RE: [bc-gnso] CSG charter

["Deutsch, Sarah B" <sarah.b.deutsch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philip,

I'm disappointed that you decided not to call me as I requested, which would 
take this dispute off the list.  Instead, you chose to send yet another hostile 
email thinly cloaked in polite salutations.  Apparently, you had hoped there 
was a draft that no one was sharing with you per the earlier imagined 
conspiracy theory.  Now the latest tactic is to remind everyone that you 
drafted the interim charter and to emphasize that "nothing has happened."   
It's ironic since one of the most controversial provisions you attempted to add 
to the last BC charter was language designed to prevent certain members from 
continually criticizing others (including you at the time) with hostile 
postings on the BC list.  

The topic of amending the CSG charter was first scheduled to be discussed at 
the Brussels meeting in order to get initial feedback and guidance from all 
three of the constituency memberships.  I presented on this topic at our joint 
House meeting and then the CSG reps and some but not all of the councilors met 
afterward to walk through the Charter and plan next steps.  Based on the 
feedback from the members, it was clear that everyone wanted to take the 
interim charter (which basically says almost nothing) and update it with a 
light hand to make it a high level document.  Because the CSG Charter would 
leave all substantive decisionmaking to each Consituency, the drafting process 
would be easy and noncontroversial.  

The CSG did not get together to work on a draft and obviously fell behind 
schedule, but they were also busy dealing on prior calls with getting our 
nominees on the SSR task forces and all the drama that followed.  No one acted 
in bad faith or with any ill intent.   I don't believe that any other 
constituency is very concerned about the delay or is even discussing this issue 
because they know it will be a relatively easy process to draft an update. 

Because of the delay, I had decided to do a first draft of the Charter update 
later this week and circulate to the CSG reps and any others on our drafting 
team in advance of the DC meeting.  As I mentioned before, the drafting session 
in DC is not a "drafting plenary" session but will be open for anyone who wants 
to attend.

In the meantime, if you are sincerely interested in working constructively with 
me and others on this project, please call me to discuss.

Sarah



Sarah B. Deutsch 
Vice President & Associate General Counsel 
Verizon Communications 
Phone: 703-351-3044 
Fax: 703-351-3670 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Philip Sheppard
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:59 AM
To: 'bc - GNSO list'
Subject: [bc-gnso] CSG charter


Sarah,
thanks for the clarification when you wrote:
"the actual drafting process will begin at the DC meeting"

So I believe I understand where we are on this.
1. In 2009, Tony Holmes , J Scott Evans and myself acted as the CSG executive 
committee and drafted the CSG interim Charter. This was then adopted by each 
constituency and approved by the Board in July 2009.
2. CSG Charter article 8.2 states - "create a consensus process for a Final CSG 
Charter (the "Final Charter") for adoption no later than three months prior to 
the commencement of the 2010 annual ICANN meeting" 
This means we told the Board the CSG final charter adoption process would start
6 September 2010.
The intent was that the drafting process would precede the adoption process.
3. The CSG liaison who replaced me on the CSG executive committee was elected 
by the BC on 5 February 2010.The completion of the CSG final Charter was the 
number one priority for the CSG liaison.
4. Nothing happened between February and June 2010.
5. In Brussels - 21-25 June 2010 -  there was a meeting of the CSG executive 
committee.
6. Since then nothing has happened.
Is this correct ?

I have two requests.
a) May I and Ron see the notes of the CSG executive committee meeting in 
Brussels please so we may get a flavour of what was discussed.
b) Please explain what you believe you may achieve in the October 12 DC BC 
members drafting plenary.

Philip