Re: [gnso-irtpc] Invitation to Participate in Survey on Working Group Guidelines

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Ron,

i started filling out the survey and gently set my pen down.  the short answer 
to all those questions is "yep, the Guidelines are fine, we reviewed them, our 
co-chairs followed them and all is good."

but that survey, in the midst of all the recent events, highlighted a puzzler 
for me.  the working-group process seems to be withering away -- Vertical 
Integration and more recently the TMCH Straw Man, Registry Agreement and 
Registrar Accreditation Agreement cram-downs and the Policy vs Implementation 
debate all can be held up as examples of how the working-group process seems to 
be drifting out of the mainstream of the ICANN process.  so this survey felt a 
little bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

i think if the SCI wanted to dive into a broader issue, something like "the 
relevance and effectiveness of the PDP and Working Group processes in today's 
ICANN", they could perhaps do a great good. 

thanks,

mikey


On Mar 9, 2013, at 7:20 AM, "Ron Andruff" <randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear IRTP-C Working Group members,
>  
> As some of you may know, the GNSO Standing Committee on Implementation 
> Improvements (SCI) has developed a survey for GNSO Working Groups, as 
> requested by the GNSO Council, to solicit feedback on the GNSO Working Group 
> Guidelines.  As Chair of the SCI, I am contacting your Working Group to 
> invite you to take the survey because you have recently completed your work 
> and, thus, may have valuable insight on the usefulness of the Working Group 
> Guidelines and suggestions for improvements.  If you would like to take the 
> survey you may wish to review the Working Group Guidelines and Summary first. 
>  Please see the following links to the documents and the survey:
>  
> Link to the Working Group Guidelines: 
> http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf
> Link to the Guidelines Summary: 
> http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf 
> Link to Draft Survey for GNSO Working Groups: 
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FFTCJPT
>  
> The SCI appreciates your consideration of this request and we ask that if you 
> wish to complete the survey please do so by **Monday, 25 March 2013.**
>  
> Thank you for your consideration.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> Ron Andruff
> Chair, GNSO Standing Committee on Implementation Improvements
>  
>  
>  
> Ronald N. Andruff
> RNA Partners, Inc.
>  


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