[bestbits] Re: notes from meeting with FADI in DC

Thu Jan 30 11:19:53 EST 2014

Who cares what he thinks. We should submit what we think needs to be addressed in Internet policy! 

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From: Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com> 
Date: 01/30/2014  11:02 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com>,Jochai Ben-Avie <jochai at accessnow.org> 
Cc: "bestbits at lists.bestbits.net&gt &lt" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>,Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [bestbits] Re: notes from meeting with FADI in DC 

- He did not mentioned specific dates for the reports, but he said they are almost done.
- I did understand that when he was saying "governance principles" they would be process focus principles. So transparency, multistakeholder, etc would be discussed, but net neutrality and things alike would not (But remember, Fadi impressions have diverged in the past from those of the Brazilian officials). Maybe this is something that should be clarified by the committees. At the end the statement "crafting internet principles" is not that clear (to say the least) 
- yes, he did agree HR should be the broader framework for all this
- I was in a meeting yesterday with folks of the Necessary and Proportionate coalition, and I specifically suggested Katitza (EFF), Jochai (Access) and Mathew (CDT) to submit through the site the N and P principles...

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com> wrote:
Thanks, Carol.
This part brought my attention:

"Brazil wont discuss internet principles in general, but principles of governance: principles, networks, etc. We will just have 2 days."

+
The addition you guys made on Human Rights and he agreed.

I wonder what is the understanding...is it that there wouldnt be space to debate specific  principles such as necessary and proportionate?

Do we have a date for Vint's report? 

On 29 Jan 2014 13:56, "Carolina Rossini" <carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:
Well, it seems he will growth on his position until this group of social responsability figures out their next steps, but we can clarify

Chirs is also moving to DC. 

No bigger context to the meeting besides dialogue. They just called folks from civil society and think tanks in DC to meet, since Fadi was here to speak at STON

C. 

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Rafik <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> wrote:
hi Carolina,

Thanks for those notes and updates and what was the context of this meeting?
Btw Chris mondini main task is to engage business, there is no  specific staff for civil society :).

Best,

Rafik

Le 30 Jan 2014 à 00:10, Carolina <carolina.rossini at gmail.com> a écrit :

And an important addition, Brett and I brought it up that Human Rights framework should be a core issue to be considered as a base for any principle setting moving forward and Fadi agreed and reinforced it.  

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On Jan 29, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Carolina Rossini <carolina.rossini at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,

here my notes from what Fadi talked about this morning here in DC. I tried to capture as much as I could his own words. But this are my notes.

They also mentioned new websites:
* learn.icann.org
* labs.icann.org
* new.icann.org

And for contact: Chris Mondini <chris.mondini at icann.org>

Brett from Access was also in the meeting, so he may have complementary notes.

Best,

Carol

"This is our first gathering of the DC ICANN office.

Snowden, good or bad, brought the topic of “who run the internet” up in the agenda of countries around the world.

Fadi is 1 ½ in. Mandates are of 3 years.

The openness for ICANN is crucial for our mission. ICANN is a very western centric organization, based on its staff and posture. 3 centers. They have implemented Sales Force CRM across the offices to ensure questions are answered. ICANN is also creating “engagement centers” around the world. Montevideo, Beijing, Geneva, Cairo. Building centers of excellence, such as in Delhi and another to come in Africa on youth and entrepreneurship and a possible 3rd one in Russia.

“Ensuring that ICANN is ready to face the responsibilities it has at the global level.”

Wants ICANN to be an example of multistakeholderism and openness.

ICANN is rooted in the pubic interest. Some view may diverge. I am think this is we have not acted > he appointed a full time president of public responsibility > one of the key elements is education. How to use that money in the public interest. This president brought a panel to help him develop this strategy.

An academic meeting in August as a follow-up. Friday and Saturday in Rio. Fadi also wants to do the same with civil society in November. Fadi affirms he can help with platform and costs.

Civil society representatives need more strength – ICANN can support costs of travel. We have a 133 countries siting at the table and showing at every meeting. They are on “equal” footing.

Brazil wont discuss internet principles in general, but principles of governance: principles, networks, etc. We will just have 2 days.

PHASES: Design (the internet ecosystem which will work, this effort should end in the Brazil meeting) (hopefully this will be shown as a picture. This is a high level document. 10pgs), engineer (this is a second phase and it will start in early may and go through the end of the year. Take the high level design and develop how it will work. Joi Ito, Novack, etc. This needs to give me something that is operationalizable.), operation (execution of the plan).

Fadi are bringing the pieces to create a complex regime that is new, synchronized with the nation-state model. We are in a race to ensure that the head of states

IANA: this was a discussion where only small rooms that US controls the Internet. Fadi discussed with his board that ICANN should take the oversight from US. It was always know that this was just a matter of time. Fadi and his board agreed that ICANN is ready to overtake that function and have the public discussion about it. We have strategy panels, one led by Vincent Cerf, who is about to release its report saying ICANN is mature enough. The question is all about if ICANN is mature enough … and we need a mature civil society. I was invited for the Best Bits meeting and it was a great truth meeting.

He wants us to be sure we all are mature enough to assume all functions. And for this to happen Fadi feels we need more and stronger civil society. But the stakeholders need engage and be mature, so no other country (or all of them) take control of the IANA.

We are planning the creation of governance networks. How we would come together and for a certain issue could include A + B + C. they are dynamic, hopefully effective and the involved may vary based on the need.

March 1st is the deadline for submissions for Brazil mtg in the website"

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