No, I cannot do it, as I said. I am having nearly no time to follow things up -- actually I am going to Icann this time to refresh my memory and understanding of the zillion issues. I strongly suggest Alex who, I understand, will be in San Fran on time. --c.a. On 03/02/2011 02:43 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > Why not put Carlos on the panel? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >> William Drake >> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:31 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS] a concern regarding the ncuc event >> program >> >> Carlos, >> >> On Mar 1, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: >> >>> Dear people, >>> >>> I have expressed my concern to the organizers regarding one of the >> >> Right, and I replied to you privately a couple hours ago. >> >>> My concern is that it is unbalanced regarding the expressions of the >>> "developing countries". >> >> Again, >> >> 1. I invited Olga Cavalli from Argentina but she's recently said her >> flight doesn't get in on time. >> >> 2. I invited Alice Munyua from the Kenyan government but she needs more >> time to see if she can make it. I just spoke with her again here in >> Brussels and she can give me an answer on Thursday. >> >> 3. If Alice can't do it I said I'll invite someone else. We need >> people who've been engaged with and can speak to the topics: >> >>> To what extent has ICANN addressed the unique concerns and promoted >>> the participation of developing country stakeholders? >> >> For example, we've been raising these questions in the Council and at >> the ICANN meetings, resulting inter alia in the formation of the JAS WG >> that's been working on options to help developing country and other >> resource challenged actors to deal with the high application fees for >> new gTLDs. Avri and Rafik co-chair the group, so I asked them to speak >> about that and related. There've also been the parallel discussions >> about promoting developing country participation, such as the Board WG >> meeting in Nairobi I spoke at, and the outreach team Olga's led. And >> the conversations around this with board members and others at the >> workshop I organized at IGF Vilnius on ICANN and developing countries, >> and all the other continuing discussions with board staff SGs et al >> around these issues. >> >>> How do developing >>> country governments' experiences with and attitudes toward ICANN >>> affect the larger geopolitics of Internet governance, such as their >>> continuing pressure in the United Nations for a new intergovernmental >>> body that would have "oversight" of ICANN? >> >> Issues that are being illustrated here in Brussels, as well as last week >> in Geneva, and also have been addressed e.g. in the five IGF events I've >> organized on development agenda issues. I asked Markus Kummer to join >> for that part of the discussion because he's recently left the hot seat >> at the IGF and can now speak freely to these issues, which all the >> current and hoped for panelists have pretty extensive first hand >> experience with. >> >>> What do these dynamics mean for the >>> global public interest, and for the priorities of noncommercial users? >> >> We will have about 50 minutes to cover all this grounds, so like 25 >> minutes on internal ICANN and 25 on external geopolitical dimensions. >> So nobody's going to have tons of mic time and we will need to move >> crisply through a structured discussion (not serial talking heads) in >> order to map this terrain and provide the audience with a good framework >> for discussion. >> >>> If you share this concern, could you help suggesting more names from >>> the South which could be added (if the organizers agree, of course), >>> and who will certainly be in San Fran by March 11th? >> >> Thanks. Let me see what happens from Alice and if that doesn't work >> let's look at options. >>> >>> I understand it should be a person who is closely >>> following/participating in the international IG debate from civil >>> society's perspective. >> >> Yup >>> >>> Just in case, I am out of question as I am not following the >>> issues/events/processes as closely as I should. Some very good people >>> (I can think of Alice from Kenya) will not arrive on time. Not sure >>> about Alex Gakuru's schedule though -- just to give a few examples of >> names. >>> >>> It may help to take a look at the current list of registered >> participants: >>> >>> https://www.registration123.com/reports/saved.cfm?r=%24*%40L%26V0%20%2 >>> 0%0A >>> >>> Or maybe I am way out of my "jurisdiction" here... :) >> >> I told you I was working on it. But ok, this panel doesn't have to be >> developed in the same way as all the others, suggestions of people >> who've been closely engaged with the topics and will be in attendance >> would of course be welcome. >> >> Best, >> >> Bill >