[Advisors] Where is our expertise?

[Marita Moll]

Hi folks.  As part of an attempt to map the kinds of expertise available 
in member groups, the North American At-large Organization (part of the 
ICANN   has sent out a list of topics we might put our names to -- as 
potential contributors to policy discussions. I can see a few that are 
not too onerous for this community -- community networks, public 
interest, internet governance, education, net neutrality, etc. I will 
put my own name down under a few of these, but I am hoping that others 
might also step forward. It would be nice to show some strength -- even 
if nothing comes of it -- don't expect your phone to start ringing. 
There is an e-mail at the end with more explanation. Let me know if you 
can help out. I will be happy to be the intermediary.

                                  TOPICS
1) Accessibility
2) Accountability
3) ccTLD Policy
4)Community Networks
5)Consumer Protection
6)Contract Party Agreements
7)Data Protection
8)Development
9)DNS
10)E-commerce, E payments
11)Education
12)Engagement
13)Freedom of Expression
14) Free Use of Encryption
15)Human rights
16)IANA
17)ICANN Board/Bylaws/structures
18)IDN
19)Intellectual Property
20)Internet Governance
21)Internet Infrastructure
22)Internet Protocols
23)Legal/Regulatory
24)NewTLDs
25)New/Social Media
26)Net Neutrality
27)Open data/access
28)Policy Progress
29)Privacy
30)Public Interest
31)Reviews/Improvement
32)Security/Stability
33)WHOIS

Marita


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	NARALO Expertise Poll_March 1
Date: 	Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:07:13 -0500
From: 	Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
To: 	mmoll at ca.inter.net



Dear  Marita

We are writing to you, first of all, to thank your Telecommunities 
Canada, a valued member of NARALO, the regional the At-Large 
organization of the global end-users participating in the Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in furthering the 
interests of Internet end-users, and also to explore new ways of 
strengthening our two-way cooperation.

1) Since 2003, the At-Large Advisory Committee  (ALAC) has issued over 
300 pieces of advice on ICANN policies and issues that impact on 
Internet users. As one of the five regional At-Large organizations, 
NARALO has done its fair share, but our group actively engaged in the 
policy work is is rather small. We need more hands holding the pen.

In fact, as you might recall, the Second At Large Summit (London, June 
2014) took note of the problem and suggested a solution, ie. to map the 
current expertise and interests in the ALS’s to identify Subject Matter 
Experts.  As the first step, some statistics were gathered, but they are 
not enough when concrete help is needed.

This is why I’m now asking you to identify a few subject matter experts 
in your Telecommunities Canada willing to participate in the drafting of 
NARALO input to the ALAC advice. For the most relevant subject matter 
areas, please take a look at the pie chart diagram on the ALAC website 
https://atlarge.icann.org/

2) There is a tendency of growing Internet-related multistakeholder 
dialogue and cooperation on national/regional level North America. At 
NARALO, we would like to know, whether and how Telecommunities Canada is 
engaged in this kind of activities. We would like to be of help, if 
needed, by facilitating exchange of information and best practices, and 
well as contacts among ICANN-related stakeholders.  I would welcome your 
feedback and suggestions.

We are 29 ALSes in NARALO , all with their specific features. Some cover 
a broad spectrum of Internet and information society issues.  Some are 
interested in a narrower segment among them. Thus, one size does not fit 
all. If you would be interested in developing ways of cooperation with 
NARALO tailored to the needs of Telecommunities Canada, the At-Large 
staff could set up a teleconference between us at a mutually convenient 
time.

I’m very much looking forward to your reply, with your suggestions for 
your local ALS experts who could help NARALO and ALAC to be even more 
effective in their work for the benefit of the end-users of the 
Internet!   Alternatively you can go to the spreadsheet directly and 
enter the information as some others have done.  Here is the link  to 
the google doc 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y4ZbL0ojPXDzNzZfcKg55P3A9erO5E4GJrmrFeorbS8/edit?usp=sharing 
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y4ZbL0ojPXDzNzZfcKg55P3A9erO5E4GJrmrFeorbS8/edit?usp=sharing> 



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://victoria.tc.ca/pipermail/advisors/attachments/20170301/feca6a38/attachment.html>