Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66

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Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 24, 2019, 2:10:34 AM8/24/19
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Dear All, 
I would like to encourage the community members to propose ICANN Topics to bring attention to our  collective voice.

You don't have to be travelling to ICANN 66 in order to propose a topic. 
The ME statement for ICANN Kobe was a success in spite many of the drafting team were able to attend the meeting.  

Looking forward hearing from you,

Best wishes,
Nadira AL-Araj 


On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:16 Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani....@topnet.tn> wrote:

Dear all,
 
Preparing for the ME Space in Montreal, the leading team Tijani Ben Jemaa, and Nadira Al-Araj would like to propose to the MEAC community the following timeline:
 

Date Days Action
August 19 - 30 12 Call for topics
September 2   Announcement of the selected Topic
September 2 - 13 11 Call for volunteers for the drafting team
September 16   Announcement of the drafting team composition
September 16 - 30 14 Drafting of the statement (1st draft)
September 30   Publishing of the 1st draft for comments
Sept. 30 to October 10 10 Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement
October 11 - 18 8 Drafting of the final version
October 21   Final draft published

 
We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed at ICANN 66 in Montreal.
 
The chosen topics should be current and of high interest at ICANN.
 
Please provide your choice before Friday 30th August 2019 at 23:59 UTC.
Best regards

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Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 25, 2019, 12:22:05 PM8/25/19
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Thank you Amr for your proposed topic on Internationalized domain names (IDN) and providing the background for it.

It will be noted and hoping it will gain support.

Nadira




On Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 15:50 Amr Elsadr <ael...@icannpolicy.ninja> wrote:
Hi,

I don’t know if this is a topic that community members from the MEAC region might want to address in any way at ICANN66, however, I hope that it is one that at least merits follow-up at some point.

Internationalized domain names were meant (in part at least) to reflect the global nature of the Internet, acknowledging that not all Internet users communicate in languages based on Latin/ASCII script. It seems to me that if the DNS is truly going to reflect this; that the end-to-end process of registering a domain name needs to be available to those who do not, or are unable to communicate effectively in English, or other languages using Latin characters. A major part of this is the ability to submit gTLD registration data in local languages/scripts during the domain name registration process.

This topic is not a new one at ICANN. An Expert Working Group (EWG) on Internationalized Registration Data (IRD) had previously been formed, and published a Final Report with recommendations back in September 2015. Since this wasn’t a GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG), its recommendations did not result in new obligations on ICANN Contracted Parties.

However, the views of the IRD EWG were taken in to consideration in the GNSO Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information (T&T) PDP WG, largely due to an overlap in membership and close coordination between the two groups, which were running at the same time. Despite having a rather narrow scope of work, the T&T PDP WG produced recommendations, some of which were consistent with the findings of the IRD EWG. These can be found in the T&T PDP WG’s Final Report. These recommendations were subsequently adopted by the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board, and are now still in the process of being implemented.

Later, both of these reports were meant to provide input to the GNSO Next-Generation Registration Directory Services (RDS) to Replace Whois PDP, however, this PDP was terminated in October 2018. This PDP had a very broad scope, and a very small portion of that scope was later taken on by the GNSO Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data, however, the vast majority is meant to be addressed at some point in the future by another PDP, which will serve as a successor to the terminated Next-Gen RDS PDP. I presume that IRD is meant to be included in that effort, when it commences.

Another presumption I have is that, since the MEAC region is one that would be affected by the use of IRD during gTLD domain name registrations; that the community members from the MEAC region might be interested in seeing this someday be dealt with. I know that the topic was captured in previous minutes of meetings of the GNSO Council, but to what extent it is still on their radar, I don’t know.

Is this something that might be of interest to those subscribed to this mailing list in preparation for ICANN66? If not, perhaps at some other point in the future?

Also, for reference, some correspondence between the ICANN Board and the GNSO Council on the topic:



Thanks.

Amr

Manal Ismail

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Aug 25, 2019, 6:50:58 PM8/25/19
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Dear Nadira, Tijani and All ..

 

Apologies for my weak participation on this mailing list, due to work load .. I still follow the discussions though a bit delayed ..

Following your emails I would like to propose “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” as a topic for ICANN66 ME Space .. It’s not a policy topic but a topic that has to do with the existing model and current process and aligns with ICANN Strategic Plan 2021-2025 – Strategic Objective #2 on Governance, aiming at improving the effectiveness of ICANN’s multistakeholder model of governance ..

