Re: [gnso-wpm-dt] WPM: KB Thoughts on How to Finish by 13 April 2010!

[Olga Cavalli <olgac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tanks Ken, thanks Wolf,
About your email SEE MY COMMENTS BELOW.
Regards
Olga

2010/3/6 <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  Thanks Ken. please see my comments below. I did not yet have a chance to
> go through your draft GOP doc.
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>
> Best regards
> Wolf-Ulrich
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> *Von:* owner-gnso-wpm-dt@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-wpm-dt@xxxxxxxxx] *Im
> Auftrag von *Ken Bour
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 5. März 2010 23:06
> *An:* gnso-wpm-dt@xxxxxxxxx
> *Betreff:* [gnso-wpm-dt] WPM: KB Thoughts on How to Finish by 13 April
> 2010!
>
>  WPM Members:
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>
> I have been thinking hard about the team’s most recent strategic decision
> to complete all of its tasks/activities and deliver its final product to the
> GNSO Council by 13 April 2010 (approx. 5 weeks)!
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> As I think about this problem tactically, if we were to start documenting
> the actual deliverable, chapter by chapter, it will quickly become apparent
> where we have decisions left to make or gaps/holes in the process.  [WUK:
> ] Ken, I'd like to encourage you to put all these open points on a list.
> This will bring transparency to the team regarding the work to be done.
>
> AGREE WITH WOLF

> We can then move expeditiously to address them individually and document
> those decisions immediately in the deliverable.   [WUK: ] This should be
> started immediately. Based largely on my experience with other teams,  if
> we consume another 3-4 weeks to continue discussing methodology options and
> alternatives, by the time we reach drafting tasks, it will be too late to
> finish on time.   [WUK: ] We definitely should summarize our methodology
> discussion and draw the essence of it.
>
> IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN WE HAVE ALREADY DEFINED THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE
METHODOLOGY AND WE SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS ELABORATING A REFERENCE AND OUTCOME
DOCUMENT SUMMARIZING IT

>
>
> If you generally follow and agree with this approach, my recommendation to
> the team is to move *immediately* to develop a document which I am
> envisioning as a new section of the GNSO Operating Procedures (GOP).   To
> start the ball rolling in this direction, I have begun to compile a set of
> procedural material, copied/pasted from previous meeting summaries, that I
> propose to become: *Section 6. Work Prioritization*.  *[Note:  for those
> familiar with the GOP, Section 5 has been tentatively reserved for SOI/DOI
> procedures being developed by the GCOT.]*
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> Attached, then, is my very first DRAFT in which I outlined many (and I hope
> most) of the topics/sections that should be covered in a set of GNSO Work
> Prioritization procedures.   I will continue working on it as time permits;
> but, since our meeting is Sunday morning (for me), I may not be able to
> progress much further before that session.
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> THANKS FOR THE DOCUMENT IT IS A GOOD STARTING POINT, WE CAN DISCUSS NEXT
STEPS IN OUR SESSION TOMORROW

> *DISCLAIMER*:  Please note that there are several sections which are 
> *extremely
> rough* and are not meant to be anything more (at this time) than content
> placeholders.   In many cases (especially in the methodology section), I
> simply dropped in raw unedited text with the intent to rewrite it later.
> For starters, I just wanted to make sure that we have the major section
> buckets identified so that I/we can begin filling in the material and
> editing/polishing for clarity, accuracy, and completeness.
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> In my humble view, if we work our way systematically through
> writing/editing each section, one at a time, we might be able to finish it
> in 5 weeks’ time although we will have to proceed diligently and maybe on a
> rigorous timeline.   Of course, I expect to perform the heavy lifting when
> it comes to drafting content utilizing the team, primarily, to critique and
> edit.
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> I welcome your thoughts.  While I am not panicking just yet, I see it as a
> very ambitious goal and, once it occurred to me as a potential way out of
> the thicket, I wanted to get started right away...  Perhaps we can begin
> working on the overall outline and maybe even tackle one or more sections in
> Nairobi.
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> I look forward to our working session on Sunday.   I plan on being at the
> remote hub location in Reston, Virginia for this and other meetings on
> Sunday.
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> Ken Bour
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