[Npoc-discuss] NPOC position on the Intersessional meetings

[Olévié Kouami]

Thanks for sharing.
Well said!

Le 24 juil. 2017 14:01, "Sam Lanfranco" <lanfran at yorku.ca> a écrit :

> I want to thank Olevie and Remmy for opening up this discussion about the
> ICANN Intersessional meetings.
>
> Having attended two ICANN Intersessionals, one at ICANN's expense and one
> at my own expense, I am left more with questions than with answers on the
> usefulness of the Intersessionals.
>
> First, they are expensive, both in terms of ICANN costs and the costs to
> participants. This is particularly true for NPOC/NCSG/NCUC participants who
> have to take time away from jobs and other tasks. For others, in the
> contracted and non-contracted commercial constituencies, the time and costs
> are usually treated as part of their paid time and work. This imbalance
> occurs for ICANN meetings as well, and there is no simple cure for that
> imbalance. For me that means that intersessionals have to be evaluated in
> terms of their efficiency and effectiveness for the subsequent for work of
> ICANN, in working groups and subsequent ICANN conferences. For the NCSG
> constituencies "is the gain worth the pain?". What is the evidence of
> improved efficiency and effectiveness for subsequent ICANN work? That is
> the question I have, and at most all I have heard is personal opinions (by
> participants) on the usefulness of the meetings.
>
> Remmy has repeated the oft cited mantra that "this kind of Meeting creates
> [a] distinct enabling environment for cross-group or constituents
> collaboration.".  That assertion is yet to be tested with any rigor. I will
> not belabor this point and only observe that I have not sensed any
> improvement in either working group discussions or the subsequent ICANN
> meeting discussions on the topics discussed at the intersessionals. Neither
> have I seen either a deeper understanding of the conflicting positions of
> other constituencies, or evidence of intersessional fostered compromises
> being tabled to improve progress in working groups and at ICANN conferences.
>
> The Intersessionals may be a pleasant, albeit costly, experience for those
> who participate, but we need better evidence that they are worth the effort
> and expense. I would hope that my assessment in the previous paragraph is
> wrong, and based in inadequate evidence, and I am more than ready to
> reverse my assessment in the face of evidence. What do the rest of my NPOC
> colleagues think about this? What is the evidence?
>
> Sam Lanfranco
> NPOC/csih
>
>
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