 

Community discussions identified an initial list of 21 issues that are preventing ICANN’s multistakeholder model from functioning more effectively and efficiently .. The 21 issues were then merged and consolidated to a final list of 11 issues, namely:

1.       Prioritization of Work

2.       Precision in scoping the work

3.       Costs

4.       Representativeness + Inclusiveness

5.       Consensus

6.       Terms

7.       Recruitment + Demographics

8.       Complexity

9.       Efficient Use of Resources

10.    Culture + Trust + Silos

11.    Roles and Responsibilities + Holistic View of ICANN

Worth noting that, here will be a community discussion on this topic on the Thursday of the Montreal week, per the announced Block Schedule, and I believe it would be a good opportunity if the ME space compiles input on few issues of interest to our region and present it during the session (similar to the excellent intervention on Universal Acceptance in Marrakech, thanks to everyone who was involved) ..

 

You may find additional information on this page ..

 

@Baher @Fahd, should this be agreed, appreciate if you can check the exact version of the document that will be discussed in Montreal ..

 

Kind Regards

--Manal

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Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 25, 2019, 7:18:24 PM8/25/19
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Thank you for your contributions Manal in spite of your busy schedule. 
Happy that you proposed “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” because if no one proposed it I would have done so. 😉
It is well noted and hoping it will get supported.
Best wishes
Nadira 

Tijani BEN JEMAA

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Aug 26, 2019, 2:43:25 AM8/26/19
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I fully support Manel's proposal. Evolving ICANN multi-stakeholder model is so important for the future of ICANN.



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Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi

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Aug 26, 2019, 5:23:00 AM8/26/19
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Dear All,

 

I find Amr's proposal very interesting, but I also support Manal's proposal. The advancement of the ICANN multistakeholder model effectiveness  is only possible through community engagement. The community created a list of issues that it believes must be addressed and a final list of issues was published in June. Keeping in mind that the model needs to evolve without compromising the bottom-up decision making process I support improving the effectiveness of the multistakeholder model being our  topic for the ICANN 66 ME Space.

 

Kind regards

Hadia

Chokri Ben Romdhane

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Aug 26, 2019, 5:54:09 AM8/26/19
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Hi Manal and all,

Personaly , I would like to support Manal proposal since   the effectiveness of the ICANN MSM   is crucial issue in which we should get involved  ,
 but from what I know  the next  stage of this work , as announced during ICANN65  by the independent team managing this job  ,  is to assigne to every issue  the corespondent  constituencies or actors  that will be responsible for its evolvement , I don't know if It will be useful for us to trigger a statement about this  assignment?
if not  I would like to propose another crucial topic: "Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews" .

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Chokri
 

 

Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 26, 2019, 6:03:40 AM8/26/19
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Thank you Chokri for your comments on  “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model”  that I personally support.
If this topic got selected the ME input will be on the second stage or the points that you've raised.

It is noted and I hope it will gain the community support.
Nadira

Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 26, 2019, 6:28:23 AM8/26/19
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Thank you, Christine, 
Your support to “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model”  topic is noted.
Nadira

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:09 PM Christine Arida <ch...@tra.gov.eg> wrote:

I join Tijani in supporting Manal’s proposal ..

I also think the topic is important and timely ..

Best

Christine

 

From: Middle-East <middle-ea...@icann.org> On Behalf Of Tijani BEN JEMAA


Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 8:43 AM



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Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi

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Aug 26, 2019, 6:53:13 AM8/26/19
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Dear Chokri and All,

 

You are correct the community identified issues have been mapped into a work plan document which was developed through conversation with the community, so this is where we are now. If you remember last April ALAC submitted a statement with regard to the evolving multistakeholder Model and the 21 issues as it relates to the interests of the end users. So, I don't believe that the ME Space statement should be only on the issues, as it is already too late for this but I think it should be on the issues as it relates to the work plan. However, I haven't seen a final version of this yet.

 

 

Best

Hadia

Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi

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Aug 26, 2019, 7:26:48 AM8/26/19
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I also support chokri's proposal. The public comments report was published July 30th and we could still have an effective input if we wish.

 

Best

Hadia

Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 26, 2019, 8:11:46 AM8/26/19
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Thank you Hadia for sharing your insights on the 3 proposed topics by Amr, Manal and Chokri.
I will note your support on the 3 topics.
Nadira 

Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 26, 2019, 5:02:12 PM8/26/19
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Dear Amr,
I'm happy that I was in fault of noting your proposed topic because we got extra chance to have more explaintion from you.

I will edit the noted topic to be Internationalized Registration Data.

I aslo support considering this issue because of its important relevance to our region.

Best wishes 
Nadira

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 16:37 Amr Elsadr <ael...@icannpolicy.ninja> wrote:
Hi again,

I’d like to share a thought on the suggested topics, if I may. First, for the sake of clarification, my proposal is on Internationalized Registration Data (IRD), not Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). This concerns data submitted by registrants upon registering a gTLD (or ccTLD) domain name. I didn’t include any of the substantive policy issues or recommendations in the body of my previous email, but those are all available in the links I shared, for anyone who is interested in reviewing them. I’d also be happy to answer any questions (to the best of my ability) on the issue, so feel free to share them here (probably best on a different thread).

All three proposed topics (by Manal, Chokri and myself) are clearly relevant and important, but I’d like to explain why I personally prefer IRD as a topic of at least some focus by the MEAC ICANN community. The “Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model” is clearly one that is of great importance, and seemingly one of high priority to ICANN Org. Similarly, the “Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews” topic is one that is of very high interest to the ICANN community as a whole. They are both very deserving of the MEAC’s attention and participation.

Having said that, IRD is different in a couple of respects. IRD is a topic on which there is far less interest, even among stakeholders who are regularly engaged in gTLD policy development. It might be presumptuous of me to make that statement, but at a minimum, there has been little-to-no progress on this issue in years now. On the other hand, the main beneficiaries of resolution of policy development on this topic are those communities around the world whose languages/scripts are not based on the Latin alphabet, such as those who are from the MEAC region. Allowing registrants the option to submit registration data in local languages/scripts is something I personally believe should be afforded, provided that there is a practical way to get this done. This view seems to be shared by the IRD EWG, and is reflected in their recommendations.

IMO, this topic also requires a champion(s); a part of the community that will keep an eye on this, and continue to remind the broader ICANN community that it merits serious attention and follow-up. Right now is probably not the best time for the GNSO, and other SOs and ACs to start this, but it is important that it doesn’t become a topic that is completely forgotten because of other events taking place that are understandably overwhelming the community’s bandwidth and resources. It seems to me that the MEAC ICANN community is one such group that should be all over this. If we don’t or are unable to emphasize the importance of policy issues that are of regional significance to us, then we shouldn’t really expect the rest of the community to take on this role on our behalf.

Still…, this topic is not as time-sensitive as other high-interest ones, like the ones Manal and Chokri proposed. It’s one that can wait, and isn’t absolutely necessary to raise at ICANN66. If this is something the rest of this group would like to take a little more time becoming familiar with, that is also fine by me. For my part, my intention was really just to bring it to the attention of subscribers to this mailing list.

Thanks again.

Amr

Manal Ismail

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Aug 26, 2019, 5:56:17 PM8/26/19
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Many thanks Amr and Chokri for your proposals .. I take your points .. I believe the 3 topics are important and of interest .. So maybe some guidance on:

-          where each process stands,

-          what’s expected from the community in Montreal and beyond,

-          ….

Would guide our discussions and help us prioritize the topics, decide what would be timely and influential if submitted in Montreal, and maybe consider the remaining 2 topics in following meetings if their timelines allow ..

 

I’m totally flexible and look forward to hearing what everyone thinks ..

 

Kind Regards

--Manal

 

From: Middle-East [mailto:middle-ea...@icann.org] On Behalf Of Amr Elsadr
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 3:37 PM
To: Nadira Alaraj
Cc: MEAC-SWG; middl...@icann.org
Subject: Re: [ME ICANN] [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66

 

Hi again,

 

I’d like to share a thought on the suggested topics, if I may. First, for the sake of clarification, my proposal is on Internationalized Registration Data (IRD), not Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). This concerns data submitted by registrants upon registering a gTLD (or ccTLD) domain name. I didn’t include any of the substantive policy issues or recommendations in the body of my previous email, but those are all available in the links I shared, for anyone who is interested in reviewing them. I’d also be happy to answer any questions (to the best of my ability) on the issue, so feel free to share them here (probably best on a different thread).

 

All three proposed topics (by Manal, Chokri and myself) are clearly relevant and important, but I’d like to explain why I personally prefer IRD as a topic of at least some focus by the MEAC ICANN community. The “Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model” is clearly one that is of great importance, and seemingly one of high priority to ICANN Org. Similarly, the “Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews” topic is one that is of very high interest to the ICANN community as a whole. They are both very deserving of the MEAC’s attention and participation.

 

Having said that, IRD is different in a couple of respects. IRD is a topic on which there is far less interest, even among stakeholders who are regularly engaged in gTLD policy development. It might be presumptuous of me to make that statement, but at a minimum, there has been little-to-no progress on this issue in years now. On the other hand, the main beneficiaries of resolution of policy development on this topic are those communities around the world whose languages/scripts are not based on the Latin alphabet, such as those who are from the MEAC region. Allowing registrants the option to submit registration data in local languages/scripts is something I personally believe should be afforded, provided that there is a practical way to get this done. This view seems to be shared by the IRD EWG, and is reflected in their recommendations.

 

IMO, this topic also requires a champion(s); a part of the community that will keep an eye on this, and continue to remind the broader ICANN community that it merits serious attention and follow-up. Right now is probably not the best time for the GNSO, and other SOs and ACs to start this, but it is important that it doesn’t become a topic that is completely forgotten because of other events taking place that are understandably overwhelming the community’s bandwidth and resources. It seems to me that the MEAC ICANN community is one such group that should be all over this. If we don’t or are unable to emphasize the importance of policy issues that are of regional significance to us, then we shouldn’t really expect the rest of the community to take on this role on our behalf.

 

Still…, this topic is not as time-sensitive as other high-interest ones, like the ones Manal and Chokri proposed. It’s one that can wait, and isn’t absolutely necessary to raise at ICANN66. If this is something the rest of this group would like to take a little more time becoming familiar with, that is also fine by me. For my part, my intention was really just to bring it to the attention of subscribers to this mailing list.

 

Thanks again.

 

Amr



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Chokri Ben Romdhane

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Aug 27, 2019, 5:29:22 AM8/27/19
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Dear Amr and all,
I really appreciate the exhaustive way in which you have presented your proposal , it's very instructive and as you have  mentioned you really succeeded to bring attention to this topic.  

In another hand I always have the idea that the ME space  statements should deal with a regional needs and I think that your proposal is most suitable in this case for the reasons that you have already explained. 

What I suggest to Tijani and Nadira  and our community,  looking to the importance of three proposed topics,   is to classify this topics and  based on this  classification  plan the topics that may be treated during the  next  three ICANN meeting.


Friendly
Chokri

Le lun. 26 août 2019 à 14:37, Amr Elsadr <ael...@icannpolicy.ninja> a écrit :
Hi again,

I’d like to share a thought on the suggested topics, if I may. First, for the sake of clarification, my proposal is on Internationalized Registration Data (IRD), not Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). This concerns data submitted by registrants upon registering a gTLD (or ccTLD) domain name. I didn’t include any of the substantive policy issues or recommendations in the body of my previous email, but those are all available in the links I shared, for anyone who is interested in reviewing them. I’d also be happy to answer any questions (to the best of my ability) on the issue, so feel free to share them here (probably best on a different thread).

All three proposed topics (by Manal, Chokri and myself) are clearly relevant and important, but I’d like to explain why I personally prefer IRD as a topic of at least some focus by the MEAC ICANN community. The “Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model” is clearly one that is of great importance, and seemingly one of high priority to ICANN Org. Similarly, the “Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews” topic is one that is of very high interest to the ICANN community as a whole. They are both very deserving of the MEAC’s attention and participation.

Having said that, IRD is different in a couple of respects. IRD is a topic on which there is far less interest, even among stakeholders who are regularly engaged in gTLD policy development. It might be presumptuous of me to make that statement, but at a minimum, there has been little-to-no progress on this issue in years now. On the other hand, the main beneficiaries of resolution of policy development on this topic are those communities around the world whose languages/scripts are not based on the Latin alphabet, such as those who are from the MEAC region. Allowing registrants the option to submit registration data in local languages/scripts is something I personally believe should be afforded, provided that there is a practical way to get this done. This view seems to be shared by the IRD EWG, and is reflected in their recommendations.

