[gnso-osc-ops] FW: GCOT request for input

[Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Work Team members,

Here are comments received from Terry Davis.  I will summarize these briefly in 
a chart I am preparing for Ray to be provided shortly.

Best regards,

Julie


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From: "Terry L Davis, P.E." <tdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:36:36 -0700
To: Ray Fassett <ray@xxxxxxxxx>, <avri@xxxxxxx>, Olga Cavalli 
<olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>, Chuck Gomes <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: GCOT request for input

Ray

I have pondered how to answer this for several days.  So I guess my answer will 
focus on a clarity of goals and the statement of responsibilities for the 
administration representative functions.

It is still somewhat unclear as to what the proposal is. Are these additional 
functions Council members assume or do these become their sole 
responsibilities?  I struggle to figure out how this relates to the current 
split being made in the Council between Operations Steering Committee and 
Policy Process Steering Committee?   And I struggle to understand how it 
relates to the GNSO restructuring goal:
Restructuring the GNSO Council: The Council should move away from being a 
legislative body concerned primarily with voting towards becoming a smaller, 
more focused strategic entity, composed of four broad stakeholder groups, with 
strengthened management and oversight of the policy development process, term 
limits for members of the Council, the elimination of weighted voting and a 
training and development curriculum for Council members ...

To me, what goal is and how it relates to the re-structuring needs to be 
spelled out very clearly; for myself it is not.

As to the specifics, I'm fine with the Policy side or at least I think I 
understand that.  On the administrative side though, I have concerns with the 
functions.

Examples of Administrative Representative functions include:
*        Analyzing trends;
*        Benchmarking policy implementation;
*        Outreach to expand the ranks of all current and future GNSO 
constituencies;
*        Travel reimbursement policy;
*        Program planning for more effective ICANN face-to-face meetings; and
*        Development of general operational or administrative policies that cut 
across the SO.

Ok speaking from 25 years of work with standards organizations and as a local 
government volunteer planning commissioner, generally to me, the purple colored 
items are purely administrative staff functions; some of their output may be 
presented to Council for approval but the rest is staff analysis. The red 
colored items are a combination of staff and Council member work.

This may not answer your needs for comments but it is my best attempt speaking 
as Noncom appointee who is focused first on the technical impacts of Council 
decision on the Internet itself (stability, security, operations, ...) to 
ensure its continuous operation  and then on insuring that it serves all of our 
broad and diverse constituency bases.

Take care
Terry L Davis, P.E.



From: Ray Fassett [mailto:ray@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:15 AM
To: avri@xxxxxxx; olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'Julie Hedlund'
Subject: FW: GCOT request for input

Dear Avri, Olga, and Terry,

As a reminder, if you have any additional input to the document attached 
(background information below), our request from the Work Team is to submit 
these comments to julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx by end of business day Friday, August 
21.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation and for your comments previously 
submitted.

Sincerely,

Ray Fassett
Chair
GCOT



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From: Ray Fassett [mailto:ray@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:56 PM
To: 'avri@xxxxxxx'; 'olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'tdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Cc: 'Julie Hedlund'
Subject: GCOT request for input

Dear Avri, Olga, and Terry:

The GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) is requesting feedback from you 
with regards to the attached document.  While we are asking one question as 
noted below, all comments are welcome as our goal is for broader community 
feedback at this time.  Please reply to Julie Hedlund at 
julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx, assisting our Work Team in an administrative position. 
 Julie will then forward all comments received to our Work Team discussion list.

The Operating Steering Committee GNSO Operations Work Team ("Work Team") has 
been tasked with determining high-level operating principles for the GNSO.  In 
line with this mandate, the Work Team has been considering how to establish a 
stronger, more effective GNSO.

This document describes a Generic Name Supporting Organization with two 
separate, functional bodies (as opposed to our existing single body known as 
the Policy Council), which we think may achieve the goal stated above.

THE WORK TEAM WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS A 
FIRM RECOMMENDATION.  NEITHER SHOULD IT BE ASSUMED THAT THERE IS CONSENSUS FOR 
THIS APPROACH WITHIN THE WORK TEAM.

We feel that it is appropriate to seek broader input from the ICANN Community 
on an approach that would fundamentally change the GNSO structure and working 
arrangements of the GNSO through the separation of its core functions, i.e. 
creating separate bodies: one for policy development management and one for the 
administration of the SO.

THEREFORE, TO BE CLEAR, THE WORK TEAM IS ASKING YOU ONE QUESTION ONLY:

Do you think that the establishment of a new, additional body to address 
specific responsibilities - as described herein - would better serve the 
stakeholder groups that make up the GNSO, or not?

The feedback received from the ICANN Community will establish the way forward 
for the Work Team regarding our work on this high-level GNSO operating 
principle. Any additional comments or questions you may have are welcomed.

Please reply to: julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx

We take this opportunity to thank you in advance for providing our Work Team 
with this much needed direction.

Sincerely,

Ray Fassett
Chair
GCOT
1-216-426-1500 Ext 3



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