[gnso-ppsc-pdp] RE: Action Items from Last Week's PDP Call

[Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Resending, with the summary of charter procedures included below:

From: Margie Milam
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:15 PM
To: Gnso-ppsc-pdp@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Action Items from Last Week's PDP Call

Dear All,

The following is a brief summary of action items discussed on our PDP-WT call 
last week on Thursday July 23.


1.       Due to the lack of attendance on the call, we have scheduled the next 
call for this Thursday, July 30 at 14:00 UTC.

2.       At the next call, please be prepared to analyze the Phase II (Proposal 
Review and Voting Thresholds) questions described in the document previously 
circulated by Marika to this list.  Marika will update this document to include 
information related to current practices, and will post it on the WIKI.

3.       Please also provide your thoughts on the items discussed on our call 
related to the Charter procedures (summarized below).

4.       We also plan to evaluate the new GNSO voting thresholds as they 
pertain to the PDP processes.

We would like to make a plea for more work team members to participate on the 
PDP calls.   It is difficult to  evaluate whether a consensus has been reached 
on some of these important topics when attendance is low.

Best,

Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN

Wiki Link

https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi?pdp_team


Summary of Charter Related Issues and Questions:


1.       Who serves on charter committees?

2.       What is the expected timeline for developing a charter?

a.       Currently, it takes about 6 weeks to develop and approve a charter, 
spanning  approximately 2 GNSO meetings

3.       Who is responsible for  the initial draft of the charter?

a.       Consensus is that ICANN Staff should not draft the charter, but can 
participate in the process to recommend changes

b.      Template to be developed for this purpose, with predetermined 
information to be solicited



4.         How is the Charter to be approved by the Council-

a.       Consensus is to follow current practice of having the GNSO approve the 
charter

b.      What vote is required to approve the charter:   majority of both houses 
or the same threshold required to initiate a PDP?



                                                               i.      To be 
discussed in more detail on the next call

                                                             ii.      Need to 
address how to determine if something is out of GNSO Scope vs. in-scope because 
the voting required varies


5.       How can the charter be changed after approval?



a.       Who is tasked with renegotiating the charter?

                                                               i.      One 
person should be tasked with overseeing the charter process, not necessary to 
be a GNSO council member

                                                             ii.      Consensus 
is to have the GNSO council liaison be the person to communicate changes to the 
GNSO

b.      Consensus is that the working group should begin its work by evaluating 
the charter and seeking clarification or revisions