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| * whether ICANN's role in [[Internet Governance]] should be streamlined <br/> | | * whether ICANN's role in [[Internet Governance]] should be streamlined <br/> |
| ::[[Jorge Cancio]] said, "We stay in the weeds now" (as compared with work as recent as 2008) and argued that “ICANN should stay at the principle level, lean, and future proof.” | | ::[[Jorge Cancio]] said, "We stay in the weeds now" (as compared with work as recent as 2008) and argued that “ICANN should stay at the principle level, lean, and future proof.” |
− | * the backlog of unimplemented policies, some of which are now out-of-date or conflict with current work <br/> | + | * The backlog of unimplemented policies, some of which are now out-of-date or conflict with current work <br/> |
| ::[[Mason Cole]] worried "How big a danger to the model is unfinished work? The community has expectations regarding completing work...the [[SSR1]] recommendations are nearly a decade old...This is like dragging weight around unnecessarily." Likewise, [[James Bladel]] said, "There is too much emphasis on process and not enough on relevance." | | ::[[Mason Cole]] worried "How big a danger to the model is unfinished work? The community has expectations regarding completing work...the [[SSR1]] recommendations are nearly a decade old...This is like dragging weight around unnecessarily." Likewise, [[James Bladel]] said, "There is too much emphasis on process and not enough on relevance." |
| * How ICANN can better involve the Global South <br/> | | * How ICANN can better involve the Global South <br/> |
− | :: [[Claire Craig]] explained that ICANN must work with governments in developing nations, as they are the key access points. There are few if any capacity-building programs there, and the ICANN communities are too small; it's about striving toward equity, not equality. [[Jovan Kurbalija]] agreed, suggesting that the model should 1) embrace the public good aspect of ICANN (it's not just commercial); 2) that the pandemic made governments much stronger as it did tech; 3) ICANN should work with [[IGF]] to get more involved with politics because it’s trying to exist too far from the political center; and 4) ICANN needs to educate the general public to gain prominence via boundary spanners. | + | :: [[Claire Craig]] explained that ICANN must work with governments in developing nations, as they are the key access points. There are few if any capacity-building programs there, and the ICANN communities are too small; it's about striving toward equity, not equality. [[Jovan Kurbalija]] agreed, suggesting that the model should 1) embrace the public good aspect of ICANN (it's not just commercial); 2) that the pandemic made governments much stronger as it did tech; 3) ICANN should work with [[IGF]] to get more involved with politics because it’s trying to exist too far from the political center; and 4) ICANN needs to educate the general public to gain prominence via boundary spanners. |
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| ====Impact of Regulatory Developments==== | | ====Impact of Regulatory Developments==== |