[PublicInterest] [Public-Interest-WG] Materials from the Public Interest Session at ICANN57

Amal Ramzi amalramzi88 at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 6 02:52:11 UTC 2016 

Thank you Sivasubarmanian for your detailed clarification!As for my opinion about "Global Public Interest" term, this is what I think according to my very limited knowledge as I noted previously my newly involvement in ICANN and I also put a question or 2 to the strategy panel regarding that. I'll reach them with my questions later if I'm still interested.
Best, Amal Al-saqqaf
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amalalsaqqafTwitter: @Amal_Alsaqqaf
 

   

 On Saturday, November 26, 2016 8:52 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 Dear Amal Ramzi,
No apology needed here, your message as a write up of your own opinion is quite analytical and expressive. It fact it was somewhat balanced too.
In parts, you have summarized views expressed in the panel as in the GAC paragraph, while most of the contents under various sub headings were your views. Also, the last section of your message began with "To sum it up".  
I was uncomfortable with what you had said in the section "Global Pubic Interest Vs Public Interest" wherein you said "I think ICANN shouldn’t adopt this term [global] ‘cause to my limited knowledge, ICANN is not responsible on and accountable to the global public interest."
However strongly I feel against this opinion, your overall message actually deserves the kind of encouragement that Wolf's message expresses.  My response was actually a reaction to parts of what I read, and this not usual of this mailing list. It ought to have been dispassionate and I should have addressed the points I disagreed with.
Thank you.
Sivasubramanian M
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Amal Ramzi <amalramzi88 at yahoo.com> wrote:

And apologies again for any misunderstanding .. my message is not a summary of any session or anyone's speech or comment or intervention. My message only expresses my own opinion.
Thank you ,  Amal Al-saqqaf
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/am alalsaqqafTwitter: @Amal_Alsaqqaf
 

    On Friday, November 25, 2016 6:42 PM, Amal Ramzi <amalramzi88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
 

 Dear Sivasubramanian,

I'm not sure if I understood your email right, but to clarify that what I shared is my own comments and questions that they I had after attending those sessions, and what you named "conclusions" , I didn't mean them to look like conclusions but they're my own opinion about what the next steps and discussion might be discussed regarding public interest in ICANN. 
Maybe I didn't have to send my message as a reply to Ergys' first message titled "Materials from Public Interest Session". Sorry for that by mistake I sent my message under the discussion of the materials from public interest sessions while I meant to send it to the general mailing list of the public interest. If my message still doesn't relate to the general discussion of public interest in ICANN, then I'm sorry for my misunderstanding .
Best,Amal Al-saqqaf
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/am alalsaqqafTwitter: @Amal_Alsaqqaf
 

    On Friday, November 25, 2016 12:15 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:
 

 Dear Amal Ramzi,

Neither the session "Exploring Pubic Interest" nor the first meeting of the At-Large public interest group revolved entirely around the opinions that you have shared, nor reached the conclusions as inferred from your summary.

The transcript of the main session is at page http://schd.ws/hosted_files/ icann572016/91/I57%20HYD_ Sun06Nov2016-Exploring% 20Public%20Interest-en.pdf
and the  
At Large Pubic Interest Working Group session is archived at page https://participate. icann.org/p5wbsvi1lnd/
Thank you.Sivasubramanian M
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Amal Ramzi via Public-Interest-WG <public-interest-wg at atlarge- lists.icann.org> wrote:

