[gnso-arr-dt] ARR Drafting Team - suggested framework for comments

["Caroline Greer" <cgreer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

Personally speaking, I am not 100% on board with the fact that the
Review Team members (and indeed the independent experts) are ultimately
selected by the GAC Chair and Board Chair/ICANN CEO, rather than by the
stakeholder groups themselves. However, since this is provided for in
9.3.1 of the AoC, I guess that's not even on the table for discussion or
indeed group comment. And since that is the case, to my mind it does
seem to suggest that, as Chuck points out, the task of the Review Team
members is not to directly represent the groups they come from but
rather to review the evidence gathered to determine whether the
indicators were satisfied and then document those conclusions.

Nonetheless, I think it is important that this point is clarified - ie,
are the Review Team members really working on an individual /
independent basis or are they in any way working to represent their
stakeholder groups? Also, I would suggest that we attempt to define the
purpose of the public comment period and whether an appointment could in
fact be overturned by community comment (and what could trigger such an
overturn?).

Since the Selectors (the GAC Chair etc) will be working to a list of
human and professional skills / evaluation criteria for selection
purposes, I think it would be worth pushing for early publication of
same. There is little point in the GNSO Council trying to come up with a
list of selection criteria for the pool of volunteers which could be
completely at odds with that used by the Selectors. 

To help organize our thoughts and in advance of Wednesday's call, below
is a suggested framework for our comments. Please feel free to edit as
you see fit. We may not reach agreement on all these issues of course,
in which case the list of items could be reduced.


1.      General Comments on Draft ICANN Proposal

*       Interpretation of AoC Document [any inconsistencies / need for
clarification?]
*       Composition-Selection-Size of Review Team [and selection of
Experts]
*       Proposed Review Methodology
*       Proposed List of Activities 
*       Proposed Timeline-Review Cycles
*       Proposed Budget


2.      Draft Selection Criteria for GNSO Council rep

*       Qualitative criteria for selection of candidates
*       Quantitative criteria for selection of candidates
*       Selection / Endorsement Process 


Many thanks,

Kind regards,

Caroline.