Re: [gnso-arr-dt] Some ideas for a process for GNSO endorsement of AoC Review Team Volunteers

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Thanks for the detailed suggestions Chuck.  Obviously we need to know first if 
they will extend the timeline, as Marco previously rejected that possibility 
and said Janis and Peter will be Selectors on the 20th.  If everyone agrees, as 
Chair could you fire off the extension request, and when we know either way we 
can work through the rest?

Best,

Bill



On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> I appreciate the good discussion going on today and just now found some time 
> to jump in.  Here are some ideas that may help us move forward in both the 
> near term and longer term regarding a GNSO endorsement process.
>  
> I think it would be helpful if we work on two separate endorsement processes: 
> 1) one for the first review team that has a very short window; 2) one for the 
> long term that could be applied for endorsement of volunteers for future RTs. 
>  I understand that the "Call for Applicants for the Position of Volunteer 
> Review Team Member" 
> (http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13jan10-en.htm) covers 
> all four reviews but the only deadline set is for the first review 
> (Accountability and Transparency), 17 February.  To work within this very 
> short timeframe, I think it will be impossible to develop a quality long-term 
> process and do it using a bottom-up approach that involves the broader GNSO 
> community.  That is why I think we should first narrow our focus on a 
> one-time process to address the immediate need and then spend more time in 
> the next month or two on developing a better process that we can more 
> thoroughly vet.  Using the various ideas that members of our DT proposed on 
> this list and taking into consideration the very tight time constraints, I 
> propose the following for the one-time process:
> ASAP: 1) send a request to the Board/Staff for a one week extension of time 
> beyond 17 February (i.e., 24 Feb) for Council endorsement of GNSO volunteers; 
> 2) send a request to Staff requesting that applications received from 
> volunteers for the Accountability and Transparency RT be forwarded to the 
> GNSO Secretariat as soon as possible after receipt for distribution to the 
> Council list and other GNSO organization lists; 3) notify GNSO community 
> members that the GNSO endorsement process is under development and encourage 
> volunteers from the GNSO to submit applications via the ICANN process; 4) 
> request that SGs, Constituencies and other GNSO groups encourage volunteers 
> from their communities to submit applications via the ICANN process.
> 10 Feb: 1) finalize a draft one-time process for the first Accountability and 
> Transparency RT and distribute to the Council with a motion for Council 
> approval; 2) publicly post and distribute draft process GNSO groups; 3) send 
> draft process to ICANN Staff and request that it be sent as soon as possible 
> to all GNSO volunteers with a request that they complete the GNSO request for 
> information and send it to the GNSO Secretariat by 17 Feb or as soon 
> thereafter as possible but not later than 22 Feb
> 18 Feb: 1) Council approval of the one-time process; 2) Council review & 
> discussion of nominees identified to date; 3) form an evaluation team made up 
> of one Councilor from each SG plus one NCA to rate the responses and report 
> to the Council list not later than 23 Feb; request that the AoC Review DT 
> continue its work to develop a longer-term process for Council consideration 
> in March or April.
> 24 Feb: Hold a brief Council teleconference call to review volunteers and 
> finalize the list of volunteers endorsed by the GNSO for the 2010 
> Accountability and Transparency RT.
> Proposed Details for GNSO Endorsements
>  
> The GNSO Council will endorse up to six volunteers for the 2010 AoC 
> Accountability and Transparency RT as follows:
> Endorsement requires a simple majority vote of each house.
> Assuming their are volunteers who receive the necessary Council votes, at 
> least one volunteer should be endorsed from each house.
> No more than two volunteers should come from the same geographical region.
> Volunteers must not all be of the same gender and at least 1/3 of each gender 
> should be represented if possible.
> In cases where more than six total or more than one from a SG receive at 
> least a simple majority from each house, ties will be broken as follows, in 
> the order presented: 1) geographical and/or gender diversity; 2) the total 
> votes received; 3) the Council non-voting NCA will be asked to break the tie. 
>  (We should check with Andrei to make he is okay with this.)
> Notes: a) Endorsement is not automatic just because there are less than six 
> volunteers or because a volunteer is from a SG for which there is no other 
> volunteer or for geographical or gender reasons; b) having appropriate skill 
> and knowledge sets is the most important qualification and hopefully the 
> requirement for at least a simple majority of each house will facilitate that 
> goal; c) it is possible to endorse less than six volunteers, to endorse no 
> one from a SG, to not endorse volunteers from both genders and/or have less 
> than three geographic regions represented.  .
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William J. Drake
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Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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