Dear all,

I attended the two sessions ofpublic interest in ICANN 57 meeting and I found them interesting. At-LargePublic Interest WG session was like a brain storming as it brought up to my mind manyquestions and conflicted answers , maybe because it was my firstexposure to the topic of the public interest within ICANN’s remit besides the ongoingdiscussions about this concept within ICANN specially after the transition andthe new ICANN bylaw. As we’ve been encouraged by prof. Wolf Ludwig and Olivierto share our thoughts and ideas in this mailing lists, I just like to sharehere my comments and questions on some of the discussion points, and to sharesome of background on PI from my region.
-         Public Interest from an Arab culture background:To my knowledge, the publicinterest concept from an Arab culture background, which is rooted to someIslamic resources, is closer to public “good” more than “interest”. And itmeans achieving benefit for community and avoiding its harm, where avoidingharm is prioritized to achieving any benefit. This should be decided through tradeoffor balancing between a group of interests where the decision is not necessary tobe the interest of majority nor the interest of individuals, but it can be decidedregarded the kind, the scope, and the sustainability of the good that’ll beachieved by that decision in a long run. It’s also case by case decision and usuallydoesn’t depend on a bottom-up or multistakeholder approach.  With the ideal concept of “common good”, itseems that it’s needed to be identified and judged by someone fair, wise, farsighted,inclusive , & unbiased,and these characteristics isn’t available in human beings . So, in our case talkingabout public “interests” is more reasonable and measurable than public "good”,and just required a good system or approach to have all interests’ or stakesholders well heard and considered i.e. bottom-up multistakeholders model withfairly balanced representation and fairly balanced weight of voices- by using“fairly” I don’t mean “equally” for now .
-         Broad definition vs. restricted or tight one.Regarding the definition ofPublic Interest, usually it’s not defined , as many had said, specially in thecontext of country management or governance, or has an elastic and vaguedefinition or description that makes it fits with any decision ‘cause PI isdetermined for a particular case, in a particular community, in a certaincountry, and in a certain time. So, it has to be broad although this broadness ‘causesthe loss of the public interest in a liable way. But for ICANN, I think comingup with a definition is possible because of the clear and finite frame of ICANN mission and resourcesthat ICANN manages or accountable to. However, a very restricted definition won’twork. Public interest should be defined through a set of measurable criteria thatguarantees as much procedural approach as possible in referring to publicinterest for decision making but I believe that also some of the requiredcriteria aren’t possible to be exactly specified and so at the end , PI definitionor criteria will inevitably have a kind of broadness. The only way to guaranteethe best possible public interest consideration within ICANN’s remit is to enhancethe representation of the different interests in the multistakeholder model andto amend it if needed. As for the definition suggestedby the strategy panel, “, I think it’s very broad as if it definesthe global internet-related public interest in general, and to my knowledge Idon’t think that it falls under ICANN remit. A question to the strategy panel:does ICANN able or accountable to  “Ensure that the Internet becomes, and continuesto be, stable, inclusive, and accessible across the globe so that all may enjoythe benefits of a single and open Internet. “  where it’s mission is to: “coordinate, at theoverall level, the global Internet's systems of unique identifiers, and inparticular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet's uniqueidentifier systems. “
-         Global public interest vs. public interestAs for the “global public interest”,what is meant by “global”? is it in terms of geographical scope? Or interestsscope, or internet scope?  I think ICANN shouldn’tadopt this term ‘cause to my limited knowledge, ICANN is not responsible on andaccountable to the global public interest. Global Public Interest might be aresponsibility of a UN internet-related entity , which can reach aninternational agreement or law and enforce it even partially, but also in thiscase it’ll not serve the global public interest because at the end of the dayUN is making agreements only with governments and again in my opiniongovernments are not authorized  fordefending public interest alone although they should “in ideal case”. In short,although theinternet is global but it’s difficult to talk about the globalpublic interest as long as there’s no global law or treaty that regulateinternet users’ interests. -         Governments, GAC, &  public interestAlthoughgovernments and governmental bodies in each country have been always usingpublic interest concept as a justification or explanation of their decisions andpolicies, I think it shouldn’t be the same in ICANN, and GAC shouldn’t be thevoice of the public interest. Thomas Schneider’s example at the session of “exploring-the-public- interest-within-ICANN’s-remit”was a good example that illustrates how PI in politics or country governanceand management issues is a “point of view”, and how it can be changed andinfluenced by many variants ,factors, and intervened interests , and it also confirms thatgovernments are not the good delegate to adopt public interest even if they arethe only authorized entities to do so in their countries, but in ICANN there’sno need to make them in that position too, specially that GAC voice may also serveimplicitly many stakeholders interests like when the governments are also the onlyISP in a country and controlling the DNS-business sector too. PI should be represented by themultistakeholders with enhancing the representation and the consideration ofindependent users and civil society and non-commercial community, so At-Largecommunity & NCSG have to have the louder voice on identifying PI criteriawithin ICANN.

