Re: [gnso-osc] GNSO Operations Steering Committee Business

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Chuck.

It might be useful for the chairs of the work teams to send a draft of their 
status reports, if possible, on the list in advance of the Nairobi meeting. 
That way, OSC members will have a chance to catch up with all of the latest 
goings on in the WTs.

It might also be good to include some sort of analysis of the milestones that 
the OSC should set for itself and when the group expects to reach those. 
Perhaps that's what you had intended to cover under agenda item 5...

I will be in Nairobi.

Thanks,

Stéphane

Le 1 févr. 2010 à 23:47, Gomes, Chuck a écrit :

> Please review the following OSC business and respond as requested.
>  
> Thanks, Chuck
>  
> Nairobi OSC Meeting
>  
> Note that a live OSC meeting has tentatively been scheduled for Sunday, 7 
> March from 15:30-16:45 local time in Nairobi.  Hopefully, those who will not 
> be in Nairobi will be able to participate remotely.  Here are start times for 
> various other time zones:
>  
> 04:30 PST (West Coast USA)
> 06:30 CST (Central USA)
> 07:30 EST (East Coast USA)
> 09:30 ART/BRT (Buenos Aires/Sao Paulo)
> 13:30 CET (Central Europe).
>  
> Call information will be sent later.
>  
> Here is a tentative agenda for the meeting:
>  
> 1.      Roll call
> 2.      Review/edit agenda
> 3.      Election of new chair (if necessary)
> 4.      Working Teams
> a.       GNSO Council Operations WT (GCOT)
>                                        i.      Status Report
>                                      ii.      Tentative Work Schedule
>                                     iii.      OSC action items (if any)
> b.      Constituency/Stakeholder Group WT (CSG WT)
>                                        i.      Status Report
>                                      ii.      Tentative Work Schedule
>                                     iii.      OSC action items (if any)
> c.       Communications & Coordination WT (CCT WT)
>                                        i.      Status Report
>                                      ii.      Tentative Work Schedule
>                                     iii.      OSC action items (if any)
> 5.      Near Term OSC workload
> 6.      Other Business
>  
> Note that our agenda will need to be posted as soon as 15 February, so if 
> there are any suggested changes, they should be communicated before in the 
> next 10 to 12 days.  Please share any comments, questions or suggested edits 
> on this list.
>  
> OSC Chair
>  
> The issue of OSC chair was raised several months ago, in particular the 
> concern over the GNSO Council Chair also serving as the OSC Chair.  Stéphane 
> volunteered to serve as OSC Chair to alleviate the workload for Chuck.  Avri 
> communicated concerns about either the Council Chair or Vice Chairs serving 
> as a Steering Committee Chair because of the Steering Committees report to 
> the Council and hence to the Council Chair or Vice Chairs.  Chuck indicated 
> that he is more than willing to step down as OSC Chair as soon as we have a 
> replacement and encouraged discussion on the OSC list.
>  
> There was fairly limited discussion on this topic except as noted above.  It 
> would be helpful if other OSC members shared their thoughts about this issue. 
>  I believe that Avri is correct that it would be preferable for the Council 
> Chair or Vice Chairs not to serve as OSC Chair.  To accomplish that, we need 
> a volunteer who is willing and able to serve as OSC chair.  To move this 
> forward, please respond on the OSC list to these questions as applicable:
>  
> Is anyone willing to volunteer to chair the OSC?
> If Stéphane is the only volunteer, is anyone opposed to him taking over the 
> OSC Chair position? 
> If we can resolve this on the list, then item 3 of the proposed Nairobi OSC 
> Agenda may be removed.
>  
> Attendance in Nairobi
>  
> Please communicate whether you will be able to participate in the Nairobi OSC 
> meeting and if so whether you will do so in-person or remotely.