Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] The JAS WG Agenda Going Forward

[Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michele:
Re the members of the WG, I should think a list could be generated.  By this
copy, I'm requesting staff help with this question.

Best,
Carlton

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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <
michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Carlton
>
> On 27 Jun 2011, at 09:32, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>
> > Dear Colleagues:
> > I shall be unable to join our scheduled call on Tuesday, 28th on account
>  I shall be in the air somewhere between HKG and SFO.  Our co-chair's
> availability is still not determined; communications disconnects.  In any
> event, I shall frame for the record my own views on the journey for the next
> little while.
> >
> > Having witnessed Singapore, it appears now to me that the principal
> objective of this group is to prepare an information docket sufficiently
> detailed and readable to guide would-be applicants deemed worthy of support
> for applying for a new gTLD. I've seen this termed elsewhere as a
> "Needs-Assessed Applicant Guidebook".  The name works for me.  I'm
> estimating that this document must be ready for prime time by latest 2nd
> week of September.
> >
> > If we are severally agreed on the objective outlined above, then we are
> unanimous that this document must be equal in quality and style, if not
> detail, to the 2011-05-30 Applicant Guidebook, as amended.
> >
> > We are unanimous that we shall need significant additional staff support
> if we must make the deadline.  Kurt Pritz has promised as much and so we
> will designate the the ALAC Chair to follow-up.
>
> Is there a list somewhere of who is currently in the WG?
>
> >
> > Our starting point is the MR2 document.  The scribes have agreed to
> review the redlined text to identify areas where work is needed.  These
> areas will then become the focus of our intense analysis, week after week
> until we are satisfied that they are the best they can be. Staff support
> will be critical here.  Because as the group settle on any given area, the
> staff will take the output and place it in our NAG, form ......and format
> previously agreed.
> >
> > Now, we already know some of the areas of need/clarification required;
> disqualification from consideration of certain government-type entities, fee
> reduction ala the GAC position, the $2M fund announced by ICANN and its role
> & use to which this might be applied etc., detail the additional needs for
> sustainability - like the registry/registrar services - and how those would
> be realized. You may add other 'hot' items as you see fit.  I would
> recommend that we seek a discussion leader for each 'hot' item  and use the
> list for the initial argy-bargy.   The role of the co-chairs would then be
> to call for consensus around the emerging dominant idea from the list.
> >
> > I would think we have a duty of care to ensure that the new gTLD
> Communications Plan - which seems to be already decided - is sufficiently
> malleable to accept full responsibility for communicating the NAG and all
> that it offers.
>
> It looks like that has already started at some level (though they're also
> asking for feedback / input .. )
>
> Regards
>
> Michele
>
> Mr Michele Neylon
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