To sum up, Ithink ICANN’s mission & structure is already based on the public interest ,andICANN responsibility activities supporting the PI by empowering the communitywith different views to be engaged in policy development. What is needed now ,besidescontinuing the engagement of different stakeholders from diverse backgroundsand origins,  is a review or an evaluationand enhancement of the ICANN multistakeholder model or structure to improveICANN accountability towards the public interest through: 1-      Having ameasureable criteria under PI  term usedin level of ICANN board decision making , either by the board themselves withmonitoring from PI entity inside DPRD , or by and independent  PI entity. And I think these criteria willintersect  ,if not matching, the ICANNaccountability and transparency criteria.2-      Having a mechanismof making sure that in each PDP , there’re all voices from all interests by PIliaisons to make sure that any proposed policy or issue reaches  the boardis already subjective to PI environment and criteria.   Sorry for my long email. 
Best Regards,
Amal Al-saqqaf
ICANN fellow
ISOC-Yemen ALS, APRALO, At-LargeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/am alalsaqqaf
Twitter: @Amal_Alsaqqaf
 

    On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 7:19 PM, Ergys Ramaj <ergys.ramaj at icann.org> wrote:
 

  Dear all, 
For those of you who may have missed the session, the recordings and scribe can be found here: https://icann572016. sched.org/event/8cyd/ exploring-the-public-interest- within-icanns-remit 
Best, Ergys 
From: Ergys Ramaj <ergys.ramaj at icann.org>
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 5:05 AM
To: "publicinterest at icann.org" <publicinterest at icann.org>
Subject: Re: Public Interest Confirmed as High-Interest Topic Session for ICANN57

Dear all, 
This is to confirm that the High-Interest Topic session onExploring the Public Interest Within ICANN’s Remit will take place tomorrow, Sunday, 6 November 2016 from 15:15 – 16:45 in Hall 3 (Main). 
Agenda Details
15:15 – 15:20Setting the Scene, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, EURALO Chair
15:20 – 15:40Historical & Political Nuances of the Concept of the Global Public Interest: Examples from Europe & India, Wolf Ludwig, EURALO & Rajesh Chharia, ISPAI
15:40 – 16:10Reaching a Shared Understanding: The Concept of the Public Interest at ICANN and its Application, Jonathan Robinson, GNSO & Becky Burr, GNSO
16:10 – 16:20Explore How Public Interest Could be Operationalized as the Basis for Decision-making at ICANN, Thomas Schneider, GAC 
16:20 –16:40Open Mic 
16:40 – 16:45Next Steps, Olivier Crepin-Leblond
We welcome everyone’s participation and look forward to a constructive discussion. 
For more information, please see: https://icann572016. sched.org/event/8cyd/ exploring-the-public-interest- within-icanns-remit 
Best, Ergys 
From: Ergys Ramaj <ergys.ramaj at icann.org>
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 11:25 AM
To: "publicinterest at icann.org" <publicinterest at icann.org>
Subject: Public Interest Confirmed as High-Interest Topic Session for ICANN57

Dear all, 
This is to inform you that Public Interest is now confirmed as one of the High-Interest Topic sessions for ICANN57. 
Attached is the draft block schedule, which is subject to change as sessions are likely to be shuffled further in order to avoid conflicts. 
The public interest session will be 90 minutes long, and istentatively scheduled to take place on Sunday, 6 November, from 15:15 - 16:45.
Additional information on the session can be found below, with more to come in the coming days and weeks.  
Best, Ergys 
9. Public Interest Group: At-Large Advisory Committee
Session Leader(s): Sally Costerton 

Background/ Importance: Understanding the concept of the public interest within ICANN’s remit been a topic of discussion for many years. In 2013-2014, the Strategy Panel on Public Responsibility Framework explored this topic and, in consultations with the community, proposed the following definition for the global public interest in relation to the Internet: "ensuring that the Internet becomes, and continues to be, stable, inclusive, and accessible across the globe so that all may enjoy the benefits of a single and open Internet. In addressing its public responsibility, ICANN must build trust in the Internet and its governance ecosystem." While this definition has been well received, there is a desire to revisit. A high interest session took place at ICANN55, which helped build on previous discussions, but did not lead to concrete recommendations for next steps. Following ICANN55, the At-Large Advisory Committee created a Working Group to further explore the concept of the public interest. As the organization readies for significant changes in its governance structure in light of the impending IANA functions stewardship transition, it is important to carry the conversation forward. 

Session Goals/Expected Outcomes:1. Further understand the historical and political nuances of the ‘global public interest’ in various contexts and regions2. Reach a shared understanding of what the concept of public interest means in the context of ICANN3. Explore how public interest could be operationalized as the basis for decision-making at ICANN4. Determine next steps 

Relevant Documentation:   
   - Strategy Panel on Public Responsibility Framework report: http://bit.ly/1zEdR1D
   - ICANN55 high interest session materials: http://bit.ly/ 2b3ym1R
   - Wikispace: http://bit.ly/ icannPI
   - Mailing list: publicinterest at icann.org  
Session Format: A panel comprised of members of the ICANN community will lead and moderate the discussion.
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