RE: [gnso-review-dt] Status Update of GNSO Review

["Ron Andruff" <ra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jen and Larisa,

 

I appreciate seeing all of this information and the revised schedule.  It
appears that real progress is being made on all fronts.

 

All the best of the holiday season to you and the rest of the Review Working
Party!

 

RA

 

Ron Andruff

dotSport LLC

 <http://www.lifedotsport.com> www.lifedotsport.com 

 

From: owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jen Wolfe
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 11:16
To: gnso-review-dt@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Larisa B. Gurnick
Subject: [gnso-review-dt] Status Update of GNSO Review

 

Dear GNSO Review Working Party,

 

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season!  I'd like to update you on
the progress of the review and provide you with the revised schedule.

 

Westlake team will deliver the Working Text and staff will organize the wiki
space on 2 January 2015. The wiki space is designed to capture the feedback
and views from the GNSO Review Working Party and to facilitate the
consolidation of our feedback.  We will have until 30 January to provide
consolidated comments on the Working Text back to Westlake.  The revised
schedule will ensure that we have time to review the Working Text, without
interfering with everyone's holiday.   

 

Two special meetings of the GNSO Review Working Party will be scheduled in
January (staff will circulate calendar invites):

*         16 January 18:00 UTC -  Westlake Briefing of observations,
analysis and recommendations

*         22 January 18:00 UTC  - Discussion, follow up Q&A with Westlake
and formulation of consolidated comments

 

It will be very important to have full participation from the Working Party,
representing the various stakeholder and constituency groups, to actively
participate in providing feedback.  Providing comments on the Working Text
allows the GNSO Review Working Party to offer feedback before it is publicly
released and ensure any real or perceived inaccuracies are addressed, as
well as begin to capture issues for further discussion as the Review process
moves forward.  Westlake will then draft their report which will be posted
for Public Comment at the end of February, for the GNSO as a whole, along
with the rest of the ICANN community to provide feedback. 

 

Please see the schedule below for further details. Key dates are also
available on the  <https://community.icann.org/x/OJLhAg> GNSO Review wiki.

 

For your reference, I am forwarding an email from Richard Westlake, which
provides a brief overview of the status of the 360 Assessment survey,
interviews conducted and overall review methodology.

 

If you have any questions or would like clarification on any issue related
to the Review, please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly and I will
be happy to respond as quickly as possible to ensure any concerns are
addressed prior to the release of the report.  I am happy to be available
during upcoming Council meetings to answer questions and will look forward
to a more detailed briefing with Council in Singapore.  

 

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season and New Year!

 

Jen

 


GNSO Review: Important Dates


Working text for the GNSO Review Working Party and Staff for clarification
and comments (distributed and posted on the wiki)

2 January 2015


GNSO Review Working Party working session #1 - Westlake Briefing

16 January 201518:00 UTC


GNSO Review Working Party working session #2 - discussion, Q&A

22 January 18:00 UTC


Consolidated comments on Working Text due to Westlake from GNSO Review
Working Party and Staff

30 January


Updates and discussions during ICANN52

8-12 February; public session date TBD


Draft Report delivered by Westlake

20 February


Draft Report posted for public comment

27 February 


Public Comment period (42 days)

27 February - 10 April


Final Report

30 April (tentative, depending on volume and nature of public comments)

 

 

Update from Richard Westlake

 

Dear Jen and Larisa,

 

Following recent questions about Westlake's review methods and individual
interviews, I should like to highlight some points to reiterate why we
consider that we have collected extensive, diverse, balanced and fact-based
sets of data.  We have and will continue to apply our professional expertise
and independent perspective to ensure a high-quality useful final report,
and we note that many of our observations and recommendations will be a
matter of  informed subject judgment in addition to, and based largely on,
our research findings.

 

1.       The GNSO Review Methodology formulated by the Structural
Improvement Committee and used as the basis for the Request for Proposal,
Westlake's response, and the Terms of Reference/Scope of Work consisted of
three data collection mechanisms:

 

a.       360 Assessment designed to collect feedback from GNSO, other
SOs/ACs, Board and Staff (quantitative and qualitative) - our primary and
critical component. In addition (and outside the scope originally
envisaged), following feedback and advice, we added the Supplementary
Working Group 360 Assessment, to provide a greater depth of information on
the WGs;

b.       Review of documents and records;

c.       Limited interviews to fill in the gaps.

(As you know, the GNSO Review Working Party has provided substantive
feedback and guidance on the review methodology, including extensive input
into the formulation of the 360 Assessment and Supplementary WG 360.)

 

2.       We and ICANN staff carried out extensive outreach and engagement
efforts between July and October, to encourage participation in the 360
Assessment, including two extensions to allow ample time for people to
respond - see chart below.  These efforts resulted in 178 completed
responses from a broad and diverse group of people by the time the 360
closed at the end of ICANN51.

 

3.       From the start, Westlake advocated for the interview component to
be given more weight (both in our original response to the RfP and
subsequently). This led to a modification in the original plans to enable
our team to attend ICANN51, where we spoke to many people and attended many
of the SG/C meetings, providing us with a first-hand view of GNSO
proceedings.  We contacted an extensive list of relevant people - including
some, but not all, SG/C chairs - before the LA meeting.  We successfully
conducted interviews, in person and subsequently over the phone, with about
27 individuals to date and likely to total about 30.  Several people we
contacted failed even to respond, despite several attempts and others have
been unable to make time to speak to us.  Since LA, we have again tried to
contact several people with only limited response. Although we are at a very
late stage, we still aim to speak to a few more people.

 

4.       Our team has reviewed extensive documents relating to the
implementation of earlier review recommendations, along with other
documentation, and has analysed records detailing the work of the GNSO.

 

5.       The data our team has gathered from these channels has been
extensive and in our view sufficiently broad and diverse to support our
observations, leading to findings and recommendations that we shall include
in our Draft Report.  As a further opportunity for feedback, before we
finalise our report, there will be additional opportunities for the GNSO and
others to offer their views:

 

a.      The GNSO Review Working Party will review our Working Text and
engage in a dialogue to clarify, expand and correct information, as
appropriate.  We will be particularly interested in this group's feedback on
the usefulness and practicality of our draft recommendations.

b.      An overview will be presented in a session at ICANN52 in February,
with another opportunity to provide feedback.

c.      The formal Public Comment Period will open in February and the
feedback will be considered as we prepare our Final Report.

d.      We will continue to work closely with the GNSO Review Working Party
through the balance of the Review.

 

I trust that this information covers your questions about our methodology
and any remaining concerns about our interviews.  

 

Please contact me again if you need any additional information.

 

Have a good weekend!

 


Kind regards

Richard

Richard G A Westlake
Westlake Governance

 


GNSO Review Statistics


360 Assessment:

 


-- Main survey

152 completed responses


 

(250 started)


-- Supplementary survey (WG)

26 completed responses


 

(50 started)


Total

178 completed responses


 

60% completion rate


Interviews:

27 to date, likely total 30+

(Plus several other shorter informal discussions, mainly in LA)


GNSO Review Working Party meetings:

13


Engagement:

 


-- Announcements page views

1,709


-- Blog page views

2,957


Outreach:

 


-- Webinars

3


-- Update presentations

14


-- Blogs

2


-- Videos

2


-- FAQ Brochures and Post cards distributed at ICANN51

3,000

 

 


GNSO Review: Important Dates


Working text for Staff preparation

19 December 2014


Working text for the GNSO Review Working Party and Staff for clarification
and comments (distributed and posted on the wiki)

2 January 2015


GNSO Review Working Party working session #1 - Westlake Briefing

16 January 201518:00UTC


GNSO Review Working Party working session #2 - discussion, Q&A

22 January 18:00 UTC


Consolidated comments on Working Text due to Westlake from GNSO Review
Working Party and Staff

30 January


Updates and discussions during ICANN52

8-12 February; public session date TBD


Draft Report delivered by Westlake

20 February


Draft Report posted for public comment

27 February 


Public Comment period (42 days)

27 February - 10 April


Final Report

30 April (tentative, depending on volume and nature of public comments)

 

 

 

 

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