Re: [atlarge-discuss] WG - OUTREACH - 002 - Identifying Targets and Priorities

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Ricahard,

  Add my name as well...

Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:

> Richard,
>
> Please add my name.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
> Richard Henderson wrote:
>
> > Participating Working Group Team! Greetings!
> > Anyone else reading this -welcome too and join us!
> >
> > WG-OUTREACH (outreach@large)
> >
> > Joey Borda (US)
> > Satyajit Gupta (INDIA)
> > Richard Henderson (UK)
> > Erick Iriarte Ahon (PERU)
> > Judyth Mermelstein (CANADA)
> > Jefsey Morfin (FRANCE)
> > YJ Park (KOREA)
> > Gabriel Pineiro (ARGENTINE)
> > Ron Sherwood (VIRGIN IS)
> > Jeff Williams (US)
> > Bruce Young (US)
> >
> > Agenda:
> > 1. Co-ordinator.
> > 2. Our Mission.
> > 3. Our Aims.
> > 4. Establishing Initial Priority Targets.
> > 5. Other Issues of Importance.
> >
> > ITEM 1:
> >
> > a. Co-ordinator. I have been happy to kick off this Working Group but I do
> > not feel strongly that I personally need to act as co-ordinator (I think
> > someone should though - but no-one is leader.) I am happy to continue as
> > co-ordinator for 1-3 months if you like or I am equally happy to hand over
> > to someone else right now. My personal thinking is that it would be good to
> > have a non-panelist and/or someone from an under-represented region to
> > spread responsibilities and involve more people in various ways. Process for
> > deciding this should be majority vote, I suppose. More likely, it's a
> > question of who actually wants to volunteer for this. But if you like, I'll
> > carry on co-ordinating for a few weeks or months. Just as long as you know
> > I'd be happier for someone else to do it (then I'll focus on uk@large !)
> >
> > b. Role of the Co-ordinator: to monitor WG mail, respond to enquiries,
> > co-ordinate agenda, report to membership and panel, liaise with france@large
> > uk@large etc etc - though this can be a shared task. Is this a reasonable
> > definition of the role? It is not doing everything, it is not "top down" -
> > it is just someone who watches and acts as a bit of an interface sometimes -
> > then the Working Group as a whole looks at the matters and says: "So-and-so
> > could do this" or "I know someone who might do this" or much more often:
> > "That is a French matter - refer it to france@large etc". There are
> > limitless tasks - and they need sharing and de-centralising. We work as a
> > team to try to serve with the focus on being made redundant as far as
> > possible by the local @large. Reasonable?
> >
> > ITEM 2:
> >
> > a. Our Mission. I've drafted a kick-off Mission Statement for this Working
> > Group as follows:
> >
> > DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT for outreach@large:
> >
> > The mission of the Outreach Working group is to act as a Co-ordination group
> > to offer help to regional volunteers, as they set out to attract ordinary
> > internet users to participate in the way the Internet is run by joining
> > icannatlarge.com. This outreach will operate at global, regional, national
> > and local levels, and will also operate through the interface of relevant
> > "issues" of concern to internet users all over the world. Areas of help to
> > be provided by the Working Group will include: generating publicity
> > materials in multiple languages, initiating global publicity initiatives,
> > helping to disseminate the shared experiences of local groups, acting as a
> > hub for large numbers of local @large organisations. In addition, it will
> > sustain a structure of Global - Regional/Issues - National - Local outreach,
> > in a non-directive fashion, with bottom-up initiatives being self-organised
> > by users at grassroots level.
> >
> > In summary: publicity materials; interface for sharing experience and
> > expertise; structure and websites.
> >
> > b. Request for amendments and additions/deletions from this statement.
> > Please feel free to contribute in making our mission clear and focussed. I
> > just put the one above together fairly spontaneously.
> >
> > ITEM 3.
> >
> > a. Our Aims.
> >
> > These are outcomes which extend beyond the actual mission role of the
> > Working Group. It's the outcomes we aspire to for the whole organisation:
> >
> > We hope to encourage the establishment of a NETWORK of worldwide LOCAL
> > @large COMMUNITIES and other @large communities built around COMMON
> > INTERESTS or ISSUES.
> >
> > The inter-relationship of these communities could be seen like this:
> >
> > Example: Roma@large - Scotland@large - teachers@large - LA@large -
> >
> > Example: Italia@large - UK@large - WestCoastUS@large -
> >
> > Example: Europe@large - NorthAmerica@large - ICANNissues@large -
> >
> > Example: world@large
> >
> > * * * * * * * *
> >
> > Note world@large is at the bottom.
> > But there is NO top or bottom - its a spiders web of CONNECTIONS
> > Our Aim should be a multiplicity of actively-engaged groups -
> > whatever works for the people involved.
> >
> > So our role in this WG-OUTREACH (outreach@large) is:
> > to liaise with any of these - our questions:
> > what can we learn? how can we help? how can you help us?
> >
> > This, my friends, is perhaps a REAL @large, rather than just a
> > pressure-group working towards a single issue. I think most of us are
> > well-focussed on the specific issue of DNS governance, but the @large will
> > evolve according to what its members want.
> >
> > Our Aim should centre on the creation of a REAL @large : growing as a
> > network.
> >
> > b. Comments on Aims - and dissent.
> > I have expressed one vision of the "Direction" we are trying to go in our
> > Outreach. But I admit that is my personal view. I am not to dominate, so
> > feel free to contribute YOUR sense of Directions and Aims.
> >
> > (Admittedly, we need to be 95% an ACTION group, not a talking shop!
> >
> > ITEM 4. Establishing Initial Priority Targets.
> >
> > OK - this is the action stuff, the important stuff of getting actual things
> > done.
> > I suggest the following Targets are ESSENTIAL in the short-term to
> > kick-start Outreach:
> >
> > a. The Name of our Organisation
> > b. Contacting Effective People who can help us De-Centralise tasks
> > c. Clear Website Presence and Point of Contact for new members/interested
> > enquirers
> > d. Initial Publicity materials - contact lists for media/orgs etc -
> > translation issues
> >
> > So, in more detail:
> >
> > a. The Name of our Organisation : this issue is being resolved this week. I
> > fully expect a membership vote to be taken on ALL proposed names. This is
> > essential and urgent because we need this clear identity established. I take
> > the view that there can be many names as de-centralisation takes place, but
> > it indeed helpful (and I think necessary) to have a central name. We will
> > work with the choice of the majority of our membership : that is my clear
> > expectation.
> >
> > b. Contacting Effective People.
> > Now, I have contentious (but I think common-sense) views on this. I agree
> > that much can be achieved through Press Releases, Newsletters etc etc - but
> > the experience of this Working Group teaches me this : we need to be
> > PRO-ACTIVE if we want to encourage volunteers at this kick-off stage.
> >
> > What we need are motivated individuals who will say: "OK - I will see what I
> > can do in France!" or "OK - I will see what I can do in South America" - or
> > in Peru - or in Malaysia - or in New York - or wherever...
> >
> > WE NEED TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT with possible individuals who might do this -
> > and excite them with our vision - and encourage them - and be personal.
> >
> > So I am arguing for the release of the Membership e-mail lists (subject to
> > permissions) or at least the means to send out e-mails to specific
> > individuals we identify and want to communicate with.
> >
> > Look! We have members in 75 countries already! Isn't it worth trying to make
> > contact with someone in each country?
> > Or at least, identify the Regions and take it from there.
> >
> > But I suspect that mass-mailings of impersonal info will attract some
> > members, but what we really need is to seek individuals willing to be a bit
> > of a co-ordinator. We are trying to build a network.
> >
> > The same applies for issues, but that is harder to target than the
> > geographical in this way.
> >
> > If you look at http://www.theinternetchallenge.com/memberswholelist.htm and
> > then click on the membership for the regions or the countries. I personally
> > would like us (maybe in a delegated effort) to make very personal contact
> > with some of the people with the aim of being able to put on each country's
> > page the name of a contact person / co-ordinator / local e-mail address as a
> > start to the growing of the network.
> >
> > I'm realistic enough to know we wouldn't achieve that with all countries
> > right away - but I actually think things can start to move very fast once
> > this process gets moving (and don't forget there's still another 100
> > countries we're going to reach - what a really exciting prospect!)
