Strategy Panel on ICANN’s Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem - Monthly Report for December 2013-January 2014

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The Strategy Panel on ICANN’s role in the Internet Governance ecosystem conducted community outreach through webinar sessions to collect input on its draft observations and guiding principles. To finalize strategic recommendations by late January 2014, the Panel invited feedback via a general call for input, structured questions, and targeted requests for roadmap milestones covering ICANN’s evolving stewardship and relationships. Progress included in-person drafting work in Reston, Virginia, and subsequent webinars that reviewed preliminary conclusions, definitions, and conceptual ecosystem maps.

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Executive Summary

Activities and Progress

Community feedback and webinar sessions

Questions framing the discussion

Moving Forward

Strategy Panel on ICANN’s Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem Monthly Report for December 2013-January 2014 Executive Summary The Strategy Panel on ICANN’s Role in the Internet Governance Ecosystem has engaged with interested community members during webinar sessions to gain input on its draft observations and principles. With the objective of sharing its final set of strategic recommendations around the end of January 2014, the Panel has invited the community to continue the dialogue through different avenues. In addition to a general call for input, it developed questions to frame the feedback process and called for specific input on milestones that ought to be included in a roadmap for the evolution of ICANN’s role in the Internet Governance ecosystem. Activities and Progress To advance on the drafting, the Drafting Team, composed of the Strategy Panel Chair and subgroup leads held an in-person meeting on Tuesday, 17 December in Reston, Virginia. Members of the Drafting Team mirrored the exchanges and thoughts that were shared during Panel and Subteam calls as well as on the Team’s mailing list, and endeavored to translate discussions and thoughts into draft text and graphics for the panel’s consideration. On 13 and 15 January 2014, the Panel walked interested community members through the preliminary conclusions it had reached and sought reactions to its preamble observations. Webinar archives (transcript, recording, chat transcript and slides) may be found at: [http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06jan14-en.htm](http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06jan14-en.htm. The Panel opened the)[. The Panel opened the](http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06jan14-en.htm. The Panel opened the)[ ](http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-06jan14-en.htm. The Panel opened the)webinar sessions by rearticulating the mission it was entrusted with and providing historical ICANN assumptions. It reported its decision to adopt the World Summit on the Information Society definition of governance and clarified its working definition of stewardship. To appreciate the composition of the Internet ecosystem, the Panel explained that it chose to describe the Internet ecosystem as a layered structure, spelling out its its characteristics, dynamics and subtleties by this means. The Panel shared its interpretation of ICANN’s involvement within the ecosystem arena and presented maps it developed to illustrate and conceptualize ICANN’s web of relationships and network of interests. The Panel submitted the set of draft principles it had reached to the interested community members for comment and invited them to identify milestones they deemed appropriate for the evolution of ICANN’s role in the Internet Governance ecosystem (roadmap) . The Panel called interested community members’ attention to questions it developed to frame the exchange and trigger discussions. A fruitful Q&A ensued. 1) What would you consider important elements for an Internet governance eco-system roadmap to develop'inter' and 'intra'-operative Internet Governance Policy? (goal being to reduce Internet governance tension and friction? 2) In the context of ICANN, what are important aspects of it's evolution, including it's globalization including it's relationship with stakeholders, governments and the USG? 3) What components of a roadmap should be in place for ICANN's relationships with other organizations, including those in the Internet eco-system? 4) Are there any specific areas of ICANN's existing work could be done differently to better evolve it's globalization and role in the Internet governance eco-system? 5) We are also very interested in hearing general comments from the community on areas that you think that we should be addressing in our report. The Strategy Panel stressed its need for feedback in reaction to its questions, observations etc. and encouraged community mem

FAQs

What was the goal of the Strategy Panel during December 2013 to January 2014?

To gather community input on draft observations and principles and to finalize a set of strategic recommendations by the end of January 2014, including roadmap milestones for ICANN’s evolving role.

How did the Panel engage the community to collect feedback?

It ran webinar sessions to present mission context, historical assumptions, and preliminary conclusions, and invited responses through a general call for input, a mailing list, and an online survey.

What types of questions did the Panel ask to shape the feedback process?

The Panel asked about essential elements for an internet governance roadmap, ICANN’s evolution and globalization including stakeholder relationships, how ICANN should relate to other organizations, and whether parts of current work could be adapted.

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