Re: [gnso-osc-ops] OSC GNSO Operations Work Team Kick-Off Meeting Minutes

[Joop Teernstra <joop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ray and all,

I have to apologize at this point in time  and pull back from this working 
group. 

I feel unable to contribute to the level required.  Participation via 
conference calls does not work well.  Perhaps I have become too tired and found 
only too late that this WG is not the right venue for a focus on the  creation 
of a representation mechanism for registrants. 

My energies, such as they are, would be better spent elsewhere.

IMHO, the domain registration industry has captured its regulators and for 
registrants the road forward looks dark.

With my best regards to all,

Joop


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ray Fassett 
  To: gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx 
  Cc: jahedlund@xxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:06 AM
  Subject: RE: [gnso-osc-ops] OSC GNSO Operations Work Team Kick-Off Meeting 
Minutes


  So I take this as a hint from Julie for us to get moving?  In the next day or 
so, we should all be receiving a Doodle Calendar to establish the date and time 
for our teleconference call next week.  Let's try to establish this by the end 
of this week.

   

  As far as an agenda for our call, I would ask that we each give some thought 
to this action item:

   

  Create a set of operating principles for the Council that will allow it to be 
the strategic manager of the policy development process rather than a 
legislative body.   [BGC GNSO RWG p. 37, para. 1]

   

  I interpret "operating principles" in this context as high level.  For 
example, here are the set of Operating Principles for the US Department of 
Energy:

   

  1.         Ensure safe, secure, and environmentally responsible operations

   

  2.         Act with a sense of urgency

   

  3.         Work together

   

  4.         Treat people with dignity and respect

   

  5.         Make the tough choices

   

  6.         Keep our commitments

   

  7.         Embrace innovation

   

  8.         Always tell the truth

   

  9.         Do the right thing

   

  Pretty high level, huh?  So let's think about how we do same when applied to 
the GNSO as a "strategic manager of the policy development process rather than 
a legislative body" and accomplish an initial set of Operating Principles as 
part of our next call.  There is nothing preventing us from getting this 
started on the list now.  I would encourage each of us to draft and share their 
perception of what the higher level Operating Principles can be as soon as 
possible via the list.  There are no wrong answers, so let's each just shoot 
some out there and let's discuss.  I think 5 Operating Principles is reasonable 
for this purpose but lets see where the ideas and discussion takes us.

   

  I think this dove tails into action item # 2 which is to review and modify 
where applicable the GNSO Council Rules of Procedure 
(http://gnso.icann.org/council/new-procedures.shtml).  Please become familiar 
with this document prior to our call. 

   

  Note that the existing Rules of Procedure do not contain a set of high level 
Operating Principles.  So let's just decide right now to modify the existing 
Rules of Procedure, likely via a new # 2 titled aptly as Operating Principles.  

   

  With the set of higher level Operating Principles established as more or less 
guiding principles, let's then turn our focus to the other areas of the 
existing Rules of Procedure that are more granular in nature.  As we get into 
the more granular areas, it will be helpful for us to have the higher level 
principles in place to reflect upon as we go along.

   

  Any additional thoughts are of course welcome.  Let's get started.  In 
summary:

   

    1.. Be on the look-out for the Doodle Calendar.  
    2.. Review the minutes from our meeting in Mexico City that Julie has 
complied for us.  
    3.. Think about and send off some high level Operating Principles to the 
list for discussion prior to our call next week.  
    4.. Review the existing GNSO Council Rules of Procedure located here  
http://gnso.icann.org/council/new-procedures.shtml 
   

  If we do all of the above I believe we will make productive use of our time 
on the call.  I am thinking that by the end of the second call the week of 
March 30, we will be on our way as a group to some substantive edits to the 
GNSO Council Rules of Procedure.

   

  Ray

   

   


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  From: owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Julie Hedlund
  Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:28 PM
  To: gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [gnso-osc-ops] OSC GNSO Operations Work Team Kick-Off Meeting Minutes

   

  Team Members,

   

  Attached are the minutes from the OSC GNSO Operations Work Team Kick-Off 
Meeting, held in Mexico City on March 1.  You may also access the minutes on 
the SocialText Wiki at: 
https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team llisted under the 
"Reference documents and links for the kick-off meeting."

   

  Please let me know if you have any questions.

   

  Best regards,

   

  Julie

   

  Julie Hedlund