[Ws2-diversity] Existing Gender and Regional Diversity Data at ICANN

Wed Dec 21 13:55:25 UTC 2016

Hi Chair,
I was left on an indefinite mute during the meeting session.
While the idea of inviting the ICANN Staff sounds great,
can we have a detailed map and infographics of indices
across nationality, sex, language, religion, continent and age,
please.

It helps to define our diverse ICANN structure is at the moment.

Thanks.
-Akinbo.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I fully support the points raised by Pam. This highlights the risks
> associated with the creation of categories, which are not always a good
> proxy to some aspects of diversity. Since it is practically impossible to
> rely on a very large number of similar definitions for categories, one way
> to mitigate this risk is to provide the datasets in an “Open Data”(
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data) format.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Mathieu
>
>
>
> *De :* Pam Little [mailto:pam.little at zodiac-corp.com]
> *Envoyé :* mardi 20 décembre 2016 23:02
> *À :* 'Mathieu Weill'; ws2-diversity at icann.org
> *Cc :* 'MSSI Secretariat'; 'Ergys Ramaj'
> *Objet :* RE: [Ws2-diversity] Existing Gender and Regional Diversity Data
> at ICANN
>
>
>
> While these additional data points are welcome, I would like to bring to
> this group’s attention the Final Report of the recent GSNO Review (
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-09-15-en).
>
>
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> Specifically, the reports:
>
> ·         cautions that geographic diversity is not a proxy for cultural
> diversity  (pp 11 and 114).
>
> ·         questions whether, from a cultural perspective, it is
> appropriate to include Australia and New Zealand as part of the Asia
> Pacific region (pp 115-116).
>
>
>
> The report points out, as at July 2013, people from Asia made up 48% of
> total Internet users but only 4% of GNSO Council positions came from Asia (
> p.116).
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>
>
> Page 114
>
> 9.4.1
>
> Geographic Diversity
>
> It is not possible to be definitive about the geographic diversity of the
> membership of the GNSO, firstly because ICANN does not collect
> comprehensive statistics on geographic (or gender and cultural) diversity
> of its community. It does collect geographic diversity information, but
> we consider the criterion to be flawed, since people can state their
> place of residence regardless of their ethnicity or actual affinity (for
> example, an Australian national living in Nigeria could choose to be
> recorded as a member from Africa). Secondly, Constituency and SG membership
> consists in many cases of organisations and/or individuals. Organisations
> may themselves be based in one region but consist of individuals from many.
> We believe, as explained further below, that CANN’s geographic regions are
> a poor measure of cultural or ethnic diversity.
>
>
>
>
>
> Pages 115 & 116
>
> 9.4.2
>
> Cultural Diversity
>
> …
>
> Under ICANN’s current definition, Asia Pacific includes Australia and New
> Zealand which are in general culturally more similar to North America and
> parts of Europe than to most Asian cultures. …
>
>
>
> It is my understanding that ICANN’s current geographical regions are
> inconsistent with international norms. However, the ICANN Geographic
> Regions Review Working Group (see Final Report at
> http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22jun13-en.htm)
> has not proposed any change to regional designation. As former ICANN CEO,
> Dr. Paul Twomey laments (http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/wp3/2015-July/
> 000015.html):
>
>
>
> “There was no real discussion of the global strategic challenges facing
> ICANN in a world where Internet activity and power is shifting dramatically
> away from the hubs of the late 1990s which underlie ICANN's present
> structures.”
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* ws2-diversity-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ws2-diversity-bounces@
> icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Mathieu Weill
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 21, 2016 4:27 AM
> *To:* Ergys Ramaj
> *Cc:* MSSI Secretariat; ws2-diversity at icann.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Ws2-diversity] Existing Gender and Regional Diversity
> Data at ICANN
>
>
>
> Thanks Ergys, great work, I think this really demonstrates that a
> recommendation from this group to maintain and track such data is realistic
> and accessible.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Mathieu
>
>
>
> *De :* Ergys Ramaj [mailto:ergys.ramaj at icann.org <ergys.ramaj at icann.org>]
> *Envoyé :* mardi 20 décembre 2016 14:07
> *À :* Mathieu Weill
> *Cc :* Rafik Dammak; ws2-diversity at icann.org; MSSI Secretariat
> *Objet :* Re: [Ws2-diversity] Existing Gender and Regional Diversity Data
> at ICANN
>
>
>
> Dear Mathieu,
>
>
>
> The SO/AC leadership data includes:
>
>
>
> ASO Council Chair and Vice Chairs, Address Council Members, ccNSO Council
> Chairs and Vice Chairs, ccNSO Council Members, GNSO Council Chair and Vice
> Chairs, GNSO Council Members, ALAC Leadership Team, ALAC Members, GAC
> Leadership Team, RSSAC Chairs, SSAC Chair and Vice Chair, AFRALO
> Leadership, APRALO Leadership, EURALO Leadership, LACRALO Leadership,
> NARALO Leadership, Registries Stakeholder Group Executive Committee,
> Registrars Stakeholder Group Executive Committee, Commercial Stakeholder
> Group Executive Committee, Non- Commercial Stakeholder Group Executive
> Committee, Business Constituency Executive Committee, Intellectual Property
> Constituency Executive Committee, Internet Service Providers and
> Connectivity Providers Constituency Executive Committees, Non-Commercial
> Users Constituency Executive Committee, and Not-for-Profit Operational
> Concerns Constituency Executive Committee.
>
>
>
> More generally and to the data collection method question you pose,
> different groups within ICANN organization collect data related to their
> function. E.g. the meetings team on ICANN meetings, Human Resources on
> personnel, etc.
>
>
>
> To get a full picture, we'd reached out to      the respective teams and
> collated the information. As noted on the deck, data points are identified
> using the most appropriate resources available, which are often based on
> self-reporting or selection.
>
>
>
> The question on having additional data that includes diversity markers
> other than gender and region is a bit trickier as different groups capture
> different elements.
>
>
>
> Happy to discuss and update the slides with an appendix that includes a
> breakdown for SO/AC leadership and any other group, as appropriate.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Ergys
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2016, at 5:52 AM, Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr> wrote:
>
> Thank you Rafik,
>
>
>
> It is very encouraging to see this new publication from ICANN. Indeed it
> would be great to invite the DPRD to a call to fully understand the
> figures, how they were collected and whether there is room for further
> breakdowns.
>
>
>
> I would be interested, for instance, to understand the definition used for
> “ICANN leadership”.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Mathieu
>
>
>
> *De :* ws2-diversity-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ws2-diversity-bounces@
> icann.org <ws2-diversity-bounces at icann.org>] *De la part de* Rafik Dammak
> *Envoyé :* mardi 20 décembre 2016 02:22
> *À :* ws2-diversity at icann.org
> *Cc :* MSSI Secretariat
> *Objet :* [Ws2-diversity] Existing Gender and Regional Diversity Data at
> ICANN
>
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> please find attached this document shared by Development and Public
> Responsibility Department (DPRD) including several diversity data they
> collected.
>
> I think we can count on DPRD as resource for our subgroup.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Rafik
>
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