Hi all, I do agree with Niels. We are supposed to be a "vocal" point on HR but without a broader engagement of the community and a proper and constructive communications with ICANN staff and ICANN board our "voices" will be marginalised. Many misunderstanding during the HR fights CCWG could have been avoided if there were a proper communication with the board (no, I am not a stupid optimist, this is reality, it took time to convince the board but we made it. We could have made it earlier if there were a proper engagement). One of the priorities for addressing human rights issues in WS2 will be, in my opinion, to establish the constructive dialogue with the ICANN board/stuff as early as possible to avoid the last-minute fights and unhappy compromises. Cheers Tanya On 29 February 2016 at 11:17, Niels ten Oever <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > But we want someone in staff who is working on this, right? That is what > the previous report of the CCWP HR was about [0]. This cannot and should > not be done either ONLY by the board, ONLY by staff, or ONLY by the > community. > > Whereas we've been having success on board engagement (after the > questions of last time), we will need to work more with staff, > henceforth this question. > > Best, > > Niels > > [0] http://icannhumanrights.net > > > On 02/29/2016 04:39 AM, Stephanie Perrin wrote: > > +1 > > this would be my worst nightmare.... > > Stephanie Perrin > > On 2016-02-28 22:32, Mueller, Milton L wrote: > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> - Will there be dedicated ICANN staff working on the development of a > >>> human > >>> rights policy who could also function as a vocal point on human rights? > >> Be careful with this. WE are supposed to be the vocal point on human > >> rights, don't let that function be taken over by an ICANN staff person. > >> > > -- > Niels ten Oever > Head of Digital > > Article 19 > www.article19.org > > PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 > 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 >