I thank the ICANN Board for the opportunity to provide input regarding ways by which
we may come to improve operations of the DNSO as it is constituted today, and further
appreciate the opportunity to provide suggestions which may result in changes in
the structure of the DNSO and/or major changes in its functioning. Having been
a participant in the Review Working Group, I am appreciative of the concerted effort
that was made to respond to the Board's request for a general review of the DNSO,
and I look forward to seeing the final report of this working group.
My concern is that while ample time and resources were dedicated to
the first phase of the review project (ten months to determine the diagnosis), limited
time (5 weeks) has been allowed for the most important phase of the project (solutions).
It is my humble opinion that a more comprehensive study is called for, as the possible
restructuring of a Supporting Organization is not a matter to be taken lightly.
To the same degree that the at-Large study required full and proper funding, as well
as a blue-ribbon panel of committee members, so too should a study regarding the
future of the DNSO be properly convened with ample resources, well-respected committee
members and an appropriate timeline in which to complete its mission.
I propose the following: an initial committee consisting of the current and
former chairs of the General Assembly, the current and former chairs of the Names
Council, the chair of the Review Working Group, the NC Liaison to the Review Working
Group, the Chair of the Review Task Force, ICANN legal counsel, and the Head of the
DNSO Secretariat. This Committee shall act upon the findings of the review
process and propose necessary changes.
The draft report of
this committee shall then be submitted to an independent panel for rigorous review
(by experts who are anonymous to the committee and which shall be selected by the
ICANN Board). Upon conclusion of this review, the committee will then respond
to the panel's recommendations with appropriate revisions, and finally submit a consensus-based
report for public comment prior to submission to the ICANN Board.Thank you for
your consideration,
Danny Younger
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