> >
> > So please understand (before I get shot down) the reason I've used
> > www.theInternetChallenge.com is simply to try to convey a vision of where we
> > maybe can decide to be going. I'm trying to "demonstrate" the nature of the
> > network and how you just try to make it grow and grow. (If I'm honest, I
> > also wanted to let Denise and Esther see as quick as possible that we're
> > already the @ large all over the world and we're organising and serious).
> > Obviously I'd like my webpages or something similar to migrate to out own
> > website.
> >
> > We need to share your ideas and input on:
> >
> > *** What categories of "Effective people" should we target?
> > *** How should we delegate the contact-making?
> > *** What should be the nature of that contact?
> >
> > We need your most lateral and imaginative brains!
> >
> > c. Clear Website Presence and Point of Contact for new members/interested
> > enquirers
> >
> > This is a matter being developed by WG-WEB and I only include it here
> > because it is vital we have links etc we can add to our mails so someone can
> > click on to an "About" page or a "Join" page etc. We already have a website.
> > We're shortly changing webmaster. So the web is important.
> >
> > BUT - the Point of Contact also needs to be a human being. And for
> > geographical groups, this needs to be a nearby / got-something-in-common
> > human being. That's why I'm so keen to de-centralise, to identify local or
> > national or regional contact people - and make sure new members can find
> > their right place in the network.
> >
> > Incidentally, I expect we will have more than just one central website - of
> > course! ... Although Jefsey's proposals of using subdomains within a central
> > site domain is a good one I believe, for those who want to use it. Also
> > Jefsey's Wiki concept works well with the whole idea of local - contacts -
> > networks - etc
> >
> > d. Initial Publicity materials - contact lists for media/orgs etc -
> > translation issues
> >
> > Initial Publicity materials - it doesn't have to be US who write them! But
> > if we're involved in Outreach we need to think:
> > *** what information do we want to give...
> > *** to whom...
> > *** what is needed most, early on (because that's where we are)
> > *** can we build up a library of varied, useful materials
> > *** can regional/national co-ordinators consider what
> > material/information/language will work for them
> > *** locally-generated material will hopefully take over a lot in due course
> >
> > Contact-lists
> > *** I've mentioned access to membership e-mail addresses (subject to
> > individual consent)
> > *** Local press/media contacts
> > *** Organisations contacts : I'm convinced where YOU live locally there are,
> > wherever you are, organisations and groups to make contact with
> > *** Any other ideas?
> >
> > Translation Issues
> > *** If materials are generated locally, then translation may not be a
> > problem
> > *** But central / generic info needs to be translated, as Judyth as
> > mentioned, into Chinese and Scandinavian Languages, etc etc - and our
> > resources may not yet stretch that far, but as our localised communities
> > grow, we will hopefully find our translators too (but sooner is even better)
> >
> > Education
> > ***A significant part of Outreach has obviously got to involve Education
> > about DNS issues in simple-to-understand language
> >
> > Item 5.
> > OTHER ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE
> >
> > These may be for NOW - to be added to priorities
> > Or they may be background issues which will become important
> > Or they may be things which matter but not right now when so much seems
> > urgent.
> >
> > I would mention:
> > a. Voluntary Contributions would be less obstacle to membership than
> > Membership Fees
> > b. ccTLDs contacts and bridge-building - this is massive importance in the
> > long term : if WE are the REAL @large then WE (more than ICANN) need to
> > establish our links with our own, LOCAL ccTLD operators - and we need to
> > represent ourselves as THE group of ordinary internet users.
> > c. Finding interfaces with peripheral organisations - getting to them
> > through THEIR issues and concerns
> > d. Student Organisations.
> >
> > But lastly - to each of you generous enough with your time to read this
> > far - these "Other Issues of Importance" which is also "A.O.B. - Any Other
> > Business"
> >
> > Please! YOUR input next, while I "shut up" and listen, and I'll publish a
> > summary of all YOUR main points.
> >
> > Address - it would be helpful if we send (for the time being - separate
> > mailing lists are being actively explored) to atlarge-discuss address (don't
> > see any point in cc-ing to each of us, we'll only get the mail twice that
> > way, plus I want nonWG members to be able to read and contribute - these
> > Working Groups have open doors!!!)
> >
> > Subject (for clarity): WG - OUTREACH - 002 - Identifying Targets and
> > Priorities
> >
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