[wg-e] WG E: Part 4 Awareness

[Kilnam Chon <chon@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr>]

Ben,

thank you for your elaborate comment. this is the kind of comment we are
looking for at WG E to come up the implementation plan.  i hope others
would comment on their workshops and other events, too.

i try to come up with the issue list for each Part to address what to 
be discussed before we write the report.  hope others would do the same.

my specific comments on berkman center workshop on october 31 is as follows;

1. is the workshop successful?  

	in what area does it contribute?
	what would you do if you have to do it again?

2. do we want to have similar workshops in future?

	annually if so?
	what else topics do we want to cover if we do again?
	who else could do the workshop?

3. can we secure necessary funding?

	how important/valuable is the workshop when we consider the
	limited funding and other activities?

chon
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 08:18:40AM -0500, Ben Edelman wrote:
> It looks like I sent this before my list subscription went through last
> night, so I'm resending now...  Apologies if anyone gets duplicates.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Edelman [mailto:edelman@law.harvard.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 11:05 PM
> To: wg-e@dnso.org
> Cc: Diane Cabell
> Subject: RE: looking for volunteers to work on Parts 2 through 5 of DNSO
> WG-E
> 
> 
> Members of Working Group E,
> 
> I've just joined the working group -- but I've reviewed the archives at
> <http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-e/Archives/>, and, in particular, I received
> Kilnam's most recent message.
> 
> I want to comment in particular on the following section of his message:
> 
> > For ICANN participants and similar audience.
> >
> > 1. Berkman Center of Harvard on ICANN Workshop, 1999.10.31 Los Angeles
> > 	every 4 months?
> 
> You should all be advised that it's no small feat to put together a workshop
> like that of 10/31.  The Center dedicated a key fellow -- Diane Cabell --
> more or less entirely to the task for some three weeks beforehand, while
> other Center staff produced briefing materials and handled a variety of
> related logistical issues.  The availability of key Center faculty --
> Executive Director Jonathan Zittrain and Director Charles Nesson -- was
> central to the success of the moderated panels, I believe, and we were
> extremely lucky to be able to draw them both to LA for the occasion.  The
> cost of such a workshop is also non-trivial -- not just room rental and
> staff time and briefing material production, but significant travel expenses
> for all panelists not in the area.  Indeed, we believe it essential to bring
> in outside experts not already engrossed in the workings of ICANN, but since
> such "outsiders" would not ordinarily attend an ICANN meeting, workshops
> like 10/31 generally incur travel expenses to bring the necessary panelists
> to the workshop location.
> 
> All that is to say that you shouldn't assume the Berkman Center will
> continue to do workshops like that of 10/31.  I believe (though only
> Jonathan Zittrain can be authoritative on the subject) that we would not
> have done the 10/31 workshop were it not for a grant from Markle earmarked
> specifically for that purpose.  Markle (or some other foundation) may or may
> not be willing to fund a similar workshop in the future, and the Center may
> or may not decide to dedicate its limited staff resources to putting on such
> workshops even if funding is available.
> 
> Personally, I think the workshops are well worth the effort and expense, and
> I believe Professors Zittrain and Nesson agree, but it's important for the
> WG to realize that future workshops sponsored by the Berkman Center are far
> from a sure thing.  So while I'm glad you support what we did in LA (and
> perhaps in Cambridge in January before that at the Representation in
> Cyberspace workshop -- see
> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rcs/workshoparchive.html>), I hope plans of
> the Working Group will not rely unduly heavily on ongoing Berkman
> Center-sponsored workshops.
> 
> 
> Ben Edelman
> Berkman Center for Internet and Society
> Harvard Law School
>