IMO, this topic also requires a champion(s); a part of the community that will keep an eye on this, and continue to remind the broader ICANN community that it merits serious attention and follow-up. Right now is probably not the best time for the GNSO, and other SOs and ACs to start this, but it is important that it doesn’t become a topic that is completely forgotten because of other events taking place that are understandably overwhelming the community’s bandwidth and resources. It seems to me that the MEAC ICANN community is one such group that should be all over this. If we don’t or are unable to emphasize the importance of policy issues that are of regional significance to us, then we shouldn’t really expect the rest of the community to take on this role on our behalf.

Still…, this topic is not as time-sensitive as other high-interest ones, like the ones Manal and Chokri proposed. It’s one that can wait, and isn’t absolutely necessary to raise at ICANN66. If this is something the rest of this group would like to take a little more time becoming familiar with, that is also fine by me. For my part, my intention was really just to bring it to the attention of subscribers to this mailing list.

Thanks again.

Amr

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Aug 27, 2019, 7:24:53 PM8/27/19
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Dear All ..

Following our discussion, kindly note that ICANN org has now opened the public comment period on how to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model .. 

This may provide more information and help colleagues to decide whether to comment in Montreal or at a following meeting ..

Kind Regards

--Manal

Hadia El Miniawi

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Aug 27, 2019, 8:07:06 PM8/27/19
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Thanks Manal

Dear All,

Now that we have the document about the "Next steps to improve the effectiveness of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model" open for public comment, I would suggest to take a look at it and see if we would like to provide a statement. You can find the PDF at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/multistakeholder-model-next-steps-20aug19-en.pdf

The document addresses phase two which is about developing the work plan. 

The work plan will focus on four things:
 1. The issues to be addressed.
 2. Which entity or process will take on the task of developing and proposing a solution or approach       to address the issue (e.g. Advisory Committee, Supporting Organization, Community, ICANN              Board, ICANN organization)? 
3. The projected time frame when the owner of that task will deliver a proposed solution or approach       within fiscal years 2021-2025; and 
4. The estimated resources the issue owner will need to develop and propose a solution or approach        to address the issue. 

According to the document what you will need to do is to review the description of each issue and the impact it is having on ICANN’s MSM. Next the document identifies and provides links to potential solutions that are being developed through other work streams in ICANN. You are asked to review the potential solution that is being developed to determine if you think the work will solve the problem.  The questions which will need to be answered in the public comment are:

1. Is there an existing solution or a solution being developed in other work streams that could sufficiently address the issue? If yes, comment on how you think it will sufficiently address the issue. If there is an existing or potential solution being developed in the community that is not identified in this document, please identify that solution and explain whether it will sufficiently address the issue. If you have your own solution to an issue that you would like to suggest, please do so. 
2. If there isn’t a solution that will sufficiently address this issue, who should take on the task of developing a solution (e.g. Advisory Committee, Supporting Organization, community, ICANN Board, ICANN organization)? Please be specific about which entity or which community process should take on the task. 
3. How would you prioritize the issue?

Although the other two suggested topics are good as well, Amr's proposal though very important may be lost now amidst all the other hot topics and as for choukri's proposal, though we still have the time to make an impact, but the public comment period is actually closed and we now have the opportunity to tackle an actually open one. As said above, I would suggest that we read the above document and if we find that we would like to provide feedback, then lets go ahead and make our ICANN 66 statement about the next steps to improve the effectiveness of the multi-stakeholder model (The development of the work plan)

Best
Hadia

Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 28, 2019, 3:11:45 AM8/28/19
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Dear MEAC Community members,
Greetings to all,
I would like to thank the valued input from our active community members.
If you noticed that as lead to the ME Space we paused our input to the vibrant discussions, in the hope of hearing from you.

I'm trust that there are more among us have their perspective that we would like to hear. It could be in the form of supporting the proposed topics,  discussing the issue or suggesting new one.

Looking forward to more community input within the proposed timeline. 
Best wishes 
Nadira AL-Araj 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

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Aug 28, 2019, 5:55:21 AM8/28/19
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Dear all,

I find the ME Space at ICANN 66 the best opportunity to give our region community opinion on this very topic. The resulting consensus statement would be our region's comment in the public comment platform. it will also be sent to the ICANN Board as usual.

