:-)

I'd like to offer a perhaps "different" idea for how to approach this topic.

The CCWG-IG is a parallel WG at ICANN and we are engaged in trying to provide input to Senior staff/Board and community on the larger Internet Governance eco system.

Yes, it is possible that some of the engagements that ICANN undertook over the past few years may have led to misunderstandings.

However, much good was done on actually explaining what ICANN does and must do.

Let me offer all of us the following four Cs, to consider:

Co-exist with others who are engaged in IG and who may have even greater roles depending the issues.

Collaborate both on IG and on awareness about ICANN's purpose and contributions to IG... - when it is appropriate, and that includes with IGF and the national and regional Initiatives of the IGF; with ISOC, with IEEE, with W3C, and with the UN relevant agencies - ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, CSTD, UNCTAD, ... and at the regional level and with various professional groups both from business and civil society....

Complement - figure out when it is important to support another entity that has a leadership role in a particular area. This for instance might be the importance of support to the UN Trust Fund which supports the IGF Secretariat and through relevant organizations, provide funding for the National and Regional IGF activities and growth and enhancement.

Compete -- when other entities seek to assume the coordinating role of ICANN in the unique identifiers, whether well meaning or not, make it clear that ICANN has a unique role and purpose and is the critical entity in fulfilling its core mission.

From: erika@erikamann.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 08:33:25 +0200
To: Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au
CC: accountability-cross-community@icann.org
Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Answers to some common questions being encountered by the ICANN staff

+1 ... and, unfortunately, we send these not very helpful messages as well ...

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au> wrote:

Hello Sam,

>> there would be important lessons for ICANN to learn with regard to an ongoing strategy of global internet governance education.

Agreed. There has been a tendency at times to over simplify with the result that ICANN’s role appears far broader than it actually is. The work the CCWG did on more clearly defining ICANN’s narrow mission helps – but it does need to be translated into simple messages going forward. There is still a perception that control of ICANN equals control of the Internet.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin

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