[Npoc-discuss] Non Profit Technology Conference and RightsCon

Mon May 15 12:53:50 UTC 2023

Greetings from Sénégal.
+1 @Poncelet Jokkolabs Banjul <pileleji at jokkolabs.co>

Le lun. 15 mai 2023, 12:45, Poncelet Ileleji via Npoc-discuss <
npoc-discuss at icann.org> a écrit :

> Dear Jean,
>
> Good day, just interjecting here, Access Now who created rightscon their
> focus is not on DNS, so that says it all, it won't change as the domain
> they cover is pretty neccessary and loads to do as digital rights takje
> various dimensions in today's world.  I have attended various Rightscon
> events and have  done sessions that focus on digital rights centric issues.
> Our   NPOC community focuses on  DNS issues related to  not for profits.
> We  should stick to that area as a lot is not yet covered by us as  NPOC.
> In the early days of NPOC we had sessions at the IGF focusing on NPOC work.
> I spoke in those sessions we put proposals for etc.  Now even in IGF we
> don't as a community propose and run sessions etc. The last session NPOC
> had in an IGF was in Baku, Azerbaijan.  I will suggest after the elections
> just as we did in 2012 NPOC should come out with a two year strategy of its
> core engagement that it wants to focus on, it will guide all, especially
> giving NPOC a clear policy direction and what events it should attend that
> aligns with its core mandate thats what happened in 2012 our Late chair
> Alain Berranger of blessed memory despite is ill health then  worked hard
> to get a strategy in place.  I expect incoming executives to go back to
> adopt that model of a two year strategic document.
>
> Just my 0.0001% contribution.
>
> Thanks
>
> Poncelet
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> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 11:59 AM Jean F. Quéralt via Npoc-discuss <
> npoc-discuss at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> Never been to NTEN.
>> I can say that RightsCon is not ready (technically nor at other levels)
>> for anything DNS related at this point in time; it's seriously out of the
>> radar despite the odd DNSSEC chit chat. Technical sessions are rare and
>> there's usually little interest in DNS. People with technical background
>> represent barely 10%(?) of the audience. People with policy making
>> background are definitely abundant, however.
>>
>> My point: Yes, we should be there + we need to strategize how is that
>> done and what does that mean for NPOC.
>> My initial thoughts is that we should be introducing DNS-related topics
>> and policies slowly until we can build a certain base of interested people.
>>
>> Jean F. Queralt
>> Founder & CEO - The IO Foundation <http://www.TheIOFoundation.org>
>> Book a meeting <http://TIOF.Click/BookJFQ> (30 minutes)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 06:19, Glenn McKnight via Npoc-discuss <
>> npoc-discuss at icann.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> Since we are exchanging ideas to expand the awareness of NPOC in civil
>>> society perhaps we should consider the opportunities to attend NTEN's
>>> annual conference called NTC which this year was in Portland, Oregon
>>> Details at   https://www.nten.org/  Important to note that  PIR was a
>>> platinum sponsor and NTEN was the first critical group from civil society
>>> that questioned the sale of ISOC back a few years ago ( Note I was on the
>>> board but did not vote or participant in this discussion at the time).
>>> It's worth submitting a proposal for conducting a session.  Another good
>>> option is attending RIGHTSCON which is in Costa Rico this year.
>>> Glenn McKnight, MA
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