NCUC Dublin Meeting 2015-10-20

NCUC Constituency Day Meeting @ ICANN 54, Dublin

Tuesday, 20 October 2015 - 09:30 to 13:00 Room Wicklow Hall 2

Remote participation information at https://dublin54.icann.org/en/dublin2015/schedule/tue-ncuc

Agenda

I. 9:30 – 10:00   Organizational Matters

1.  Participant introductions

2.  NCUC, NCSG and other ICANN 54 events of particular interest

3.  2016 election for a new NCUC chair and Executive Committee, and internal/external appointments

4.  Misc. possible initiatives for the coming year, e.g. website refresh, institutional memory, book and publications

5.  ICANN work cycle November - March Marrakech Meeting: Global public interest, auction revenues, privacy, human rights, etc.

II.  10:00 – 10:30 NCUC History Discussion on the Occassion of our 16th Anniversary

Conversation led by 

Milton Mueller

Kathryn Kleiman

Others

10:30 – 11:00 ICANN coffee break

III.  11:00 – 12:00  IANA Transition, Accountability, and the WSIS Review: The Final Frontier?

Joining us will be:

Lawrence E. Strickling

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator, NTIA, USG http://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/2011/lawrence-e-strickling

Fiona Alexander

Associate Administrator (Head of Office) for International Affairs, NTIA, USG  http://www.netcaucus.org/biography/fiona-alexander.shtml 

Background Information:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/reflections-iana-stewardship-transition-process

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/ntia_iana_third_quarterly_report.pdf

http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/672055.pdf

IV. 12:00 – 12:45  The Future of NCUC in the Wonderful "Bottom-Up Community Model"

1.  The GNSO Review Debacle and Related Follies

Background Information:

NCUC response to Westlake’s initial defamation released without vetting during the Singapore meeting  NCUC Response to Westlake GNSO Review draft 03 March 2015..pdf

Revised Draft Report by Westlake (May 2015) and public comment period to 20 July  https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gnso-review-draft-2015-06-01-en 

 Final report with surprise recommendation 23 https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf

Response from NCUC and some other GNSO Review Working Party Members  (attachment)  http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-review-dt/msg00406.html

2.  Revising the NCUC Bylaws

Background Information:

Bylaws Team mail list http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/bylaws/

BD's suggested list of starting point items, for discussion http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/bylaws/2015-August/000060.html

3.  Three Year Retrospective and Transition

12:50-13:00  AOB & Closing