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Re: [gnso-review-dt] Additional input on 360 Assessment Questions

  • To: Stephane Van Gelder <svg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [gnso-review-dt] Additional input on 360 Assessment Questions
  • From: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:24:10 +0200

Hi stephane,

even being able to chose where to vote may be problematic, actually. If for example a vertically integrated registry with a small registrar operation choses to vote as registrars, as their interests are already well maintained within the RySG without their vote, that would skeqw the balance between the groups. Similarly, a dotBrand operator opting to vote as a registry as the IPC "does not need" another voter would extend the influence of one stakeholder group into another.

Best regards,

Volker


Am 10.06.2014 23:58, schrieb Stephane Van Gelder:
I don't believe this is an issue as I think all SGs in the CPH and all constituencies in the NCPH have rules that prohibit a voting member from being a voting member of another group in the GNSO.

Can staff perhaps enlighten us on this?

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On 10 June 2014 19:48, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


    It's something that probably needs to be addressed if it hasn't
    been already.

    I'd be quite disturbed if a single company was voting in multiple
    places on policies etc., that benefited them

    I don't have an issue with companies / organisations having
    membership (of some kind) in multiple groups. If, for example, we
    were to start selling more transit etc., then we'd probably want
    to follow the ISPs more closely. But voting is a different matter.

    Regards

    Michele

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    [mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of James M. Bladel
    Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:44 PM
    To: Avri Doria; gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx
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    Subject: Re: [gnso-review-dt] Additional input on 360 Assessment
    Questions


    I know some structures (like the RrSG) have either adopted changes
    to their bylaws, or are working to, that would prohibit members
    from voting if they are voting members in other SGs.  But it is
    not clear to me how this is enforced on a community-wide basis.

    J.


    On 6/10/14, 12:28 , "Avri Doria" <avri@xxxxxxx
    <mailto:avri@xxxxxxx>> wrote:

