RE: [soac-mapo] Terminology DRSP

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Evan is correct if I read his post correctly.  I don’t think you need 
“experts” to “handle the purely procedural matters (e.g. timely filing, fee 
payments/refunds etc.)”.

 

Chuck

 

From: owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-soac-mapo@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Evan Leibovitch
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:59 AM
To: Mary Wong
Cc: soac-mapo
Subject: Re: [soac-mapo] Terminology DRSP

 

On 13 September 2010 10:32, Mary Wong <Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

        Perhaps it would be clearer if our report/recs made a distinction 
between the "experts" who would be consulted/appointed to provide advice to the 
Board about a filed objection, and the "DRSP" (if any) who may be the agency 
outsourced by ICANN to handle the purely procedural matters (e.g. timely 
filing, fee payments/refunds etc.).


Such a service provider is performing a completely administrative function, 
then; it is not resolving anything. This is different from both the DSRP 
terminology used elsewhere in the DAG process *and* it is different from the 
expert panel.

It's my understanding that we're not here to tell the Board how to administer 
the [objection classification previously known as MAPO]  process, but to 
reshape its high-level design and criteria. Part of this design -- that appears 
to have consensus -- is that ultimate decisions rest in the Board, not in any 
outside body. If the Board wants to subcontract out the fees and forms 
collection that's not our business in this WG. We have enough on our plate 
without getting into the details of how our recommendations are being carried 
out.

To this extent, to use Betrand's phrase, it is over-engineering of the process 
on our part to tell the Board how to pick its experts and how to administer the 
program. It is enough for us to recommend that the Board may choose to create 
or hire a panel of experts to assist it with ITS decision making; it is totally 
free to choose its selection methods or to not even bother with outside experts 
should it decide it doesn't need them., And it can call the expert committee 
any old thing it wants.

- Evan