[UA-discuss] It only seems likes it's been quiet...

Elaine Pruis elaine at donuts.co
Tue Apr 21 21:20:07 UTC 2015


I like Kurt's suggestion of breaking it up by topic. Committing to a four
hour meeting during ICANN is difficult; we would probably have people
popping in and out anyway.


On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Kurt Pritz <kpritz at thedna.org> wrote:

> One problem with the Sunday all-day slot is that there are many competing
> events.
>
> One way to deal with this is that we could take the all-day session and
> divide it into several issue-specific sessions now - say two 90-minute
> sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon. Then people can choose
> which parts to attend a UA session and that will allow them to plan for
> other sessions.
>
> During that session, I'd like one to focus on communications and awareness
> planning (including estimating a budget for it). Another should probably
> focus on technical IDN email issues.  Others on this list are more
> qualified to hammer out an agenda.
>
> The existing meeting slot during the week - is that for a public session,
> similar to the session in Singapore?
>
> We - the steering group - could have a close out meeting on Thursday, 90
> minutes, to set actions and build momentum for the next few months. That
> would be a smaller meeting and so we can probably get a room for that.
>
> Kurt
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>
> wrote:
>
> Tony, et al…
>
> Thanks for your comments regarding the date and the content.
>
> My sense from talking with Cyrus is that Sunday was the only time where a
> room of sufficient size for sufficient time could be obtained.
>
> We can look at alternatives for Dublin and beyond if people really want to
> have a similar gathering during the week.  My limited experience of ICANN
> meetings is that many people wear many different hats and are regularly
> occupied during the week.
>
> We also have a slot during the week.
>
> Let’s work together to get these two activities, a one day workshop and a
> session during the week to be complementary and not too repetitive.
>
> One option to consider is to have the weekday session provide a brief
> update generally, and a specific focus on Latin America for the remainder
> of the session.
>
>
> Don
>
>
>
> I expect that we’ll do something
>
> On 21/04/2015, at 4:25 am, Anthony Harris <anthonyrharris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Don,
>
> With regards to the full day workshop on the Sunday of the ICANN meeting
> in Buenos Aires, I would simply suggest that the choice of day is
> unfortunate.
>
> If the objective is to address the workshop to ICANN regulars, many are
> still straggling in on Sunday after a long airflight to Argentina.
>
> If the objective is to engage local and regional people who could be
> instrumental in fixing UA non-resolving problems, Sunday is not a day most
> of them would dedicate to come to a workshop on something they are most
> probably unaware of.
>
> I would recommend a 4 hour workshop on the Thursday morning, before the
> Public Forum, or on the Friday morning, one hour each for the four groups
> working in the UASG.
>
> If the workshop can take place on a weekday, I can commit to involve the
> overall network of contacts in LAC that I have access to, and am sure the
> ICANN LAC
> VP (Rodrigo de la Parra) and the ICANN LAC Strategy Group would be
> interested in assisting this effort.
>
> IMHO we need to bring to the workshop:
>
> - The ISP and Connectivity Community (complaints of UA non-resolving TLDs
> will
>   land up on their call centers.)
> - The software development industry clusters and associations, including
> APPs
>   developers and interactive online portal developers and implementers.
> - University IT educators
> - The IT network equipment industry
>
> Other suggestions on invitees are important.
>
> In addition, and to avoid the workshop having an "exploratory" look and
> feel, we should be able to present specific instances of non-resolving TLDs
> as reported by affected registries (e.g.Donuts - problems with home banking
> online), that have been diagnosed and acted upon all the way to resolution.
> Two or three examples would suffice, and are essential for clear
> understanding of what UA is trying to achieve.
>
> Tony Harris
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>
> wrote:
>
>> It only seems like it’s been quiet…
>>
>>
>> Here’s an update of some of what’s been happening in the UASG world:
>>
>>
>> ·      Project Group Coordinators that have been confirmed so far…
>>
>> o   Top Line Issues – Brent London
>>
>> o   Community Outreach – Rich Merdinger and Christian Dawson
>>
>> o   Internationalisation – Dusan Stojicevic and Dennis Tan
>>
>> o   Measurement and Monitoring – still to be determined
>>
>> ·      A workshop proposal has been submitted to the IGF.  This is
>> co-sponsored by The DNA and the UASG
>>
>> ·      A workshop proposal has been submitted to the APRIGF (Asia
>> Pacific Regional IGF)
>>
>> ·      The UA Wiki Page has been updated -
>> https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=47255444
>>
>> ·      There has been some discussion on the Community Outreach Project
>> Group mailing list about things that the group can do.   Please continue to
>> make contribution there.
>>
>> ·      An outline for a quarterly newsletter has been established.
>> We’re currently looking for a couple of case studies.  Please let me know
>> directly if you have some ideas.
>>
>>
>> Now that three out of the four Project Groups have coordinators these
>> groups will start work on clarifying the scope, coming up with ideas to do
>> in the next twelve months, and starting to work.
>>
>>
>> We’ve also booked space for a full-day workshop on the Sunday during the
>> ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires.  Please share what you would like in this
>> workshop.
>>
>>
>>
>> Don
>>
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