I would break this down to a few separate (but interrelated) streams: -1. What is ICANN and why does it exist? 0. The "geography" of ICANN (what's what, who's who, who's where) 1. How policy development works in ICANN 2. Becoming an effective participant in ICANN policy development (and all the different ways you can contribute) 3. The big issues from the beginning until now 4. The hot topics from now into the future 5. Ongoing PDPs and implementation efforts The tendency is to jump in around #4, which is kind of where Joanna's list sits. But that's hard without a foundation. -1 and 0 are necessary in the big picture, you could get away with starting with 1 and 2, which are really about the process, but not the substance of policymaking. At that point 3, 4 and 5 look very different. Instead of being spectators and considering this a policy briefing like you might get from Diplo, etc., the audience sees that they are (or could be and should be) participants. And that this -- above all (in my opinion) -- is the reason to be at ICANN in the first place. Just my 2 cents.... Greg , Greg Shatan greg@isoc-ny.org President, ISOC-NY *"The Internet is for everyone"* On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 8:37 AM Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Joanna and all, Thank you very much for the proposal of a face to face meeting on policy engagement in Kobe. Which could be as a pilot program to another course to be conducted at ATLAS III. Targetting potential leaders to attend ATLAS III to discuss several sessions on policies that they have minimal engagement or minimal understanding might counteract the objective of empowering those participants. Would be good to discuss your proposal at the ATLAS III meeting this Thursday.
Best wishes Nadira
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 14:27 ICANN At-Large Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org wrote:
Dear All,
On behalf of Joanna Kulesza, co-chair of the Capacity Building Working Group (CBWG), please see below forwarded message.
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Dear CPWG members,
as promised during our last call, here I am with a kind request for your consideration: as the newly appointed co-chair of the Capacity Building group (together with Alfredo Calderon) I would like to ask you to consider holding a policy development workshop for our members in Kobe.
We thought it might be helpful to get our members introduced to the specifics of policy development: how it works, what it means, how to get involved. This session could also include an insight into current At-Large policy priorities. To give you an idea of what might be considered, the specific themes mentioned in the current CB draft strategy include: 1) balancing privacy and security; 2) jurisdiction (building upon the work of the CCWG-Accountability Work Stream; 3) changing business models that impact IG processes (including but not limited to new gTLDs); 4) safe use of social networks or secure internet; 5) accessibility (in the narrow sense directly linked to the core values) and, potentially, 6) algorithms, AI, fake news and contractual compliance (if can be linked to the core values).
The session could focus on those broad themes important to users or directly on policy consultations that are/will be currently open to guide the participants directly into the practicalities of policy work.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts here on the list or during the next call.
Kind regards,
Joanna Kulesza
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