So, again, Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model is my preference. It's not that I don't agree to address the IDR which is in my opinion an excellent topic for our region, but this is the exact good time for evolving the ICANN MSM.

Tijani




Nadira Alaraj <nadir...@gmail.com> a écrit :

Dear MEAC Community members,

Fahd Batayneh

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Aug 28, 2019, 5:59:29 AM8/28/19
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Dear All,

 

Just to flag a new blog posted by Brian Cute who is leading the Evolving ICANN's Mutlistakeholder Model (MSM) process >> https://go.icann.org/2UavLIk.

 

Thank you,

 

Fahd

 

From: <icann-m...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Tijani Ben Jemaa <tijani....@topnet.tn>


Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 12:55 PM
To: Nadira Alaraj <nadir...@gmail.com>

Cc: "middl...@icann.org" <middl...@icann.org>, MEAC-SWG <icann-m...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [Ext] Re: [ME ICANN] [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66

 

Dear all,

I find the ME Space at ICANN 66 the best opportunity to give our region community opinion on this very topic. The resulting consensus statement would be our region's comment in the public comment platform. it will also be sent to the ICANN Board as usual.

So, again, Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model is my preference. It's not that I don't agree to address the IDR which is in my opinion an excellent topic for our region, but this is the exact good time for evolving the ICANN MSM.

Tijani



Nadira Alaraj <nadir...@gmail.com> a écrit :

Dear MEAC Community members,

Greetings to all,

I would like to thank the valued input from our active community members.

If you noticed that as lead to the ME Space we paused our input to the vibrant discussions, in the hope of hearing from you.

 

I'm trust that there are more among us have their perspective that we would like to hear. It could be in the form of supporting the proposed topics,  discussing the issue or suggesting new one.

 

Looking forward to more community input within the proposed timeline. 

Best wishes 

Nadira AL-Araj 

 

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On Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 03:07 Hadia El Miniawi <hadiam...@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Thanks Manal

 

Dear All,

 

Now that we have the document about the "Next steps to improve the effectiveness of ICANN's multi-stakeholder model" open for public comment, I would suggest to take a look at it and see if we would like to provide a statement. You can find the PDF at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/multistakeholder-model-next-steps-20aug19-en.pdf [icann.org]

 

The document addresses phase two which is about developing the work plan. 

 

The work plan will focus on four things:

 1. The issues to be addressed.

 2. Which entity or process will take on the task of developing and proposing a solution or approach       to address the issue (e.g. Advisory Committee, Supporting Organization, Community, ICANN              Board, ICANN organization)? 

3. The projected time frame when the owner of that task will deliver a proposed solution or approach       within fiscal years 2021-2025; and 

4. The estimated resources the issue owner will need to develop and propose a solution or approach        to address the issue. 

 

According to the document what you will need to do is to review the description of each issue and the impact it is having on ICANN’s MSM. Next the document identifies and provides links to potential solutions that are being developed through other work streams in ICANN. You are asked to review the potential solution that is being developed to determine if you think the work will solve the problem.  The questions which will need to be answered in the public comment are:

 

1. Is there an existing solution or a solution being developed in other work streams that could sufficiently address the issue? If yes, comment on how you think it will sufficiently address the issue. If there is an existing or potential solution being developed in the community that is not identified in this document, please identify that solution and explain whether it will sufficiently address the issue. If you have your own solution to an issue that you would like to suggest, please do so. 

2. If there isn’t a solution that will sufficiently address this issue, who should take on the task of developing a solution (e.g. Advisory Committee, Supporting Organization, community, ICANN Board, ICANN organization)? Please be specific about which entity or which community process should take on the task. 

3. How would you prioritize the issue?


Although the other two suggested topics are good as well, Amr's proposal though very important may be lost now amidst all the other hot topics and as for choukri's proposal, though we still have the time to make an impact, but the public comment period is actually closed and we now have the opportunity to tackle an actually open one. As said above, I would suggest that we read the above document and if we find that we would like to provide feedback, then lets go ahead and make our ICANN 66 statement about the next steps to improve the effectiveness of the multi-stakeholder model (The development of the work plan)

 

Best

Hadia

 

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 01:25:57 AM GMT+2, Manal Ismail <ma...@tra.gov.eg> wrote:

 

 

Dear All ..

