+1 @ Farell Cheers ! 2016-06-08 9:02 GMT+01:00 Farell FOLLY <[log in to unmask]>: > Hello, > > Sorry to jump into the discussion.... > > @Shane >> Are we not ICANN? > > As long as we are part of the NCSG, we are part of ICANN too. And +1 to > your point of view. > > --ff-- > Best regards > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Farell FOLLY > Africa 2.0 Benin > Chapter Head - Technology Champion > > t: +22997 248100 > s : Skype: farellf > m: [log in to unmask] > w :www.africa2point0.org > l : www.linkedin.com/in/farellf > tt : www.twitter.com/__f_f__ > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part de > Shane Kerr > Envoyé : mercredi 8 juin 2016 04:49 > À : [log in to unmask] > Objet : Are we not ICANN? (was Public Comments - Revisions to ICANN > Expected Standards of Behaviors) > > Fellow NCSG members, > > One thing that I had previously missed caught my eye just now: > > At 2016-06-07 14:07:25 +0200 > Niels ten Oever <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On 06/03/2016 08:13 PM, Ayden Férdeline wrote: > > ... > > > it isn't. It is possibly one of community culture, but if we accept > > > that, we can't just push this back to ICANN to somehow deal with. I > > > don't want a return to the Victorian moral panic of the 1880s, I > > > don't want ICANN inhibiting anyone's free speech to satisfy a few > special > > > interests. > ... > > > Helsinki. If anything, I feel like WE are more at fault here than > > > ICANN as an organisation is. WE are not respecting the processes > > > already in > ... > > > ICANN has been very responsive to the concerns raised by the > > > community, > > All of these statements share a similar tone: ICANN is something that we > interact with, but we are not a part of ICANN. > > Perhaps I am confused, because I come from the IETF and RIR communities, > which allow anyone to join and participate. While there is a distinction > between the ARIN community and the ARIN not-for-profit company (for > example) or the IETF and the IAB (as another example), for the most part > direction comes from the wider, open community. > > You know, in a kind of bottom-up, open, inclusive way. > > So... if this is not how ICANN works, then I feel like the ICANN > experiment has gone off the rails and is in serious danger of failing > completely. If "ICANN" is something different from, well, us, then what is > it? > > Are we not ICANN? > > Cheers, > > -- > Shane > -- *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* *Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl **Editeur de logiciels de gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://www.oandkit.com <http://www.oandkit.com>)* *Président/CEO de l'INTIC4DEV (Institut des TIC pour le développement) http://www.intic4dev.org <http://www.intic4dev.org> * *Eminent National Expert for the World Summit Award (http://www.wsis-award.org <http://www.wsis-award.org>) * *Secrétaire Général de l'ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg <http://www.estetic.tg>)* *ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.npoc.org/ <http://www.npoc.org/>)**ICANN - Fellow & Alumni (http://www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>) - Membre de Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org>) * *Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo) *(http://www.globalshea.com) *Skype : olevie1 FaceBook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo*