Hi Amr, thanks and understood. I think Bill Drake expressed interest previously to lead the discussion and so he can replace you. Rafik Dammak @rafik "fight for the users" 2015-02-02 21:37 GMT+09:00 Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi, > > I doubt that I’m the best person to present the public interest & human > rights discussion to the board. For one thing, I only just subscribed to > the human rights @ ICANN mailing list, so am not really as up-to-speed on > the discussions as others probably are. > > Also, I don’t think my views on how the public interest issue should be > handled by ICANN are representative of the NCSG. I cannot stress enough how > bad an idea it is I believe it is to negotiate a definition for public > interest within the ICANN context. I can see this becoming very problematic > in gTLD policy development and the resultant contractual requirements of > registries and registrars. > > Furthermore, from what I could tell, there was a significant amount of > discussion on this list regarding the public interest within the ICANN > context, and its importance to users. I don’t believe users’ rights in gTLD > policy development is unimportant, but when I work on policies, I focus on > the rights of non-commercial registrants (individuals or non-commercial > orgs), not users. Balancing these rights along with those of commercial > registrants and other stakeholders is very important to users, unless you > believe the only thing Internet users do online is shop. > > I would appreciate the opportunity to weigh-in during the meeting, if > there is time, but there are many others who could present the topic. I > only suggested it, because I know there is considerable interest in the > topic both within and outside of the NCSG. If there is a discussion that is > going to take place, we should certainly be a part of it. > > Thanks. > > Amr > > On Feb 2, 2015, at 2:30 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > thanks for the suggestions and discussions, I think we got our 3 topics: > > - ICANN & Content policy (lead discussant: Ed Morris) > > - Public interest & Human Rights (Lead discussant: Amr) > > - Privacy (lead discussant: Stephanie) > > > > I put the names of those who proposed the topic as lead discussed, their > role will be to give briefing to the board for 2 and 3 minutes, to > introduce the topic and summarize what was discussed here. for the case of > privacy, we need more details and what we should talk about. > > > > the discussion should continue so the volunteers can capture the > diversity of opinions within NCSG. of course during the meeting with board, > the attendees in situ or online will be able to intervene. I would like > that we are ready before Singapore meeting. > > > > I will send the proposal to the board so they can prepare. > > > > > > Best, > > > > Rafik Dammak >