Following our discussion, kindly note that ICANN org has now opened the public comment period on how to Improve the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model [icann.org] .. 

Amr

 

It is noted and I hope it will gain the community support.

Nadira

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 12:54 Chokri Ben Romdhane <chok...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Manal and all,

 

Personaly , I would like to support Manal proposal since   the effectiveness of the ICANN MSM   is crucial issue in which we should get involved  ,

 but from what I know  the next  stage of this work , as announced during ICANN65  by the independent team managing this job  ,  is to assigne to every issue  the corespondent  constituencies or actors  that will be responsible for its evolvement , I don't know if It will be useful for us to trigger a statement about this  assignment?

if not  I would like to propose another crucial topic: "Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews [icann.org]" .

 

Friendly

Chokri

 

 

 

 

Le dim. 25 août 2019 à 23:50, Manal Ismail <ma...@tra.gov.eg> a écrit :

Dear Nadira, Tijani and All ..

 

Apologies for my weak participation on this mailing list, due to work load .. I still follow the discussions though a bit delayed ..

Following your emails I would like to propose “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” as a topic for ICANN66 ME Space .. It’s not a policy topic but a topic that has to do with the existing model and current process and aligns with ICANN Strategic Plan 2021-2025 [icann.org] – Strategic Objective #2 on Governance, aiming at improving the effectiveness of ICANN’s multistakeholder model of governance ..

 

Community discussions identified an initial list of 21 issues [icann.org] that are preventing ICANN’s multistakeholder model from functioning more effectively and efficiently .. The 21 issues were then merged and consolidated to a final list of 11 issues [icann.org], namely:

1.       Prioritization of Work

2.       Precision in scoping the work

3.       Costs

4.       Representativeness + Inclusiveness

5.       Consensus

6.       Terms

7.       Recruitment + Demographics

8.       Complexity

9.       Efficient Use of Resources

10.    Culture + Trust + Silos

11.    Roles and Responsibilities + Holistic View of ICANN

Worth noting that, here will be a community discussion on this topic on the Thursday of the Montreal week, per the announced Block Schedule, and I believe it would be a good opportunity if the ME space compiles input on few issues of interest to our region and present it during the session (similar to the excellent intervention on Universal Acceptance in Marrakech, thanks to everyone who was involved) ..

 

You may find additional information on this page [icann.org] ..

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Chokri Ben Romdhane

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Aug 28, 2019, 6:22:15 AM8/28/19
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Hi,
Agree, with the hope that "Process Proposal for Streamlining Organizational Reviews"  and the IDR will planed , for next ME spaces.

Friendly
Chokri

Nadira Alaraj

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Aug 29, 2019, 8:18:49 AM8/29/19
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Dear All,

I would like to thank all those who got engaged directly or indirectly into this email thread.

So far it seems that there is an agreement by all discussants to have the ME Space topic for ICANN 66 about "Evolving ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model".

Before officially announcing the topic per the timeline on Monday, I call upon the community members to let us hear if they have any different opinion.

Taking this opportunity to ask those interested to volunteer to be among the drafting team to read through all the material and links provided by the discussants or announced by ICANN and be ready to come forward when we place the call on Monday September 2nd.

Best wishes,
Nadira

Zakir Syed

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Sep 3, 2019, 2:22:17 AM9/3/19
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Thank you Manal,

I believe this is an excellent topic for the ME space and I support. Keeping in view the diverse region that we have, this would be a good topic for consideration in the context of the explanation that you've given.
So yea, +1 from my end.

Best,
Zakir



Nadira Alaraj

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Sep 3, 2019, 2:25:23 AM9/3/19
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Zakir, seems you still catching up with your emails,
We moved beyond the selection of the topic to asking volunteers for the drafting team.

Zakir Syed

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Sep 3, 2019, 4:36:24 PM9/3/19
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Thank you Nadira, have been keeping an eye actually and this was a "retrospective support". Not that I didn't like Amr's and Chokri's proposals :) they are great too.

But yea, you are right...email back log, at times, is a real challenge. ...Welcome to the world of IG :)

Also, I would love to be part of the drafting team and work of such a nice group of folks again. Will write to you and Tijani on the original thread.

Thanks again.

Best,
Zakir

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