[gnso-osc-ops] High Level Operating Principles

["Ray Fassett" <ray@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Julie.  With regards to the high level operating principles, what
we want to do by discussion is create a broad framework to act as a high
level guide to future Council members on the one hand but also to anyone
interested in a quick understanding to the question of: "What is the GNSO
Council for?"  The good news is that we know the answer: "A strategic
manager of the policy process".

 

For even more good news, we have Ken Stubbs and Tony Holmes actively
participating in this work team where each has mountains of experience at
the Council level going back 10 years and through some evolutions.  For the
rest of us, it might be a good approach for us to pretend we've just heard
of ICANN, that it has a policy process including a "Council", and want to
learn how the organization goes about this.  In this scenario, I am likely
to start at the Council web site and work my way from there.  So, what is
the first thing I learn?  Maybe I click on the link to "Operating
Principles".  What do they see?  That's where I am at.

 

As a general guide, we have ICANN's mission and core values as sort of
parameters to stay within.  We have Ken and Tony that can maybe be more
focused from actual experience while staying high level as it pertains to
the Council moving managing the policy process.  I am specifically calling
upon their talents and expertise in this regard.  Each of us can do some
research looking at the high level principles of other organizations, as
many have them for good reason pertaining to what it is they do.

 

I am going to start with a level principle for open discussion:

 

High Level Principle:  To ensure scope of policy pertains to the DNS.

 

Here's my purpose for it:  Often people, especially people not so familiar
with ICANN, develop an assumption that ICANN is about managing the
"Internet".  So people come into it starting from the wrong place then to be
let down or worse put forth material effort - and often quality effort -
into various ICANN policy fora only to find resistance not understanding
why.  I think the Council can help here as a strategic manager of the policy
process with a high level principle that assists in everyone starting from
the same place without getting granular.

 

This is open for discussion.  In addition, I would ask for each of us to
develop a high level principle as I have done and briefly explain your
purpose for it.

 

Ray

 

 

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From: owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Julie Hedlund
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:14 PM
To: gnso-osc-ops@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gnso-osc-ops] Action Items, Meeting Notes, Wiki changes: OSC-GCOT
Work Team

 

Work Team Members,

 

Here are the action items agreed to at the 01 April 2009 meeting.  These
also are posted on the wiki main page at:
https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team.

 

1.  Action Items:

*       SOI/DOI forms: ICANN policy staff will draft definitions, templates,
and processes and circulate to the Work Team for consideration not later
than 8 April 2009.  The Work Team will review and circulate comments prior
to the next meeting on 15 April 2009 1500 UTC.
*       Work Team members will circulate to the email list suggestions for
high-level GNSO operating principles.  Ray will begin the process with his
suggestions.
*       ICANN policy staff will draft suggested changes to the GNSO Council
Rules of Principles (see
<http://gnso.icann.org/council/new-procedures.shtml> existing rules) and
provide to the Work Team for consideration. 

2.  Meeting Notes:

The meeting notes for the 01 April 2009 meeting are posted on the wiki at:
https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_gnso_operations_team_meeting_no
tes.  Please let me know if you have any changes to suggest or questions.

 

In addition, I have made the following changes to the wiki.  I welcome your
suggestions for further improvements:

 

3.  Wiki Changes:

Charter:

a.  Created a link to the draft charter new Wiki page at the top of the Work
Team's main Wiki page. 

b.  Deleted the Charter text from the Work Team's main page and moved it to
the new Charter Wiki page. 

c.  Moved the deleted text in Section VI to the bottom of the section so
that the revised priority items are listed first.

 

Work Team Board Recommendation Draft Checklist (priority items):

a.  Created a link to the draft Board recommendation checklist new Wiki page
at the top of the Work Team's main Wiki page. 

b. Created a link to the draft Board recommendation checklist new Wiki page
at the top of the new Charter Wiki page (and in the reference to priorities)

 

Thank you,

 

Julie

 

Julie Hedlund

Policy Consultant