I'm concerned about the first round of gTLD finally going forward with so
many of the details in JAS issues unresolved, recognizing any further delay
is undesirable. The work of the JAS needs to be continued with a much
broader participation so as to enrich the debate and the perspectives.

The second issue of importance in my view is to increase the voice of the
third sector in relation to the voices of governments and the private sector
- the work of the NCSG is going to be critical if the multi-stakeholder
nature of ICANN is to be preserved and strengthened. Ensuring equity of
policy viewpoints between individuals, governments, not-for profit sector,
NGOs, academia and the corporate world is essential and will enrich ICANN.
Technical issues are critical but best handled if set within an
understanding of global political settings - abuse of internet control by
rogue and autocratic governments is a very sensitive situation for the poor
who are not connected or trying to connect for livelihood and food
security.

Finally, domain name security and transparency of ICANN's work will dominate
the issues over the next few years. To increase the quality of the debate of
these issues, we must bring new voices (more youth, more women, more
developing world voices) and the new skills and mindsets they bring to
increase the quality of the external and internal oversight and governance
of ICANN's work. More young members will increase the capacity to understand
and combat gaming, fraud, abuse, cyber squatting, etc... Processes must be
transparent and appear to be transparent and we should encourage open
external and internal reviews of all kinds to raise the confidence level in
the organization and its processes. This is true of the staffed organization
processes but also the processes of the constituencies.

ALAIN BERRANGER, NCSG/NPOC


> -----Original Message-----
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> Avri
> Doria
> Sent: Friday, 30 September 2011 5:21 p.m.
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> Subject: Question 3: Issues over the next years
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> Thanks
>
> Avri
>
> Question 3: What do you foresee as the most important issue for the NCSG
> during the next year.  2 years?
>



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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
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Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
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