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[gnso-ppsc] Revised PPSC charter for Council review and action

  • To: GNSO Council <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [gnso-ppsc] Revised PPSC charter for Council review and action
  • From: Liz Gasster <liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:14:54 -0800

All,

The PPSC has developed and approved the following revised PPSC charter for the 
Council's review and action.  Unlike the OSC, which changed the membership 
section of its charter by expanding the OSC to include the Chairs of the 
various work teams to be created, the PPSC proposes to require instead that the 
chairs of each work team be existing members of the PPSC.  The PPSC also voted 
to approve changing the previous membership of "GNSO council chair and/or vice 
chair" to "GNSO council chair or vice chair" as did the OSC in its recent 
revision.

Though the phraseology is a bit different, no other substantive changes were 
made.  For reference, the charter as drafted in October is attached for easy 
comparison.  The final version below can also be found on the PPSC workspace: 
https://st.icann.org/gnso_transition/index.cgi?pdp_team

Thanks, Liz



PPSC Charter as approved by the PPSC -
Proposed Charter for Policy Process Steering Committee ("PPSC")

The PPSC is responsible for reviewing and recommending processes used within 
the GNSO for developing policy and recommending any changes. The immediate goal 
of the PPSC is to develop recommendations for all process changes needed to 
meet the requirements of the GNSO Improvements Report as approved by the Board. 
Once the first set of changes has been implemented, the charter may be expanded 
to include the responsibility for reviewing the functioning of the new 
processes and for recommending any further changes, should they be required.

The PPSC also will have other duties as assigned by the GNSO Council. Future 
work might include establishing guidelines for the practice of drafting teams 
as used in the GNSO Council and other ad-hoc mechanisms that might be used by 
the Council, as well as establishing guidelines for the interactions between 
the volunteers of the GNSO and its Council and the ICANN policy staff.
Working method for the PPSC
The PPSC will establish a minimum of two separate teams, one tasked with 
developing a proposal for a new WG model (WG Team) and the other a new policy 
development process (PDP Team). The PPSC will serve as the coordinating body 
for these separate teams.
The PPSC will be responsible for combining the results into a proposal to the 
Council that includes the guidelines for the working groups and the suggested 
bylaws changes for the PDP process.
The PPSC also may consider whether any of the activities called for in the 
recommendations lend themselves to being addressed through the establishment of 
a special team.
Membership in the PPSC
The PPSC will be comprised of the following members:

 *   GNSO council chair or vice chair
 *   1 representative from each constituency (need not be a Council member)
 *   1 Nominating Committee appointee to the GNSO

Current Members:

 *   BC: Mike Rodenbaugh, Zahid Jamil (alternate)
 *   IPC: J. Scott Evans (alternate Chair), Ute Decker (alternate)
 *   ISPC: Greg Ruth, Tony Harris (alternate)
 *   NCUC: Konstantinos Komaitis, Gabriel Piniero (alternate)
 *   RyC: Jeff Neuman (Chair), Catherine Sigmar (alternate)
 *   RC: Tim Ruiz, Tom Keller (alternate)
 *   NCA: Avri Doria, Olga Cavalli (alternate)
 *   GNSO Council (v-)chair: Avri Doria, Chuck Gomes (alternate)

Other Participants in the PPSC:

 *   Liaison or an appointed representative/observer from ALAC: Alan Greenberg
 *   Liaison or an appointed representative/observer from the GAC: Bertrand de 
la Chappelle

ICANN Staff:

 *   GNSO Secretariat
 *   1 ICANN policy staff representative: Liz Gasster

Goals and Milestones for the PPSC

 *   To be determined by the PPSC, in cooperation with its work teams, and 
approved by the Council

Decision making for the PPSC

 *   Unless otherwise determined by the PPSC members, committee decisions will 
be made using a "full consensus of the members" process.

 *   Work Team rules have been drafted and are being reviewed by the PPSC: PPSC 
work team rules draft revised 10 
January.doc<https://st.icann.org/icann-ppsc/index.cgi/PPSC%20work%20team%20rules%20draft%20revised%2010%20January.doc?action=attachments_download;page_name=policy_process_steering_committee_ppsc;id=20090110234525-1-9612>

Attachment: PPSCCharter from 16 October Implementation Plan.doc
Description: PPSCCharter from 16 October Implementation Plan.doc



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