Great ! I totally adhere to this statement. Cheers ! -Olevie- 2014-03-17 14:14 GMT+00:00 Lori Schulman <[log in to unmask]>: > Very nice. Thank you. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 17, 2014, at 3:47 AM, "Rudi Vansnick" <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > NPOC, the Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns stakeholder Constituency > within ICANN, welcomes the U.S. Government's National Telecommunications > and Information Administration (NTIA) announcement of its intention to > "transfer key internet domain name functions to the global stakeholder > community" and pledges its support for the challenging work required for > this task. > > NTIA has charged ICANN to convene global stakeholders to develop a > transition proposal that strengthens the multistakeholder model; maintains > the security, stability and resilience of the Internet DNS; meets the needs > and expectations of the global customers and partners of the relevant > domain name system (DNS) functions; and maintains the openness of the > Internet. NPOC's stakeholder constituency has a keen interest in both this > process and its outcome. > > NPOC focuses on the impact of DNS policies, and their effects, on the > Not-for-Profit civil society stakeholder community. NPOC stands for a > multistakeholder approach to empowerment and capacity building for > engagement in Internet governance; policy and process transparency; and > stakeholder use of a DNS system that supports community based and just > socio-economic development. > > NPOC looks forward to playing an active role on the development of a > transition proposal process that respects the principles of openness and > engagement that have been part of the core DNA of the Internet from its > inception. NPOC intends to collaborate with existing stakeholder > constituencies and others to nurture a growing civil society stakeholder > base, both within ICANN and the transition proposal, and within the > not-for-profit and civil society communities of the larger global Internet > ecosystem. > > Rudi Vansnick > NPOC chair Policy Committee > NPOC treasurer > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16 > Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32 > www.npoc.org<http://www.npoc.org> > > > > Explore ways to make excellent teaching the reality in every classroom. > Attend the ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence, June 27-29, in Dallas, > Tex. Choose from more than 150 sessions on assessment, college and career > readiness, STEM, and instructional practices. Featured presenters include > Jay McTighe, Baruti Kafele, and Carol Ann Tomlinson. Register NOW at > www.ascd.org/cte.<http://www.ascd.org/cte> > > > > This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of > > the person(s) to whom it has been sent, and may contain information that is > > confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient or > > have received this message in error, you are not authorized to copy, > distribute, or otherwise use this message or its attachments. Please > notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete this message > and any > > attachments. ASCD makes no guarantee that this e-mail is error or virus > free. > -- Olévié (Olivier) A. A. KOUAMI Membre de ISoc (www.isog.org) & du FOSSFA (www.fossfa.net) DG Ets GIDA-OKTETS & CEO de INTIC4DEV (http://www.intic4dev.org) PC Vice Chair for Francophone Africa ICANN-NCSG/NPOC (http://www.npoc.org/) SG de ESTETIC (http://www.estetic.tg) Po Box : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 928 512 41 / (228) 224 999 25 Skype : olevie1 Facebook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé - Togo