I have actually responded further during the WG updates at the GNSO (right after the Board-GNSO discussions). And yes I agree we should really take steps to provide concrete potential measures on this. At the last meeting, Jian Chuan made a brief proposal including the following elements. 1) travel support for the participants from the under-served regions 2) provide transcript of GNSO meetings (not translation) 3) there are many factors related to the concept of "diversity". for example, geographic cultural and gender language diversity. Could we suggest a scorecard that include these factors? I am hoping we could further develop those ideas here in Marrakech. Please join us in the discussion even if remotely https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/tue-apac-space Edmon From: Jian Zhang [mailto:jian@teamworks.asia] Sent: Monday, 7 March 2016 17:33 PM To: Pam Little <pam.little@zodiac-corp.com> Cc: Edmon Chung <edmon@registry.asia>; jczhang@knet.cn; Jia-Rong Low <jiarong.low@icann.org>; Zheng Song <zheng.song@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Tld_discuss] APAC Space at ICANN55 Marrakech - Tuesday, 08 March Dear Pam: Thanks for raising this up.I totally agree with you, this is serious issue. Let's discuss it during the session to see what we could do next about it. Such a pity we wouldn't have you here this time. Hope you could dial in to join us. regards Jian On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Pam Little <pam.little@zodiac-corp.com <mailto:pam.little@zodiac-corp.com> > wrote: Hi Edmon, 建川 I hope your travels were uneventful and are enjoying Marrakesh. I am not there in person but will dial into the APAC Space session if remote participation is available. If not, I wanted to make sure you are aware of the latest developments regarding item 2 on the proposed agenda - APAC participation in GNSO. During the GNSO/Board session on Sunday, the chair of Organizational Effectiveness Committee (OEC) of the ICANN Board, Rinalia Abdul Rahim asked about the timeline (i.e. when will for the GNSO review/vote on the Working Party’s final assessment and prioritsation to the OEC). She also made a request: an explanation or rationale for recommendations in the Independent Examiner’s (Westlake’s) final report but are declined by the Working Party. You can download the slides here https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/GNSO+Working+Session... or see attached. But I would like to point out two things: 1. The timeline has been pushed back (after repeated delays). It seems that the GNSO Council will not have time to review the final report by the Working Party during the Marrakesh meeting and it will be deferred to its April meeting. 2. Several recommendations that were designed to improve diversity have been pushed back (#35) or rejected outright (#32). For your convenience, below was part of the comments submitted on behalf of APAC Space where we actually urged these recommendations be prioritized. 5. Prioritization of three key recommendations: #32, #35 and #33 We acknowledge cultural diversity as a core value goal needs to be balanced against practicality. We are also mindful that some recommendations may not be implemented in the short term due to financial or other cost/benefit considerations. As such, we suggest the following three key recommendations be treated as priorities (in the order below) and incorporated into ICANN’s Five-Year Strategic Plan, implemented and measured under one of the strategic objectives (1. Evolve and further globalize ICANN): Recommendation 32: That ICANN define “cultural diversity” and that relevant metrics (encompassing geographic, gender, age group and cultural, possibly by using birth language) be monitored and published. Recommendation 35: That the GNSO Council establish a WG, whose membership specifically reflects the demographic, cultural and gender diversity of the Internet as a whole, to identify and develop ways to reduce barriers to participation in the GNSO by non-English speakers and those with limited command of English. Recommendation 33: That SGs, Cs and the Nominating Committee, in selecting their candidates for appointment to the GNSO Council, should aim to increase the geographic, gender and cultural diversity of its participants, as defined in ICANN Core Value 4. We understand geographic region seems to have become a proxy for cultural diversity but the community is unlikely to reach consensus on how to measure cultural diversity. We therefore encourage the Independent Examiner to provide concrete suggestions towards implementing cultural diversity in its final report. We look forward to participating in a GNSO WG “whose membership specifically reflects the demographic, cultural and gender diversity of the Internet as a whole,” if and when such a group is established under Recommendation 35. I think we should be making a great deal of noise about this but would defer it to you and the group to decide whether we should do something about it. Have a great week! Pam From: tld_discuss-bounces@tld.asia <mailto:tld_discuss-bounces@tld.asia> [mailto:tld_discuss-bounces@tld.asia <mailto:tld_discuss-bounces@tld.asia> ] On Behalf Of Jian Zhang Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 1:18 PM To: Philadel Yeo Cc: discuss@tld.asia <mailto:discuss@tld.asia> Subject: Re: [Tld_discuss] APAC Space at ICANN55 Marrakech - Tuesday, 08 March Hi everyone: Thanks for everybody's contribution, now we have a draft agenda as following: 1. APAC update - Jia-Rong Low, ICANN VP 2. APAC participation in GNSO 3. UA community effort - Edmon Chung, DotAsia 4.Significant developments in China domain market - Kurt Pritz, Allegravita 5.ccTLD marketing in AP region - Leonid Todorov, APTLD GM Anybody has any suggestions/thoughts on agenda, or anybody would like to discuss other topics, please let us know. Please note, session now is on Date: Tuesday, 8 March Time: 11:00 – 12:30 (Marrakech) | 19:00 – 20:30 SGT Room: Opale please make a mark on your agenda! regards Jian On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Philadel Yeo <philadel.yeo@icann.org <mailto:philadel.yeo@icann.org> > wrote: Hello everyone, We are pleased to share that APAC Space at ICANN55 Marrakech has been updated (due to a conflict with another session) and confirmed: Date: Tuesday, 8 March Time: 11:00 – 12:30 (Marrakech) | 19:00 – 20:30 SGT | link to timezone converter here <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=APAC+Space+at+ICANN55&iso=20160308T11&p1=1996&ah=1&am=30> Room: Opale Link to Schedule: https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/tue-apac-space Remote Participation Link: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/rak55-opale/ Please let us know if there are any ideas for the agenda. Here’s the link to the previous agenda (at ICANN54 Dublin) for your reference: https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/thu-apac-space I am also copying Zhang Jian here, who is the community lead for this. We’ll be sending out an announcement with dial-in details shortly. Warmest regards, Philadel Philadel YEO Regional Facilitator - APAC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Please note that our Singapore office has moved and we are now located at: 38 Beach Road, #04-11 South Beach Tower, Singapore 189767 From: Philadel Yeo <philadel.yeo@icann.org <mailto:philadel.yeo@icann.org> > Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 9:28 AM To: "discuss@tld.asia <mailto:discuss@tld.asia> " <discuss@tld.asia <mailto:discuss@tld.asia> > Cc: Jia-Rong Low <jiarong.low@icann.org <mailto:jiarong.low@icann.org> > Subject: APAC Space in ICANN55 Marrakech (Thursday, 10 March) Dear all, We are looking forward to welcoming you in Marrakech for ICANN55. As per the past couple of ICANN meetings, we are going ahead to make a booking for APAC Space for the Thursday morning time slot (1030hrs Marrakech time – early evening in APAC). Please let us know if you have any ideas on a broad agenda; we’ll proceed to make the session booking early next week. Kindly let us know if you have any further thoughts. Thank you. Warmest regards, Philadel Philadel YEO Regional Facilitator - APAC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Please note that our Singapore office has moved and we are now located at: 38 Beach Road, #04-11 South Beach Tower, Singapore 189767