Interesting Javier. We did say this in our previous submission -- there are professionals in this field ICANN should be using for thorny issues. That's why I am asking that these suggestions already submitted be brought forward. Maybe I could add this as an example of good suggestions in the other submissions that were never addressed.
Marita
On 7/30/2020 11:38 AM, Javier Rua wrote:
Hello to all. IMHO, an aspect that seems absent from this discussion is the possibility of professional facilitation in thorny issues, to the extent compatible with MSM.
This idea might go a bit against the grain in terms of community self-governance which cannot be underestimated, but there are profesional entities out there that are experts in getting diverse and even enemy groups to sit down and negotiate (from peace / reconciliation agreements among guerrillas and states, to more run of the mill, less bellicose disagreements). I’ve seen these entities in action (I remember one called REOS Partnershttps://reospartners.com/) and I believe these professional approaches could help a contentious working group be more purposeful, efficient and effective-Maybe pack months of work into a few days.
If this notion is seen completely out of the ICANN MSM self-governance comfort zone, perhaps one of these professional organizations could help train ICANN community volunteer/leaders and perhaps also ICANN staff, on these communication and consensus building techniques. ICANN org would get great ‘bang for the buck’ in investments such as these, which would both enhance participation and speed-up processes in WGs & PDPs.
Javier Rúa-Jovet
On Jul 30, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Evin Erdogdu <evin.erdogdu@icann.org> wrote:
Dear ALAC Members,
Please see the ALAC Statement on Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model – Next Steps and provide comments, if any, by this Friday, 31 July at 17:00 UTC:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l8hAOyuL4XiTS-yzGbpgOk7pl4hSpH4yeMNxxiZEVwA/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you,
Evin Ashley Erdoğdu
Policy Development Senior Coordinator
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)