Thank you Sam for the well crafted comments. The speed will surely leave many in the dark. I always get amaze as technology is putting under-developed Countries in a stage of total confusion. When you about to understand one tech another shows up. I am always in support of segmentation of the society to help in shaping a more sustainable living. Sonigitu Ekpe Mobile +234 805 0232 469 Office + 234 802 751 0179 "LIFE is all about love and thanksgiving" On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Stephanie, et. al., > > Your comment "Aarrggh, how do we get this train to slow down?" is one > dimension of the elephant in the room with regard to building a viable and > sustainable multistakeholder process, both here and for the IANA > transition. Open data, and transparency, do not promote either awareness or > engagement if the flows are too big, or too fast. Information flows around > the Internet Governance issues are more like an information tsunami, > drowning many in their wake, except for those who are essentially concerned > with one issue. Consider that the IGF in Bali produced over 250 hours of > online video. How many have time to watch that. > > As well, there are a number of areas here where the wording skates across > thin ice making it difficult for the wider stakeholder community to grasp > what is being proposed, and leaving the proposed ideas open to serious > implementation difficulties. If the end products here are done too quickly > they will not have broad stakeholder cohort buy-in. They will have only > well meaning but symbolic buy-in by the tiny sliver of the stakeholder > community actually involved in the process. That will not bode well for a > viable and sustainable multistakeholder process in the long run. > > Timing is important in good humor, and in good policy making. > > Sam Lanfranco > > On 2014-04-12, at 2:05 PM, Remmy Nweke wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> ICANN has put the draft 5 year strategic plan for comment. that is >> quite important draft since it set the directions for ICANN . The process >> regarding the strategy started since few months and that is critical time >> to provide input at this stage. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Rafik >> >> >