23 PM, Eduardo Diaz wrote:
>
> I was wondering the same thing. In fact, have you heard anything from the
> ICANN  NA VP ever?
>
> -ed
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:35 AM Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> > wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> On today's  webinar on the CROPP program the various  RALO's mentioned
> that their regions have a  Strategic plan.  They also said that these plans
> are alligned with the their  regions  VP's  plans ie. LAC and AFrican,
> Middle East  strategies.
>
> We broached this with staff  asking why  North American has opted not to
> have a North American plan.   Staff to followup
>
> Currently we have a CROPP outreach and engagement  strategy for  CROPP
> and if  North America  chooses to have a plan we need to discuss this in
> detail.
>
> Glenn McKnight
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