[UA-discuss] Hackathon @ ICANN55

[Mike Silber]

Rubens and Don +1

The ccNSO / ccTLD community have a tech day. Try not to overlap and engage with the organizers and coordinate as far as possible. Don't expect too much though.

Regional IDN ccTLDs are a great place to start.

Avoid the corporate communications machine from getting hold of this and turning it into something it is not. Under promise (or don't promise at all) and over deliver.

While no one should be excluded, ensure invitations and communications make it clear that this is a technical engagement and policy discussions happen elsewhere.

Consider travel funding specifically for this. To me the criteria would be technical skill and regional location!

Just my 2c (and at current exchange rates that is about $0,0018) so take it for what it is worth.

Mike

> On 12 Nov 2015, at 02:18, Rubens Kuhl <rubens at registro.br> wrote:
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>> On Nov 11, 2015, at 9:20 PM, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org> wrote:
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>> Here’s my take on the Hackathon idea @ ICANN55:
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>> 1) ICANN is a technology conference and there would be few technology conferences of its size held in the region.   
>> 2) I note that ICANN is generally around policies, but there are still a lot of geeks there
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> ccTLD activities at ICANN are usually of a more technical tone, and ccTLDs are the most used domains in the AF region, not gTLDs. Involving the local IDN ccTLDs might be key to attract more geeks. 
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