Re: [gnso-pednr-dt] IPC comment for PEDNR

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 21/09/2011 01:59 PM, Jeff Eckhaus wrote:
> Alan,
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> Reading your response, I can agree with the spirit and most of the 
> items in there. I may have some comments on some of the wording, but 
> then again I usually do. I am not sure if you can send this from the 
> whole WG, but personally I am OK with you sending it as is and that 
> it is a fairly accurate response.
> Now on to the a couple of questions I have about process here and 
> how a working group must operate.
>    * Did the IPC have any members participate in the PEDNR working 
> group? If yes, what was their level of participation in the WG?
There were three IPC people on the WG. J. Scott Evans, Alaine Doolan 
and Ted Suzuki. Attendance details on page 17 of report - 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf. J. 
Scott was only present at two teleconferences and for the other two, 
my recollection was that the level of participation was not high, but 
was probably on a par with other WG members who did not have a long 
history in ICANN.
>    * Is there a requirement that everyone who submits a comment 
> receive a reason why their comments were not addressed ?
Certainly there is no requirement to address the replies directly 
back to the person/group that submitted the comments. There is an 
expectation that the WG will review the comments and give them due 
consideration. In my view (having submitted comments that have been 
blatantly ignored in the past), there is an expectation that if a 
comment is rejected, that some rationale be given. I think that we 
did all of the first parts. In reviewing the documents for my reply, 
I found that we did address our rationale in some of the cases (which 
perhaps was not considered sufficient), and in other cases, hindsight 
says we could have been clearer.
I do think that we did a better job than many groups in the past, so 
I don't think that we were negligent.

> Specifically for number two I have a personal gripe that people in 
> the ICANN process continue to scream , that people did not listen to 
> their comments when items were not changed based upon their 
> comments. Listening to comments and making substantive changes based 
> upon comments are two distinct items and people need to recognize 
> that. I believe it is OK to listen to comments and say thank you for 
> your comments but we have chosen not to take action upon your 
> comments.I know that ICANN gas done that numerous times with regard 
> to my comments on the Applicant Guidebook.
I agree that there is no onus on the WG to accept all comments. I 
think that it should try to explain why. And of course, it is fair 
game for them to repeat the comments to the next group up the food 
chain if they feel strongly enough about it.
As I said, I think we did a MUCH better job than some past examples. 
Your's were not the only comments on the various Applicant Guidebook 
versions that went unheeded and even uncommented. Some of the 
last-minute crisis interventions that have made our life exciting 
this year and last could have been avoided if that had not been the 
case (Morality, JAS and many of the GAC issues to name a few).

>  In addition I do not think there is a need to reply on a line item 
> basis for why each comment was not addressed. If they are 
> interested in our deliberations and reasoning I am sure you could 
> direct them to the mp3 recordings of each call and allow them to 
> listen to our 2+ years of meetings and our reasoning for the final report
Indeed, and you will note that I *did* direct them to the transcripts 
and MP3s. However, in this case, I really want the Board to approve 
these recommendations without further delay, so I went a step farther 
than was technically necessary (or perhaps expected).
Alan


> Jeff
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> On 9/21/11 10:15 AM, "Alan Greenberg" 
> <<mailto:alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The IPC submitted a very substantive comment regarding the PEDNR
> report - see
> <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/pednr-board-recommendations-15aug11-en.htm>http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/pednr-board-recommendations-15aug11-en.htm.
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> I felt that some of their comments needed to be addressed, as they
> could be inferred as saying that the WG was less than meticulous in
> reviewing the comments we received to the draft report.
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> I have taken the liberty of replying. This was done purely on my only
> behalf and I made that clear. Nevertheless, I think (hope?) that the
> comments do reflect the views of the WG when it reviewed the original
> IPC comments. A copy of my posting is attached.
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> As Marika has not yet summarized the comments, I am hoping that my
> new post will be reflected in that summary. This is in line with the
> future plans to have a "reply" cycle in future comment periods.
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> If anyone feels that I have mis-represented the WG, please let me and
> Marika know ASAP and I will do what I can to fix it.
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> Alan
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