Dear All,
The first part of the Empirical Assessment has been completed and is a paper called ICANN in Oceania which is still version 1.1 and can be edited. It's purpose is to inform us of the status quo. The second part is to roll out a quick survey, preferably via Survey Monkey to inform us of what the stakeholders want. This should not stop us from going ahead with the planning and dialogue as the Survey results can be harvested when we are ready to start drafting the Strategy.
The Draft Survey is copied below. The format has changed somehow in copying it from the Word document to the Wiki. Suffice to say, when it is translated to Survey Monkey, it will look cleaner, and less voluminous than what it actually is, which is ticking boxes although I have left room for them to leave their views if they have something else to add. Please feel free to add your thoughts to this current version:
SURVEY
Background
The Survey is intended to identify what stakeholders would like to see factored into the development of an ICANN Strategy for Oceania. Stakeholders being targeted are the members of the ICT community in Oceania. The idea for the Survey is to enable the ICANN Oceania Working Group who is tasked under the Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) to develop the Regional Strategy for Oceania. This will only take a few minutes of your time and your participation is significant. Please answer all the questions as they will assist us in mapping the priority areas.
1. What country or territory do you belong to? If two or more, please indicate
American Samoa
Australia
Cocos Island
Cook Islands
Christmas Island
Fiji
Federated States of Micronesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
New Caledonia
Norfolk Islands
Nauru
Niue
New Zealand
French Polynesia
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn
Palau
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis & Futuna
Samoa
Other
2. Kindly indicate which best applies to you or your organization. If more than one please indicate
Regional Internet Registry
CERT
ccTLD Manager
Registrar
Reseller
Root Server Operator/Supporter/
Independent Regulator
Dependent Regulator
Government
Internet Service Provider
Telecom
Network of ICT companies and organisations
Whois Service Provider
Network Operating Group
University
TAFE
Polytechnic Institute
Regional Inter Government Organisation
Regional Non-Government Organisation
3. Have you physically attended any ICANN meeting?
Yes
No
4. How many ICANN meetings have you attended?
5. Have you participated remotely in ICANN meetings?
Yes
No
6. Which constituency do you spend most of your time when attending ICANN meetings? If more than one, please indicate.
GAC
SSAC
RSAC
ALAC
ASO
CCNSO
GNSO
Other
Not Applicable
7. What are barriers to your participation in the ICANN meetings?
Meetings are inaccessible
Policy Discussions and hard to follow
Conflicts with other meetings
Challenges integrating into the ICANN system
No internet access at home
Poor Internet Accessibility in country
ICANN meetings are not relevant to work
8. How would you describe your participation in ICANN policy development processes?
Receive notifications and emails concerning ICANN policy processes but don’t read them
Reads about the developments but don’t make submissions
Initiates policy development processes
Participates by reviewing studies and making comments and observations
Does not participate in policy development processes
9. Do you want to increase your participation in ICANN policy development processes?
Yes
No
10. What areas would you like to develop?
Understanding in ICANN public policy issues
Understanding in ICANN structures and procedures
Understanding how I can contribute to the ICANN ecosystem
Understanding the Internet Governance ecosystem
Learning how to manage Top Level Domains
Other
11. Identify what you would like to see in Oceania
Increase in meaningful participation from all countries and territories
Targeted capacity building in Oceania
Targeted outreach in Oceania
More Government representatives to the GAC from Oceania
More organisations joining the At Large
More ccTLD managers joining the ccNSO
More root servers in Oceania
Online learning tools to facilitate training
Physical trainings in countries and territories
Oceania DNS Forum
Cyber Security Forum
School on Internet Governance
Other
12. Additional Comments or Suggestions
The End
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Background
Following a Resolution by the ICANN Oceania Working Group that an empirical assessment was needed to enable informed discussions for the purposes of developing a Regional Strategy, Sala Tamanikaiwaimaro volunteered to carry out this empirical assessment under the Direction of Chair of the Working Group, Mr Criden Appi.
Methodology
The Empirical Assessment was carried out through a desk review that resulted in an information paper. Indicators were sourced from the ICANN website and many other websites. The Survey questions was developed in a way to feedback into discovering what people within Oceania want. This was a mixture of both desk and field research. The Desk research involved, identifying relevant indicators and potential sources of information from the ICANN Website, Potaroo website hosted by Geoff Huston, APNIC's Chief Scientist and a few other relevant websites. The Field Research was done through a Field Survey.
Results
ICANN In Oceania Version 1.1 (Information Paper only). The Paper contains generic indicators as at 31st December, 2013 of representation of Oceania in various Advisory Committees and Supporting Organisations. It has some useful statistics and benchmarks. Simultaneously, survey questions were developed and designed to solicit feedback from the wider community within Oceania to complement the information paper.
The Survey was launched on 20th January, 2014 and is currently still open. The first Report of the preliminary Survey Results to the Working Group was sent on the 24th January, 2014. The most recent summary report of the Survey along with copies of all Respondents submissions were sent on the 4th February, 2014. The Survey will be closed on the 15th February, 2014.
Analysis
The Working Group is invited to go through the Information Paper and the Survey Results to highlight what the Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats and Challenges are. They may do this through a Working Paper or in commenting here.