I agree with your recommendation Milton. Valerie - Original Message ----- From: "Milton Mueller" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:33 AM Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Request for advice > Fwd: Template for ICANN Constituency/Stakeholder Input on WSIS > > Dear members: > The message below was sent to the Chair and Council members > of NCUC. It is asking us to provide "input" into a template > that would then be used by ICANN's "WSIS Workshop > Planning Group" and probably also by ICANN management > to formulate some kind of common position to take into the > WSIS process. > > The questions we are asked to fill out are in themselves > rather harmless. However, I view the idea of ICANN as a > whole "developing a bottom-up consensus to guide positions > on Internet governance" with some concern and puzzlement. > It would seem that our members, and the constituent parts of > ICANN, can develop their own positions. Many of us are already > deeply involved in the WSIS process anyway and don't > need "guidance". > > However, I could be wrong about this, so I solicit the > membership's advice. > > My recommendation is to fill out the questions with > the relevant facts but add at the beginning a caveat > stating that NCUC and its members reserve to themselves > the ability to represent their own positions, either > individually or collectively as a constituency, in the > WSIS process. > > I am copying ALAC members on this. I will forward their > replies to the list if they wish. > > --MM > > ===================================== > FROM: WSIS Workshop Planning Group* <[log in to unmask]> > > SUBJECT: Template for CANN Constituency/Stakeholder Input on > WSIS > > At the WSIS Workshop in Kuala Lumpur > (<http://www.icann.org/meetings/kualalumpur/icann-wsis-workshop-01jul04.htm> > ), ICANN constituencies/stakeholder groups were invited to complete > the > template included below and return it to the WSIS Workshop Planning > Group*. > The Planning Group would greatly appreciate receiving a completed > template > from your group by 13 August 2004. Please email it to > [log in to unmask] > > As discussed at the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) > Workshop > in Kuala Lumpur, the template is being used to gather input from the > ICANN > community. It is an initial step towards developing a bottom-up > consensus > to guide positions on Internet Governance, and to strengthen ICANN > stakeholder awareness of WSIS and WSIS participants' understanding of > ICANN. > Submissions will be used to develop a statement with key themes about > ICANN > and Internet Governance, which can be used as input and guidance for > the > ICANN community and as a resource in working with other entities via > the > WSIS process. The statement will be circulated for endorsement and > consideration by ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees > (as > appropriate) and will be presented at the next WSIS Workshop at the > Cape > town ICANN meeting in December 2004. > > Thank you for your help with this effort. Please contact us if you > have any > questions or need additional information. > > The WSIS Workshop Planning Group <[log in to unmask]>: > > Vittorio Bertola, At-Large Advisory Committee > Izumi Aizu, At-Large Advisory Committee > Marilyn Cade, Business Constituency > David Fares, BusinessConstituency/USCIB > Tony Holmes, Internet Service & Connectivity Providers > Elana Broitman, Registrars > Jeff Neuman, Registries > Peter Dengate Thrush, InternetNZ > Theresa Swinehart, ICANN > Denise Michel, ICANN > > ---------------------------------------------- > > TEMPLATE FOR ICANN CONSTITUENCY/STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON WSIS (*Please > email to > <[log in to unmask]> by 13 August 2004) > > 1. Name of Constituency/Stakeholder Group; description of group; > contact > information. > > 2. Role group plays regarding the Internet's system of unique > identifiers > and its stable and secure operation (what do you do?). > > 3. Explain how ICANN's activities/responsibilities effect what you > do. > > 4. Explain why and how your group's members participate in ICANN (and > give > examples of some of the priority ICANN issues/activities in which your > group's members are involved). > > 5. Activities outside of ICANN: Describe the Internet-related > issues/activities addressed by (or affecting) your group's members that > are > outside of ICANN's mandate? What are some of the other international > and > national fora in which your group's members are involved? > > 6. Internet governance: Identify the other international or regional > organizations your group's members work with, if any, on Internet > governance > discussions/issues [eg. ITU, WIPO, OECD, CITEL, APEC-TEL, IETF, etc.]. > Explain how your group members have participated in WSIS. > >