[UA-discuss] UASG SOI unclear, what does "Material interest" mean?

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Nabil:

Thank you for your reply.

The UASG leadership is requiring SOIs, so the UASG leadership should 
take responsibility for the process. It may be that they delegated the 
writing of the form questions to ICANN people, but in my opinion they 
retain responsibility for understanding the result, and being able to 
explain it.

Somebody from UASG will read the submitted SOIs. How will that person 
interpret "Material Interest in ICANN UASG Governance"?

Best regards,
      —Jim DeLaHunt

On 2024-05-15 10:21, NABIL BENAMAR wrote:
> Dear Jim,
>
> Thank you for your valuable feedback.
> I must say that the SoI form has been compiled by ICANN staff and not 
> the UASG team.
>
> Thank you!
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 5:50 PM Jim DeLaHunt via UA-discuss 
> <ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:
>
>     UASG leadership:
>
>     I am filling out the UASG Statement of Interest (SOI) form
>     (https://uasg.tech/join), and I do not know what this phrase means:
>
>>     Material Interest in ICANN UASG Governance*
>>
>>     Do you have any type of material interest in ICANN UASG
>>     governance and policy recommendations and outcomes?
>>
>>     [Yes] [No]
>>
>     What does "material interest" mean?  What kind of "governance and
>     policy recommendations and outcomes" does this question refer to?
>
>     I mean, I volunteer time to work on UASG activities. I have a
>     limited amount of time left in my life, so each hour is valuable. 
>     It is important to me to spend those hours well. So, I think I
>     have a "material interest" on UASG "governance" creating ways to
>     use those hours to actually advance universal acceptance advance,
>     rather than slog through bureaucratic exercises. So I have a great
>     interest in UASG governance being effective, and in UASG policy
>     leading to outcomes like more universal acceptance, not just more
>     reports.
>
>     So, "Yes", I do have a "type of material interest" in "UASG
>     governance and policy recommendations and outcomes"?
>
>     But I have a feeling that is not what the question asks.
>
>     Could someone who commissioned this SOI form please explain what
>     this question means? What problem is it trying to solve?
>
>     Best regards,
>           —Jim DeLaHunt
>
>     -- 
>          --Jim DeLaHunt,jdlh at jdlh.com      http://blog.jdlh.com/  (http://jdlh.com/)
>            multilingual websites consultant, Vancouver, Canada
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