<div dir="ltr">Another question which came up in the discussion this afternoon, is the question of "following the money" - what does economic influence translate into in terms of power within ICANN, and how is the CCWG taking account of this?<div><br></div><div>It's an important question that I am not sure we've spent much time on yet.</div><div><br></div><div>bests</div><div>Jordan</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 March 2015 at 11:34, Arun Sukumar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arun.sukumar@nludelhi.ac.in" target="_blank">arun.sukumar@nludelhi.ac.in</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Valerie D'Costa, an advisor to the CCWG, raised a couple of interesting and important questions on process and substance. I hope this is a faithful reproduction. <div><br></div><div>On process:</div><div><br></div><div>1. What should be the role of advisors? Should they offer advice on the basis of unanimity or "rough consensus", or just provide input independently? </div><div><br></div><div>2. Should advisors restrict their role to responding to questions that have been flagged by the CCWG and routed through the chairs? Or should they/ can they flag issues they feel are important - weighed from their expertise. </div><div><br></div><div>On substance:</div><div><br></div><div>1. How is the accountability process taking stock of the evolving "global internet community", given that it is going to be driven by numbers from the developing world? </div><div><br></div><div>2. Taking off from Q1, is the CCWG evaluating the future capacity of ICANN to be truly representative in the years to come?</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>arun</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">-<div>@<a href="http://www.twitter.com/arunmsukumar" target="_blank">arunmsukumar</a></div><div>Senior Fellow, <a href="http://www.ccgdelhi.org" target="_blank">Centre for Communication Governance</a></div><div>National Law University, New Delhi</div><div>Ph: <a href="tel:%2B91-9871943272" value="+919871943272" target="_blank">+91-9871943272</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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