I think Milton is exactly right. We have more than enough on our plate in this group respecting issues that are tied to IANA policy that affects us all. We don’t need to become a broader policy forum for things that are beyond our remit. Indeed, we just spent a huge amount of political capital making sure that these things were outside the scope of what ICANN is going to do … for good reason
Paul
From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mueller, Milton L
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 6:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Invitation to join the #Internet4All campaign
As far as I know we have not endorsed anything as NCUC - but if we have, I was against it at the time. 😉
My concern is that this seemingly innocuous issue sets a precedent and before you know it we get 20 requests per year to endorse campaigns and causes that are not related to our actual scope of policy making authority. Some of those issues might divide us, leading to long debates that detract from our ability to do the things we are supposed to do.
I see potential for a huge time waste. It's not like we have too little to do
So: publicity among and endorsements by NCUC members, Yes. Formal endorsement by NCUC, No.
Milton L Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Deserves support. Highly recommended. Has NCUC not previously supported non domain issues that are internet related?
Grace
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:48:21 -0400
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Subject: Re: Invitation to join the #Internet4All campaign
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This is a good initiative worthy of our support!
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Agreed.
Thanks,
Robin
> On Apr 20, 2016, at 9:57 AM, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> @Milton +1
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> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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> On 20 Apr 2016, at 10:42, Mueller, Milton L wrote:
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>> I agree, NCUC/NCSG are appropriate vehicles for publicizing these initiatives among civil society organizations/individuals, and many of its members may be interested in joining in, but #Internet4All does not seem to be a domain name policy issue and I think we had better stick to our basic mission.
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>> --MM
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>> James Gannon
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 12:26 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Invitation to join the #Internet4All campaign
>>>
>>> Just on this point I hope that as this seems to be an infrastructure related
>>> campaign.
>>>
>>> Still reading about it at the moment but my gut reaction is that this may be
>>> more appropriate for individual NCUC members and organisations to
>>> endorse?
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>>>
>>> On 20/04/2016, 17:12, "NCSG-Discuss on behalf of Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G."
>>> <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> Is ICANN (regional) staff participating in this activity? Could also be
>>>> part of the information we may need for a qualified opinion.
>>>>
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