some GAC members from developing regions followed JAS (support applicant working group) work and GAC itself supported the recommendations,we can assume that we already started working with them.
the board was also pushed about the outreach efforts but little was done regarding that matter and the implementation by ICANN staff missed the whole thing although many people from the community warned them.
I don't think that we are trying dictate any things to those countries.capacity and awareness building with sustained outreach is aimed to let be people informed , it is up to them to take actions or not and decide what is suitable for their local context.
Adam Peake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Given that our recent efforts at ICAN have been in opposition to GAC
> GAC also concerned about lack of diversity with tech providers, lack
> of accredited registrars from developing countries.
>
proposals (demands?) I think that in political terms, having identified this
common ground with them that it would be very useful to make significant
efforts to work positively with the GAC to press the Board hard to fund
outreach efforts in this area. In Asia in particular there are some countries
with fast-growing Internet connectivity (Malaysia, Thailand) where promoting
the possibility of local registrars and local TLDs would be worthwhile. We
must be careful not to try to dictate that these countries MUST want/have
such things, but working with people in-country to promote the options and to
understand what barriers exist IF there is demand is definitely worthwhile,
IMHO.
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Professor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask]
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/