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Remote Participation Technologies Enable a Policy Win for Nairobi

26 mars 2010
Par
David Olive

David Olive

SVP, Policy Development Support & Managing Director - Washington, D.C.

David Olive is the Senior Vice President of Policy Development Support at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He leads the team responsible for developing and coordinating policies with the Internet community to support the security, stability, and interoperability of the Internet.

Prior to joining ICANN in 2010, David served at Fujitsu Limited in Washington, D.C., as General Manager and chief corporate representative where he led the formation of public policy on Internet communications technology. He advised executives on business planning, corporate and business development, and public policy for the Internet, electronic commerce, telecommunications, science, and technology.

Before Fujitsu, David served as a U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Officer where he specialized in trade, investment, and technology policy. He was a recipient of the Department’s Meritorious Honor Award for distinguished service.

David has served with many technology and business organizations including the Commercial Board of Directors of TechAmerica, Board of Directors of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the U.S.-Japan Business Council, International Chamber of Commerce, and more.

David earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University. He has completed executive leadership programs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey.

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During the run-up to ICANN’s Nairobi meeting, some corners of the community raised concerns. Many community members could not make it to Nairobi for a variety of reasons, and some interest groups, such as the Registries, were going to be under-represented as physical participants. Some folks predicted that overall low attendance would slow progress in certain areas because policy work would not be able to advance.

What actually happened? Score a big win for the ICANN community and remote participants. Several policy issues moved forward at the meeting. For example:

  • The GNSO Council approved a charter for the Vertical Integration Working Group, which can now pursue the PDP launched in January. (As of this writing, 65 participants have signed up and are already engaged in substantive discussions.)
  • The Registration Abuse Policies (RAP) Working Group conducted a successful information session on their Initial Report. The group’s Chair led the session remotely, and the ensuing discussion blended questions and comments from both local and remote participants.
  • The ccNSO and members of the ccTLD community engaged fully in discussing the idea of an ICANN DNS-CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team). The substantive discussion considered how the existing ccNSO Incident Response Working Group would interact with (or incorporate into its mandate) the DNS-CERT initiative.
  • At-Large held 11 formal and 4 informal Working Group meetings, with solid representation from all 5 Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs). They moved efficiently through several issues, which included submitting their list of endorsed candidates to the Affirmation of Commitments Review Team and endorsing the members of the At-Large Board Candidate Evaluation Committee.
  • Related to SSAC, the Zone File Access Ad-hoc Group used remote participation uniquely: only one member was physically present, with 4 other members co-presenting from remote locations, and the session went well.
  • The ICANN Board passed a resolution adopting new trademark-related solutions for the new gTLDs, including a Trademark Clearinghouse and a Uniform Rapid Suspension Procedure.

In fact, the whole community delivered robust engagement in all Nairobi meetings.

Thanks to a terrific effort from the Meetings Team, Nick Ashton-Hart and the Public Participation committee ahead of the meeting, Rob Hoggarth at the meeting, ICANN’s ICT staff, and many others, remote participation worked. Credit also goes to the many Chairs and meeting moderators who bent over backwards to consistently include input from members observing sessions from thousands of miles away. Kudos also to volunteers many time-zones removed from Kenya, who cared enough about ICANN policy work to turn their sleep habits upside-down in order to participate.

This kind of innovative effort demonstrates once again that ICANN’s multi-stakeholder, consensus-driven policy approach works. Remote participation technologies enable it. But it’s the heart and enthusiasm of the ICANN community that empowers it.

Authors

David Olive

David Olive

SVP, Policy Development Support & Managing Director - Washington, D.C.
David Olive

David Olive

SVP, Policy Development Support & Managing Director - Washington, D.C.

David Olive is the Senior Vice President of Policy Development Support at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He leads the team responsible for developing and coordinating policies with the Internet community to support the security, stability, and interoperability of the Internet.

Prior to joining ICANN in 2010, David served at Fujitsu Limited in Washington, D.C., as General Manager and chief corporate representative where he led the formation of public policy on Internet communications technology. He advised executives on business planning, corporate and business development, and public policy for the Internet, electronic commerce, telecommunications, science, and technology.

Before Fujitsu, David served as a U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Officer where he specialized in trade, investment, and technology policy. He was a recipient of the Department’s Meritorious Honor Award for distinguished service.

David has served with many technology and business organizations including the Commercial Board of Directors of TechAmerica, Board of Directors of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the U.S.-Japan Business Council, International Chamber of Commerce, and more.

David earned his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University. He has completed executive leadership programs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey.