[governance] Re: [bestbits] NetMundial Alliance

[Seth Johnson]

Anyone else having trouble getting into meetings.icann.org this morning?

Kind of important to be present today.

Seth

On Thursday, June 26, 2014, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello from ICANN London
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2014, at 3:05 AM, Joana Varon <joana at varonferraz.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','joana at varonferraz.com');>> wrote:
>
> it would also be interesting to know the latest positions at the GAC about
> the transition process. Have anyone written anything about it?
>
>
>  the GAC Communiqué  is here:
>
> https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC%20London%20Commu
> nique%20FINAL%20.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1403767077808&api=v2
>
>
>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nnenna75 at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi people
>>>
>>> Who was in the GAC/Board meeting today when ICANN President announced a
>>> "NetMundial Alliance" in London at ICANN50?
>>>
>>
> Fadi has been musing privately about this since at least September but the
> concept is still evolving, so the announcement now was an interesting
> decision.  NCUC had the US delegation visit our Tuesday meeting for an hour
> and when I asked about it, Larry Strickling said they were as surprised as
> anyone by the announcement and looking forward to hearing more.  A rep of
> another presumably relevant entity I asked said pretty much the same.  One
> that’s not here seems to know more, so probably the conversation is being
> evolved piecemeal.
>
> Without wanting to put words in his mouth, basically Fadi seems to think
> that a new multistakeholder configuration of (what he sees as) key
> governments and nongovernmental actors is needed to carry forward the
> NETmundial agenda.  The argument has been put to him that such an effort
> would likely be more divisive than useful if it’s constructed on a
> selective rather than inclusive basis and is decoupled from other
> processes/forums than enjoy broad legitimacy.  Hopefully he’ll take these
> and related considerations on board going forward, guess we’ll see.
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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