[Npoc-discuss] NPOC Membership Newsletter Volume 1

[Joan Kerr]

Hi Maryam, All

The newsletter looks good.  Thanks Maryan for assembling this.
Joan

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org>
wrote:

> Dear NPOC Members
>
>
>
> Greetings and we hope this email finds you well. The new NPOC Executive
> Committee has just completed its first ICANN meeting in Hyderabad and we
> think that it is a good time to give you an account of NPOCs state of art
> today.
>
>
>
> *What happened in the last month?*
>
>
>
> *Committees*
>
> Our committee chairs have been busy with establishing their respective
> committees:
>
>
>
> a) Membership Committee: Joan Kerr
>
> b) Policy Committee: Poncelet Ileleji
>
> c) Communication Committee: Juan Manuel Rojas
>
> We are looking for more members to join these committees, please send an
> email to express your interest.
>
>
>
> *Charter Review*
>
> We are started the process of reviewing the NPOC charter to make it fit
> for present and future challenges. The Charter review is happening under
> the leadership of Poncelet Ileleji, with ICANN staff support. For further
> information and to get involved please contact Poncelet <pileleji at ymca.gm>
> .
>
>
>
> *Internal policies and regulations*
>
> We have created a number of internal documents to help our members
> understand more about NPOC and how this can be a benefit to all:
>
> a) Base document, (https://drive.google.com/open?id=
> 1SI3bcyvYreWfb9xZl6SGr8fgPb0ah9X8ZOIXiUHJSfc)
>
> b) Travel regulations, (https://docs.google.com/document/d/
> 10MqEH5TWC9xQKr4qZIHNzhTFdVHz1WUsb18p1eM3t6E/edit?usp=sharing)
>
> c) Bank account rules, (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_Omp_
> o1HJqGGiS3mmMsA1FgoduHYT29uXgxoXRzT2Rk)
>
> We are continuing discussing and creating further documents.
>
>
>
> *NCSG Representation*
>
> NPOC Executive Committee (EC) members are active in the following NCSG
> committees:
>
>
>
> a) NCSG Policy Committee (Poncelet Ileleji & Martin Silva)
>
> b) NCSG Executive Committee (Poncelet Ilelji & Joan Kerr)
>
>
>
> *Participation in working groups*
>
> Nearly all members of the NPOC EC are participating in ICANN Working
> groups, but we need to do better and get more NPOC members active in ICANN
> working groups. For this reason, we will hold specific webinars for NPOC
> members to introduce specific working groups and topics; we will have
> outreach events held in conjunction with ICANN meetings and this will focus
> on ongoing ICANN policy making issues.
>
>
>
> NPOC is the home for Not-for-Profit organizations wishing to contribute to
> the ICANN policy making processes. The main role of NPOC is to enable and
> support participation in policy making but NPOC also recognizes the
> Importance of capacity and awareness and building as a pre-requisite for
> N4Ps to have a voice in Internet Governance (IG).
>
>
>
> Existing ICANN working groups: (https://gnso.icann.org/en/
> group-activities/active) The left-hand menu shows a list of active groups.
>
>
>
> *Outreach in Hyderabad*
>
> NPOC outreach strategy involves working with umbrella organizations to
> build relationships on a local level.  This is important, as we build our
> membership to encourage participation in the policy making process.
>
> NPOC worked cooperatively with a large organization, Digital Empowerment
> Foundation and ICANN staff support, Maryam Bakoshi to ensure that the event
> was a success.  And what a success!
>
>
>
> NPOC's event at ICANN 57 in Hyderabad saw the continuation of NPOC's
> outreach, awareness and capacity building efforts. 55 Indian NGO's attended
> various ICANN working sessions, and participated in NPOC's two-hour
> awareness and capacity building event. The event focused on the security
> and privacy of NGOs and best use strategies regarding uses of the DNS by
> Not-for-Profit civil society organizations.
>
>
>
> Pictures of the event can be found at – https://www.flickr.com/photos/
> glennmcknight/sets/72157674828966432
>
>
>
> NPOC is continuing this outreach effort in 2017 by hosting, or
> participating in, various events under the title: “DNS (Domain Name System)
> Not-for-Profit Users Summit" and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Policy
> making in the DNS (NOCP). These regional one day events that provide an
> in-reach and an outreach platform for Internet ecosystem engagement in
> policy and action. The day consists of workshops, presentations, and round
> table discussions. The one day events are complemented by shorter partnered
> events at Internet Governance related meetings such as the IGF, WSIS-Forum,
> and ICANN.
>
>
>
> Events under preparation for 2017 include:
>
> Dakar, Senegal, January 2017; in conjuncture with ICANN 58 in Copenhagen
> (March); UN Headquarters in NY (Spring); EuroDig Estonia; and with ICANN 59
> in Johannesburg (June); and in conjuncture with the WSIS Forum (Geneva).
> Further partnered events are planned for South America (Argentina) and Asia
> (Singapore). Details to be announced.
>
>
>
> *NPOC Ambassador Program*
>
> The goal of NPOC is to educate NPO/NGOs about Internet Governance and to
> encourage and engage them in the ICANN’s multistakeholder DNS policy
> process. NPOC’s strategy includes collaboration with regional organizations
> for outreach sessions, both during ICANN conferences, and as co-branded and
> invited engagement at other events.
>
>
>
> NPOC’s outreach targets
>
> 1) Increased NPO/NGO interest in Internet Governance and in ICANN’s DNS
> policies.
>
> 2) Increased awareness of the NPO/NGO stake in ICANN’s policy process.
>
> 3) Enhanced NPOC membership and greater engagement in ICANN’s policy
> process.
>
>
>
> NPOC NGO Ambassador Program objectives
>
>
>
> 1) Recruit applicants to NPOC’s NGO Ambassador Program
>
> 2) Assign NPOC Mentors to successful applicants, to co-work within ICANN’s
> policy processes
>
> 3) Participants undergo mentored supervision to work in support of NPOC’s
> purpose and goals.
>
> 4) The NPOC/NPOC Ambassador relationship will operate under a MoU agreement
>
> 5) NPOC Ambassadors will actively work with NPOC within their own regions
>
> 6) NPOC Ambassadorship is for a specific time period, renewal based on
> performance and interest
>
>
>
> *Future Challenges*
>
> As the executive committee team, we need to evaluate our work and
> implement the lessons learned.
>
> As mentioned before we need to enable and ensure more engagement of *NPOC
> members in working groups*.
>
> One of the main priorities for the near future is the *update NPOC.org
> www site.*
>
> We need to increase our capacity for outreach and awareness building
> events MoUs.
>
>
>
> Finally, we want to invite you to discuss all the issues mentioned in this
> email and others, during our next open membership call which will take
> place 15th January 2016, please look out for an invitation, time will be
> communicated nearer the date.
>
>
>
> Your NPOC EC-team,
>
>
>
> Joan Kerr
>
> Juan Manuel Rojas
>
> Klaus Stoll
>
> Martin Silva Valent
>
> Olévié Agbenyo
>
> Poncelet Ileleji
>
>
>
>
>
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