Thank you Nadira, have been keeping an eye actually and this was a "retrospective support". Not that I didn't like Amr's and Chokri's proposals :) they are great too. But yea, you are right...email back log, at times, is a real challenge. ...Welcome to the world of IG :) Also, I would love to be part of the drafting team and work of such a nice group of folks again. Will write to you and Tijani on the original thread. Thanks again. Best, Zakir On Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 11:25:23 AM GMT+5, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com> wrote: Zakir, seems you still catching up with your emails,We moved beyond the selection of the topic to asking volunteers for the drafting team. On Tue, Sep 3, 2019, 09:22 'Zakir Syed' via MEAC SWG <icann-meac-swg@googlegroups.com> wrote: Thank you Manal, I believe this is an excellent topic for the ME space and I support. Keeping in view the diverse region that we have, this would be a good topic for consideration in the context of the explanation that you've given. So yea, +1 from my end. Best,Zakir On Monday, August 26, 2019, 3:51:09 AM GMT+5, Manal Ismail <manal@tra.gov.eg> wrote: Dear Nadira, Tijani and All .. Apologies for my weak participation on this mailing list, due to work load .. I still follow the discussions though a bit delayed .. Following your emails I would like to propose “Evolving ICANN’s Multistakeholder Model” as a topic for ICANN66 ME Space .. It’s not a policy topic but a topic that has to do with the existing model and current process and aligns with ICANN Strategic Plan 2021-2025 – Strategic Objective #2 on Governance, aiming at improving the effectiveness of ICANN’s multistakeholder model of governance .. Community discussions identified aninitial list of 21 issues that are preventing ICANN’s multistakeholder model from functioning more effectively and efficiently .. The 21 issues were then merged and consolidated to afinal list of 11 issues, namely: 1. Prioritization of Work 2. Precision in scoping the work 3. Costs 4. Representativeness + Inclusiveness 5. Consensus 6. Terms 7. Recruitment + Demographics 8. Complexity 9. Efficient Use of Resources 10. Culture + Trust + Silos 11. Roles and Responsibilities + Holistic View of ICANN Worth noting that, here will be a community discussion on this topic on the Thursday of the Montreal week, per the announcedBlock Schedule, and I believe it would be a good opportunity if the ME space compiles input on few issues of interest to our region and present it during the session (similar to the excellent intervention on Universal Acceptance in Marrakech, thanks to everyone who was involved) .. You may find additional information onthis page .. @Baher @Fahd, should this be agreed, appreciate if you can check the exact version of the document that will be discussed in Montreal .. Kind Regards --Manal From: icann-meac-swg@googlegroups.com [mailto:icann-meac-swg@googlegroups.com]On Behalf Of Nadira Alaraj Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2019 8:10 AM To: Tijani BENJEMAA Cc: middle-east@icann.org; MEAC-SWG Subject: [MEAC SWG] Kind reminder call for policy topics Re: ME Space @ ICANN 66 Dear All, I would like to encourage the community members to propose ICANN Topics to bring attention to our collective voice. You don't have to be travelling to ICANN 66 in order to propose a topic. The ME statement for ICANN Kobe was a success in spite many of the drafting team were able to attend the meeting. Looking forward hearing from you, Best wishes, Nadira AL-Araj On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:16 Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn> wrote: Dear all, Preparing for the ME Space in Montreal, the leading team Tijani Ben Jemaa, and Nadira Al-Araj would like to propose to the MEAC community the following timeline: | Date | Days | Action | | August 19 - 30 | 12 | Call for topics | | September 2 | | Announcement of the selected Topic | | September 2 - 13 | 11 | Call for volunteers for the drafting team | | September 16 | | Announcement of the drafting team composition | | September 16 - 30 | 14 | Drafting of the statement (1st draft) | | September 30 | | Publishing of the 1st draft for comments | | Sept. 30 to October 10 | 10 | Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement | | October 11 - 18 | 8 | Drafting of the final version | | October 21 | | Final draft published | We therefore call on you to propose your preferred topic to be addressed at ICANN 66 in Montreal. 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