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

["Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx>]

Debbie,
Ron raises some valid questions for clarification here.
Please let us know.
Philip
Chair OSC

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From: Ron Andruff [mailto:randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:14 PM
To: 'Philip Sheppard'; gnso-osc@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [gnso-osc] Global Outreach Program Recommendations - for adoption
September 24



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