Agree with post comments here to invite Veni and listen to him about
what are his plans as one of the selected members (where David Kaye
was not welcomed). Also, during that meeting, we can share with him
what are our hopes and fears with such a group.

I am sure having ICANN there is really a good thing and we should seek
ways to strengthen our presence there (through engagement with Veni)

2018-01-14 11:33 UTC−08:00, Stephanie Perrin
<[log in to unmask]>:
> That sounds like a great idea to me!
>
> cheers Stephanie
>
>
> On 2018-01-14 2:31 PM, farzaneh badii wrote:
>> We can  invite Veni to our NCSG open meeting at ICANN 61. I think
>> direct communication would be better and ncsg open meeting in PR might
>> have better remote participation and more members would join.
>>
>> O Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:12 PM "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"
>> <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>     1++ to Stephanie
>>
>>     wolfgang
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>     Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Stephanie Perrin
>>     Gesendet: So 14.01.2018 18:30
>>     An: [log in to unmask]
>>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>     Betreff: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from
>>     ICANN] to a new high level group on fake news and online
>>     disinformation.
>>
>>     Personally, I am not worried at all about Veni Markovski being the
>> rep
>>     here, he has been around a long time and has a great reputation.
>>     He was
>>     originally on CPSR.  I also think it is important that ICANN have
>>     representation here, to defend against any bright ideas folks may
>> come
>>     up with to make ICANN the "one-stop-shopping" centre approach that
>>     some
>>     parties have wanted/expected it to take.  I do think we should invite
>>     Mr. Markovski to brief us in the future on what is going on with
>>     this group.
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>
>>     Stephanie Perrin
>>
>>
>>     On 2018-01-13 8:40 AM, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
>>     > Hopefully they have joined to make the case for why the technical
>>     > community should not be involved in content regulation. But I
>>     fear I'm
>>     > giving them too much benefit of the doubt. There should be
>>     > transparency and community involvement in these important
>>     discussions,
>>     > but sadly I know there won't be, and all we can probably hope
>>     for is a
>>     > vague blog post after the fact.
>>     >
>>     > - Ayden
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >> -------- Original Message --------
>>     >> Subject: Re: FYI: EC appoints 39 experts [one from ICANN] to a new
>>     >> high level group on fake news and online disinformation.
>>     >> Local Time: 13 January 2018 2:15 PM
>>     >> UTC Time: 13 January 2018 13:15
>>     >> From: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>     >> To: [log in to unmask]
>>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>     >>
>>     >> Thank you Sam. We are championing for ICANN not to become a
>> content
>>     >> regulator and ICANN staffer get appointed to EC initiative on fake
>>     >> news and online disinformation. I really wonder why. Why should
>>     ICANN
>>     >> be even involved with this?
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> Farzaneh
>>     >>
>>     >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Sam Lanfranco
>>     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>     >> <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >>     FYI:
>>     >>
>>     >>     The European Commission (EC) has appointed 39 experts to a new
>>     >>     High Level Group (HLEG) on fake news and online
>> disinformation.
>>     >>     It comprises representatives of the civil society, social
>> media
>>     >>     platforms, news media organisations, journalists and academia.
>>     >>     Professor dr. Madeleine de Cock Buning is nominated to
>>     chair the
>>     >>     Group.
>>     >>
>>     >>     The ICANN person in the HLEG  is Veni Markovski, currently
>>     >>     ICANN's Vice-President for UN engagement, based in New York.
>>     >>
>>     >> --
>>     >> Farzaneh
>>     >
>>
>> --
>> Farzaneh
>
>


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