RE: [gnso-osc] FOR ADOPTION May 14 - GCOT Ops Section 5 - disclosure of interest

["Ron Andruff" <randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck and all,

I disagree with the proposed amendment.  As a member of the GCOT WT, we had
a long discussion on this matter (prior to Avri joining the WT).  The team
felt that it is imperative to ensure that all participants are entirely
candid about their relationship to any particular issue so that observers or
other participants could measure each individual's words and/or actions
through that participant's declaration (or not).  Recognizing that the devil
would be in enforcement, it was agreed that a roll call would put each
participant on the spot to declare an interest in a particular topic if
there was one, rather than let it simply slide by unnoticed (when the Chair
made a general reference to disclosures).  The issue the WT addressed was
one of building institutional confidence in ICANN as an open and transparent
body.  So for these reasons the WT recommended each participant be
individually polled.  The polling could, however, take place at the same
time as the roll call, considering each participant should have received an
agenda in advance of the meeting. 

I hope that this additional information provides the OSC with some
background to the importance of polling.

Thank you,

RA

Ronald N. Andruff

RNA Partners, Inc.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Avri Doria
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:01 AM
To: gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-osc] FOR ADOPTION May 14 - GCOT Ops Section 5 -
disclosure of interest


Hi,

As a member of both the OSC and the GCOT WT, I too support it.

a.

On 10 May 2010, at 09:52, Philip Sheppard wrote:

> Chuck has proposed the amendment below.
> As Chair I support.
> The text before the OSC is now the GCOT report with this amendment.
> May 14 deadline stands.
> Silence will be construed as consent.
>  
> Philip
> -------------------------
> I have a concern about the following sentence in Section 5.4.2:
"Participants should be polled individually by the Chair to ensure that all
updates to respective Disclosures of Interest have been received and those
responses shall be recorded in all minutes."  I think it would be too time
consuming to poll participants individually in every meeting.  How about
this: "Participants shall be reminded to update Disclosures of Interest and
the responses shall be recorded in all minutes."
> 
>  
>