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.
>>

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