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Re: [board-09georegionswg] Concluding Geographic Regions Review WG Effort - Update

  • To: Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [board-09georegionswg] Concluding Geographic Regions Review WG Effort - Update
  • From: Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:58:07 -0500

Dear Rob:
So noted.   Thanks to CLO for stepping up. I quite agree this was an
important piece of work and it deserves the ICANN Board's official
knowledge...and, hopefully, a useful response.

Best,
-Carlton


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*Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround*
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Robert Hoggarth <robert.hoggarth@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>  Dear Former and Current Members of the Geographic Regions Review Working
> Group,
>
>
>
> Greetings to you after a long hiatus.  I am sending you this email because
> you are either a current or past member of the Geographic Regions Review
> Working Group and the purpose of this note is to inform you of the plans to
> finally present the Final Report of the working group to the ICANN Board.
>
>
>
> Since Dave Archbold’s retirement, our working group effort has been paused
> and the conclusion of the geographic regions review has been delayed.
>
>
>
> You may recall that the last official work Dave completed was to reach out
> to the various communities who supported the work of the group and ask for
> their feedback.  Dave formally requested feedback from all SO-AC leaders
> and specifically reaching out to the ASO, ALAC, ccNSO and GNSO and we
> received written feedback from the ALAC, ccNSO and GNSO as late as the
> beginning of last year.
>
>
>
> Recently Cheryl Langdon-Orr, one of the members, raised her concerns about
> the long hiatus. In order to fill the Chair vacancy to carry the effort
> over the finish line
>
> Cheryl has graciously volunteered her services to fill that role and we
> have begun efforts to complete and submit the working group’s Final Report
> to the ICANN Board with a goal of completing the submission before the
> ICANN Public Meeting in Buenos Aires.
>
>
>
> Under Cheryl’s direction, I am reviewing the most recent input from those
> communities and am adjusting the Final Report package to include that
> community input. I plan to share that updated package with you by the end
> of next week and to offer a three-week review window for any comments or
> feedback you may have.
>
>
>
> It is important to note that I will make no substantive changes to the
> working group’s final recommendations, but will focus my efforts on
> packaging the recommendations and the community reactions so that the Board
> has a clear understanding of the process to date and the contents of the
> document package.  There will be a short transmittal note prepared under
> Cheryl’s signature so that the Board has a community point of contact to
> field any questions about the long and productive work of the working
> group.
>
>
>
> Although the work of the working group was subject to workshops at 6 ICANN
> public meetings, three lengthy public comment periods and a final
> opportunity for SO-AC feedback, the first step of the Board’s review will
> likely be to direct staff to post the document for Public Comment and we
> expect the community will be given a generous period of time (at least
> three or four months) to further review, react and comment on the
> recommendations.
>
>
>
> Recognizing that the pace of Board and community work matters continues
> unabated, there seems to be no perfect “quiet time” to bring the effort to
> a conclusion.  But you have all contributed over the past several years to
> the development of extremely useful suggestions and recommendations to the
> Board that are still valid and timely and it is time for them to get a
> final review by the community and receive consideration by the ICANN Board.
>
>
>
> Thank you, in advance, for any final input or advice you can provide on
> this effort to complete this work.  I look forward to this final
> collaborative step with you all!
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Rob Hoggarth
>
>
>
>
>


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