RE: [gnso-osc] Global Outreach Program Recommendations - for adoption September 24

["Ron Andruff" <randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chair,

 

I read the CSG Work Team?s recommendations with interest and find it on the
whole to be a good work product.  I am particularly encouraged by the
considerations given to ?translations? as this is one of the pillars that
will support ICANN as it matures into a truly global institution.  Clearly,
outreach is a very important and heretofore underserved component of ICANN
and the initiatives noted in the recommendations are solid steps in the
right direction.  A lot of good ideas but, as we all know, the devil is in
the details and thus there is considerable work still ahead of us in this
area.

 

I have a couple of things that I wondered if the OSC might get some
clarification on, as follows: 

 

2.1.2 Membership of the Committee, 2nd paragraph notes: ?The Committee
membership should be long enough to allow the participation of host country
and neighboring nations, and to leverage the outreach events and alert as
many relevant parties to effectuate goals and activities.?  I don?t
understand this sentence.  Can we get some clarification, as well as the
Work Team?s thinking behind the length of Committee member terms, how to
manage ?institutional memory? with members rotating off the committee, and
so forth?

 

2.1.2.1 Representation on the Committee, 4th para notes: ?Committee members
should cooperate with the ICANN Fellowship selection team to be able to
invite up to ten key people to each ICANN event, who may include people who
represent numerous groups, such as leaders of academia, business
associations, and non-governmental organizations.?  Again, I do not
understand what the sentence means, particularly who is being invited where?
Some background would hopefully bring some clarity to the intent.

 

My comment in regard to the first paragraph in this section (re:
representation) is that with such a small committee, notwithstanding ICANN?s
principles of diversity, the committee?s first priority (vis-à-vis selection
criteria) should be based on an individual?s qualifications in the realm of
outreach rather than their gender or sector of the GNSO community from which
they come.  The second priority (which some may argue should be the first)
is geo location for all of the obvious reasons.

 

Thank you.

 

Kind regards,

 

RA

 

Ronald N. Andruff

President

 

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From: owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Philip Sheppard
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 4:23 AM
To: gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gnso-osc] Global Outreach Program Recommendations - for adoption
September 24

 

Fellow OSC members, 

please find attached the final piece of work from the various teams within
the OSC.

It is a recommendation on outreach from the CSG team, chaired by Olga
Cavalli, in an effort led by Debbie Hughes.

Let me have your comments with a view to OSC adoption by September 24.

 

After which, assuming a positive reception, we will send it to the GNSO
Council.

 

Philip

OSC Chair