Hi Amr,

thanks and understood. I think Bill Drake expressed interest previously to
lead the discussion and so he can replace you.

Rafik Dammak
@rafik
"fight for the users"

2015-02-02 21:37 GMT+09:00 Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi,
>
> I doubt that I’m the best person to present the public interest & human
> rights discussion to the board. For one thing, I only just subscribed to
> the human rights @ ICANN mailing list, so am not really as up-to-speed on
> the discussions as others probably are.
>
> Also, I don’t think my views on how the public interest issue should be
> handled by ICANN are representative of the NCSG. I cannot stress enough how
> bad an idea it is I believe it is to negotiate a definition for public
> interest within the ICANN context. I can see this becoming very problematic
> in gTLD policy development and the resultant contractual requirements of
> registries and registrars.
>
> Furthermore, from what I could tell, there was a significant amount of
> discussion on this list regarding the public interest within the ICANN
> context, and its importance to users. I don’t believe users’ rights in gTLD
> policy development is unimportant, but when I work on policies, I focus on
> the rights of non-commercial registrants (individuals or non-commercial
> orgs), not users. Balancing these rights along with those of commercial
> registrants and other stakeholders is very important to users, unless you
> believe the only thing Internet users do online is shop.
>
> I would appreciate the opportunity to weigh-in during the meeting, if
> there is time, but there are many others who could present the topic. I
> only suggested it, because I know there is considerable interest in the
> topic both within and outside of the NCSG. If there is a discussion that is
> going to take place, we should certainly be a part of it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> On Feb 2, 2015, at 2:30 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > thanks for the suggestions and discussions, I think we got our 3 topics:
> > - ICANN & Content policy (lead discussant: Ed Morris)
> > - Public interest & Human Rights (Lead discussant: Amr)
> > - Privacy (lead discussant: Stephanie)
> >
> > I put the names of those who proposed the topic as lead discussed, their
> role will be to give briefing to the board for 2 and 3 minutes, to
> introduce the topic and summarize what was discussed here. for the case of
> privacy, we need more details and what we should talk about.
> >
> > the discussion should continue so the volunteers can capture the
> diversity of opinions within NCSG. of course during the meeting with board,
> the attendees in situ or online will be able to intervene. I would like
> that we are ready before Singapore meeting.
> >
> > I will send the proposal to the board so they can prepare.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Rafik Dammak
>