NPOC Colleagues, Late in March (March 23^rd ) in Dakar, Senegal, NPOC carried out a workshop for Senegalese NGOs. The workshop was funded by ICANN’s CROPP Program. The Title of the Workshop was*/: /**/Workshop for NGOs on the Governance of the Internet/*. The Workshop was presented by Poncelet Illeleji, from Gambia and Chair of the NPOC Policy Committee, and by Prof. Sam Lanfranco, from Canada and a constituency member of NPOC. A formal Workshop report is forthcoming. This is my (Sam Lanfranco) effort to share part of the workshop content with you. My presentation is available as a slide show (French cover page, content in English) at: // /http://www.slideshare.net/slanfranco/ngo-citizenship-in-the-internet-ecosyst... My presentation focused on four main areas. * The meaning of NGO residency and citizenship in the Internet Ecosystem * The issues surrounding NGO uses of social media and/or Websites and Domain Names * A 4-step strategy for NGO ownership and use of a domain name space on the Internet. * The growing important of NGO engagement in Internet Governance This was followed by Poncelet’s focus on NGO engagement in the policy and program activities of ICANN. Sam Lanfranco
