[council] FW: Formation of a GNSO-Board Working Group re the EWG Final Report

[Marilia Maciel]

Thank you for the information Amr, and great to have you there.
Yes, sounds like a peculiar confirguration. Will there be a list open to
observers? That has been of the topics that have caught my eye for some
time.

Thanks
Marília

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Considering the ad-hoc nature the Expert Working Group (EWG) for the next
> generation Registration Directory Services (RDS) aka WHOIS, I’m not
> surprised about this. Never heard of this kind of working group, but then
> again…, I haven’t been around that long.
>
> I plan on volunteering for this board/council working group.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Amr
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *"Jonathan Robinson" <jrobinson at afilias.info>
> *Subject: **[council] FW: Formation of a GNSO-Board Working Group re the
> EWG Final Report*
> *Date: *September 23, 2014 at 9:44:58 AM GMT+2
> *To: *<council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Reply-To: *<jrobinson at afilias.info>
>
>
> All,
>
> Please see below from Steve Crocker.
>
> Given the proposal suggested below and the suggestion that we aim to keep
> it
> to a manageable size, this feels to me like we may want to participate with
> around 4 or 5 people (a "handful").
> That could work with 1 per SG and possibly one other (one of the Council
> leadership group - Chair & VCs?) to make up the five.
>
> I look forward to comment and feedback from councillors so that I can
> revert
> to Steve and we can get together in LA.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Crocker [mailto:steve at shinkuro.com <steve at shinkuro.com>]
> Sent: 21 September 2014 03:10
> To: Jonathan Robinson
> Cc: Stephen D. Crocker; Denise Michel; Icann-board ICANN
> Subject: Formation of a GNSO-Board Working Group re the EWG Final Report
>
> Jonathan,
>
> I'm a bit late getting this out to you, for which I apologize.
>
> During the Board's retreat last week in Istanbul, we had a session devoted
> to next steps related to the Expert Working Group.  We've reached that
> exquisite moment in this process where we have the EWG's report in hand but
> we're not yet ready to formally ask the GNSO to initiate a policy
> development process.  Instead, this is the time for us all to put our heads
> together to identify the issues that have to be sorted out before we take
> that step.
>
> We suggest we form a joint GNSO-Board working group with a handful of
> members from both groups to identify the main issues - technical,
> organizational, etc., etc. - that have to be addressed before attempting to
> initiate another policy development process.
>
> I don't have any preconception as to how many people or how you might
> choose
> them.  I'll leave that entirely up to your judgment.  Fewer is always
> better
> in terms of logistics, but we all know full well there will be many who
> will
> want to participate.
>
> I hope you and your folks were able to participate in the webinars this
> past
> week.  If not, it might be worthwhile listening to them.
>
> The Expert Working Report is a solid piece of work, and it was intended to
> provide a much stronger basis for moving forward with a PDP than we've ever
> had before.  That said, I think it would be wise for all of us to
> understand
> what failed in earlier PDPs and thus to make sure that we really do have a
> stronger chance this time.
>
> My mantra for this effort is that we're going to take the time to get this
> right.  The problem has been lingering for a very long time.  We have given
> this matter high priority and will continue to do so, so it has the
> resources and the urgency that comes with high priority issues, but we do
> not have a specific deadline or timetable.  Perhaps that's something that
> can come from the working group.
>
> Please let me know your thinking and we'll move forward.  With the LA
> meeting coming up, if we're organized by then, perhaps we can schedule time
> for the working group to meet.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>


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