I agree with Yamanishi-san. The document detailing the activities undertaken by APNIC at the ICANN49 meeting are an excellent first step to articulating to membership what the purpose and benefits are of this level of engagement.
As previously mentioned, I don't believe that the root of the issue is business class travel or otherwise, I believe that it is demonstrating to the membership, in a way that they accept, that the balance between the expenditure and outcomes is appropriate. In order to do that, there must be transparency and a level of detailed reporting across both areas. It is only then that the membership can determine if they find the balance appropriate. To that end I would support an increased level of financial and activity reporting along the lines Yamanishi-san has suggested. We do see this increased reporting in RIRs and other multistakeholder organisations and they are to be commended for this. This will allow the membership to determine if outputs such as those reported by APNIC at ICANN49 are balanced with the expenditure required to produce them. With regard to NetMundial, the final output document is out for comment, so I would expect a detailed assessment by members of the APNIC delegation would be presented any time now. My favourate part of the document so far is: "Internet governance discussions would benefit from improved communication and coordination between technical and non-technical communities, providing a better understanding about the policy implications in technical decisions and technical implications in policy decision making." Ensuring that Internet Governance messages are reframed and communicated in a way that the technical community finds easy to access and engage with seems like something that APNIC is well placed to do. Regards -- Dean Pemberton Technical Policy Advisor InternetNZ +64 21 920 363 (mob) [email protected] To promote the Internet's benefits and uses, and protect its potential. On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Masato Yamanishi <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul and Tony, > > BTW, I think this page is more transparent than past APNIC announcement. > > http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2014/icann-49-event-wrapup > > So, can we expect similar announcement about NETmundial in last week? > > Thank you in advance. > > Rgs, > Masato Yamanishi > > > On 14/04/26 0:44, "Dave Mead" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul, > > Your speech at Asia Pacific Internet Leadership Program meeting is utterly > disappointing to APNIC Members. > > http://www.apnic.net/publications/news/2014/icann-49-event-wrapup > > You said, "...Members pay fees to APNIC to support the organisation and the > services and they don't give APNIC a blessing to spend that money in > unlimited fashion on Internet development..." > > http://audio.icann.org/meetings/singapore2014/apilp-22mar14-en.mp3 > > Members DID NOT BLESS APNIC to spend the fees on business class travel which > costs 3 times more than an economy class ticket. The entire senior > management, including your Executve Assistant and those who work for APNIC > as consultants travel in business class contributing to the success of the > airlines but clearly not Internet development in this region. > > http://www.apnic.net/about-APNIC/team > > Paul, you're leading a not-for-profit organisation not a comerncial entity > that you and your senior management can erode member funds for your > comfortable travels across the world. This is just outrageous and > mismanagement of Member funds. > > Members like to see the Executive Council takes note of this and truely > represent the Members to better manage their funds to contribute for the > Internet development in this region. A lot of development work can be done > if the funds are managed effectively not use for personal benefits. > > Best > -Dave Mead > > _______________________________________________ apnic-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > apnic-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk > _______________________________________________ apnic-talk mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk
