AOK for me.
Carlton
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Robert Hoggarth
<robert.hoggarth@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:robert.hoggarth@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Dear Working Group Members:
The formal minutes of the 21 May Board meeting are not yet
released but Dave Archbold asked me to make a brief report to the
group to let you know about the status of the proposed charter
document for the working group.
Board members had several final comments on the proposed working
group charter at the meeting - specifically with respect to the
group’s working methodology and the process for securing community
support at the various stages of the preparation of the Final Report.
I worked on-line during the meeting with one of the members on
specific changes to the charter and managed to secure agreement
that the changes were acceptable prior to the end of the meeting.
Unfortunately, the meeting ran long and the Board did not circle
around and approve the revised charter proposal. It now appears
that the document is again primed for approval at the Sydney Board
meeting.
The practical impact of these developments is no formal charter
approval before the 12 June proposed deadline for the Initial
Report. I think that Dave would now like to have that document
ready for publication soon after the Sydney meeting. He will also
be reaching out again to the ASO to see if they would like to
participate in the working group effort.
I have attached a new red-lined version 4.4 of the charter (dated
today - 25 May) that now includes three stages of changes:
Stage 1. I left visible the original changes to Section 3 and
Fahd’s general edits that you all approved earlier in the month.
Stage 2. The 21 May Board meeting discussion prompted the
edits you’ll see to Sections 4d, 4e, 4f and 4g. You’ll see
that they are relatively non-substantive but clarify what
ICANN community groups are to be consulted during the final
stages of the Final Report approval process. The informal
Board member response to those edits was, “The changes you
added are exactly those I was asking for.”
Stage 3. Finally, because of the delay in approving the
proposed charter, it is necessary to make some adjustments to
the group’s originally proposed timetable. I have made some
suggested edits to the timetable in Section 5 that preserve
the overall timetable for completing your work, but
necessarily modify the dates between now and the ICANN Seoul
meeting. They are only a suggestion, so please comment/modify
as you think appropriate.
I am sorry for this second delay in the charter approval, but
hopeful from Board member comments that they are now finally
finished with their modifications to the proposal. The delay now
offers you some additional time to develop and draft the Initial
Report, including adding to the issues list and confirming the
categorization scheme that was scheduled for discussion at last
week’s postponed meeting.
Gisella Gruber-White will have a Doodle poll out soon looking to
schedule the next working group call some time next week.
Happy to answer any follow-up questions between now and that meeting.
Best regards,
Rob Hoggarth