    >
    >Hi,
    >
    >I thought there was already a rule somewhere in the SIC documents
    about
    >being able to vote in only one SG.  Of course a company with many
    >divisions could find a way to be a member of several.  Or could have
    >staff members join multiple Constituencies or SGs as individuals.
    >
    >But how would one prevent that?  Of course one way to start is the
    >requirement that all SGs list all of their members on a public
    web site.
    > I think wee already have that requirement, somewhere, but I am not
    >sure it is followed by all with equal fervor.
    >
    >Perhaps we should also have a question about the degree to which the
    >various SGs and Cs follow SIC rules.
    >
    >avri
    >
    >
    >On 10-Jun-14 19:07, Volker Greimann wrote:
    >>
    >> One further issue the DT may want to look at is if it is
    necessary to
    >> devise policies that avoid "double dipping" i.e. representation of
    >> one entity within multiple constituencies.
    >> Without such policy one could argue that there is a risk for the
    >> entire structure of ICANN being hollowed out or dominated by
    >> specialized interest groups that happen to fit more than one
    constituency.
    >>
    >> This is not necessarily a structural, but rather an organizational
    >> issue, i.e. of defining which constituency best represents an
    entity.
    >>
    >> Best,
    >>
    >> Volker
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Am 06.06.2014 23 <tel:06.06.2014%2023>:44, schrieb Ron Andruff:
    >>> Dear Chuck, James and all,
    >>>
    >>> As I catch up on this string reading through the posts since
    my last
    >>>one I  am seeing a lot of parsing of words rather than an
    >>>understanding of  what I  believe Avri and I are trying to bring to
    >>>the fore.  What I am saying is  that the structure we have now
    >>>appears to be serving only two groups -  Registries and
    Registrars -
    >>>within all of ICANN.  Those of us who were  not  contracted parties
    >>>were jammed together at an 11th hour meeting  similar to  how
    >>>Yugoslavia was created post WWII, and we all know what happened to
    >>>that  mashup...
    >>>
    >>> If there is commonality (and here I take issue with your comment
    >>> James, re:
    >>> the BC and IPC overlap, because that is NOT the case in our
    view) it
    >>> is commonality around ICANN issues such as public interest, user's
    >>> interests, as examples.  Otherwise the memberships in the various
    >>> bodies that make up the NPCH could not be further from one another
    >>> in their interests and actions.
    >>>
    >>> So we are saying -- as members of this WP -- the discord
    within the
    >>> NCPH is palpable.  It is not dislike of each other, rather
    different
    >>> views as constituencies.  Thus, we should give the house
    structure a
    >>> serious review to see if there are other ways to structure the
    >>> organization so that it better serves the institution and likewise
    >>> the community.
    >>>
    >>> While Chuck has pointed to some results that have occurred
    over the
    >>>years,  the few positive examples pale in comparison to all of the
    >>>other  issues, big  and small, that have failed more often than not
    >>>locked in stalemates,  e.g.
    >>> Vertical Integration.  One result of VI is new registries
    >>>handpicking  even  trademarked names and putting them into
    their own
    >>>registrar to sell for  $1000's as premium names...  Was that the
    >>>intended result the Board  thought  would happen when they took
    that
    >>>over from the GNSO WG or was that  just an  outcome of a failure of
    >>>the GNSO to fulfill its mandate...?  I don't know  the answer,
    but I
    >>>do believe that things we have yet to see as a  result of  VI will
    >>>haunt ICANN for decades to come.  Some may see this example as
    >>>conflating issues, but it is not so much that as an example of what
    >>>happens  when the GNSO doesn't work as it could.
    >>>
    >>> In my view, we should stop parsing words with explanations and get
    >>> on with a full - 360 degree - review of the entire GNSO...
    >>> stakeholder groups, houses, NCAs, voting, how to manage new
    entrants
    >>> (constituencies, communities, brands, geos) etc.
    >>>
    >>> We need new ideas to build a structure that meets today's and
    >>> tomorrow's (as far as we can anticipate them) needs.  The survey
    >>> respondents will give us the data to construct the 'new GNSO'.  We
    >>> just have to figure out how to put a survey together that asks all
    >>> of these critical questions.
    >>>
    >>> A fresh idea for selecting Board members (as that discussion has
    >>>also  come  up on this thread) is needed if we want to populate the
    >>>ICANN Board  with the  most highly-qualified representatives.
     When I
    >>>consider how much vetting  prospective Board members go through via
    >>>the Nom Com (as a result of my  participation in 2013 and again
    this
    >>>year) I am amazed and appalled at  how  very little vetting those
    >>>Board members that come through the SG's get...
    >>> Why would the community choose such an uneven and illogical
    >>>methodology?
    >>> Given an opportunity to utilize a better process, I am sure the
    >>>community  would seize on it for all the good reasons one can
    >>>imagine.  So what  quality  of Board would we get if each
    >>>constituency/stakeholder group were to put  forward three
    candidates
    >>>for the Nom Com to vet and select one from?
    >>> Would
    >>> that raise the bar?  Would such a vetting process remove from the
    >>>Board  those whose first interest may not be the good of ICANN?
    Radical, yes.
    >>> Workable, maybe.  Raise the quality of the ICANN Board of
    Directors,
    >>>absolutely...
    >>>
    >>> Everyone on this WP should be thinking outside of the box if
    we hope
    >>>to  generate a GNSO review/improvement from the bottom up.
    >>>Otherwise, we  will  see change coming from the top down,
    whether we
    >>>like it or not.  And then  what?
    >>>
    >>> Kind regards,
    >>>
    >>> RA
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Ron Andruff
    >>> dotSport LLC
    >>> www.lifedotsport.com <http://www.lifedotsport.com>
    >>>
    >>> -----Original Message-----
    >>> From: owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
    >>> [mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx>]
    >>> On Behalf Of Avri Doria
    >>> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 16:11
    >>> Cc: ntfy-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:ntfy-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
    >>> Subject: Re: [gnso-review-dt] Additional input on 360 Assessment
    >>> Questions
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> On 06-Jun-14 19:53, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>> Can you give me an example where the House structure has
    caused a
    >>>>> problem with regard to policy development, which is the GNSO's
    >>>>> primary role?
    >>>>>
    >>>> The inability of the NCPH to perform any of it functions without
    >>>> months of garbage processing.  It just does not work.  We have
    >>>> great trouble electing a vice-chair and we have failed completely
    >>>> in electing a Board member this time.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck Gomes]  I don't think this
    >>>> has impacted policy development but it is still a very good
    point of
    >>>> an issue that needs to be dealt with. I would like to think
    (maybe
    >>>> naively) that this should be able to be solved within the
    existing
    >>>> structure.  If the two houses cannot resolve it among themselves,
    >>>> then maybe it should be discussed by the full Council.
    >>> It can't be.  If anything it has gotten worse over the three years
    >>> and gets worse all the time.
    >>>
    >>> And I certainly can't see discussing it in council.  What is the
    >>>difference  between discussing it in the house and in council.  the
    >>>other house is  going  to give us advice on how to get along.  Not
    >>>too likely.
    >>> In all my years of studying counseling and group dynamics that has
    >>>never  been a workable formula.
    >>>
    >>> Kind of like a one neighbor trying to fix the marital problems of
    >>> their neighbors.
    >>>
    >>> And before you suggest we go to a counselor, we did.  And indeed
    >>>when it  gets too tough the Ombudsman can help us iron our a
    >>>compromise, but  that is  not way to live.
    >>>
    >>>> Additionally, and I can see why the CPH would not mind, it is
    >>>> obvious that the differences inside the NCPH will keep use from
    >>>> ever being able to elect a Chair from our side of the GNSO.  That
    >>>> is a kind of dysfunction that rots most organizations sooner
    or later.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck
    >>>> Gomes]  I think this is kind of an unfair statement.  The reality
    >>>> is that the NCPH did not put forward a candidate in the last
    round.
    >>>> If you think it is impossible, maybe the Council should explore
    >>>> ways to rotate the position among the two houses.  I haven't
    >>>> discussed this with others in the CPH but I personally would be
    >>>> fine with that as long as the candidates have good leadership
    >>>> skills and are able to commit the time.
    >>> Yeah maybe.  But no.  In fact, names withheld, I have even
    have CPH
    >>> people tell me this that they realized there was no way we could
    >>> ever put up a candidate that could win because our vote would
    always
    >>> split.
    >>> Though the idea of us putting up a candidate we agreed on is
    rather
    >>> funny.
    >>> Pathetic humor, but funny.
    >>>
    >>>>> Is the adversarial problem you observed in the Council or
    the GNSO
    >>>>> in general?  I am not on the Council so I cannot speak to
    that directly.
    >>> On council we can actually sometime agree on some issues.  We
    mostly
    >>>all  know how to behave professionally in council most of the time.
    >>>
    >>>> The Council is not sperate form the GNSO.  The dysfunction is in
    >>>> both on the NCPH side.
    >>>>
    >>>> Additionally the house structure makes it impossible to ever
    >>>> consider adding new SGs, and with the growth of the new gTLD
    space,
    >>>> that looks like a possible limitation.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck Gomes] Adding SGs would certainly
    >>>> be complicated but I don't think it should be impossible.
    >>> That would imbalance the house which would be complicated.
    >>> Whereas without house, we could just add some more council
    members.
    >>>> But I am not suggesting we add SGs at this point in time.
    >>>>
    >>>> What I am arguing for is gathering information.  Maybe my
    >>>> perception is mine alone.  The fact that people aren't
    intersted in
    >>>> gathering information strikes me as sort of problematic, though.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck Gomes]
    >>>> As I think I have said several times, I am not opposed to
    gathering
    >>>> the information but just question whether we should do it in this
    >>>> exercise, i.e., the timing.
    >>> I do not understand the timing issue.  This is the time.  next
    time
    >>> is in 3 years.  There is one survey, one chance for the SIC to
    find
    >>> out what needs to be done.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>> If everything is as wonderful as you think it is, asking the
    >>>> questions won't hurt anything, we will find out that
    everything is
    >>>> wonderful and I am wrong.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck Gomes] If the group wants to ask
    >>>> questions about structure, I won't fight.  And I didn't say
    >>>> everything is wonderful.  Everything is far from wonderful
    but I am
    >>>> not convinced that is largely a factor of structure.
    >>> There we have a difference of opinion. I think structure is a key
    >>> component to things working out well or purely, not the only one,
    >>> but a critical one.
    >>> You either accentuate the differences with sets of oppositions, or
    >>> you put together a structure that allows many different
    alliances to
    >>> form, with these alliance changing over time.  Because of the
    strict
    >>> diremption in the voting structure, house versus house, SG versus
    >>> SG, alliances are much more difficult.  When I compare the days in
    >>> the council my last time, with this time, the alliance making was
    >>> far more dynamic in the past.
    >>>
    >>>>
    >>>> As I say, at this point I am advocate gathering info.
    >>>>
    >>>> But yes, I beleive we could eliminate the houses and keep almost
    >>>> everything else the same, rather simply, all we would need to
    do is
    >>>> figure out how to elect vice chairs and Board members.  But
    for the
    >>>> NCPH it would remove a limitation.
    >>>>
    >>>> As for electing the Board, I consider it a real democracy problem
    >>>> that one person is elected by 8 people, while the other is
    elected
    >>>> by
    >>>> 5 people.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck Gomes] Please translate this for me.
    >>>
    >>> (: that is far too few people for a voting population.  The idea
    >>>that one  board seat is elected by a group of 7 voters in one
    >>>instance and by
    >>> 13 in another is a problem in accountability.  21 voters is small
    >>>enough.  I  would actually like to see us take a page out of the
    >>>AT-Large book and  add  the SG chairs to the voting group for a bit
    >>>more depth.
    >>> But I know that is a structural change too far.  The point is a
    >>>large  more  diverse representative voting populations makes for
    >>>better democracy,  aka it  is better for accountability
    >>>
    >>>> Finally I think having a homeless voteless NCA is a real
    limitation
    >>>> on the community's influence on the GNSO.
    >>> BTW, I think this was intentional on the part of the GNSO
    committee
    >>> (which i was one but dissented from) that came up with this
    >>> mishigas*.
    >>> They wanted to decrease the influence of the NCAs.
    >>>
    >>> [Chuck Gomes] I need some
    >>>> help understanding this.  BTW, the homeless, voteless NCA is
    >>>> providing some excellent service for the GNSO in leading this
    group
    >>>> and representing the GNSO with SIC on GNSO Review.  To me that is
    >>>> much more valuable than any vote would be.
    >>> Yes I spoke of Jen's great service in our last meeting.  And she
    >>>could do  just as well if she had a vote.  Many people do good jobs
    >>>in the council  without needing to give up their vote to do so.
    >>>Jonathan provides great  service as a neutral chair, yet he retains
    >>>his vote. The two issues  are not  related.  The community selects
    >>>three people to contribute to the  decisions  making.  Voting
    is part
    >>>of that.
    >>>
    >>> Would it make sense for us all to give up our votes and just
    manage
    >>> teams?
    >>> We would be contributing just as much.
    >>>
    >>> avri
    >>>
    >>> * yiddish word for a special kind of craziness
    >>>
    >>





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