questions for Goran

[Thato Mfikwe]

Hi Stephanie,

Another question you may wish to consider, if appropriate, "Why did NCSG
and its constituencies receive the lowest allocation on FY19ABRs?", thanks.

Thato Mfikwe.

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 9:06 PM Stephanie Perrin <
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> As you know, I posted on this list a call for input for the questions I
> will discuss with Goran at our one on one.  The deadline was today, so I
> came up with the following questions, with help from various folks
> offline.  Of course, theoretically I could raise other issues in
> conversation if there are things you have thought of recently.
>
> *NCSG Questions for Discussion with Goran Marby*
>
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> 1.     We understand that you wished to kickstart the phase two
> discussion of the so-called unified access model.  However , we do feel
> that the way the TSG report and process was created sideswipes the bylaws
> mandated GNSO policy process.  It also contains a number of policy
> assumptions which have not been agreed via the bottom up MS process as
> required by ICANNs bylaws.
>
>
>
> 2.     GNSO is working on PDP 3.0 implementation, and the entire
> community is still waiting for the approval of workstream 2 accountability
> recommendations, to reform the MS model.  Doesn’t the work that Brian
> Cute is doing potentially lead to the same result, an undercutting of
> community processes?
>
>
>
> 3.     We care about the reputation of ICANN, as a multistakeholder model.
> We think there is a need for transparency that meets the kind of standards
> which western democracies have demonstrated through FOI legislation.
>
> a.     You have more than once said, ICANN is not a regulator.  That is
> true but we see no reason for less accountability and transparency.
>
> b.     Given the budget cuts on the community, and recent bad press about
> the growth of ICANN staff despite falling revenues, do you have plans to
> improve transparency in the internal budget process? As an example, we
> would very much like more transparency on the portion of the budget on
> policy development. Currently, you only have one figure covering the whole
> budget for policy development across all SOs and ACs. We would like to
> regularly see a lot more details on this, with a breakdown for each budget
> for each SO and AC. The policy development budget is about 5% of ICANN's
> total budget too, which strikes us as very low given this is our core
> business.
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>
>
> 4.     We know we have occasionally annoyed you.  How can we improve our
> relationship, without sacrificing our critical analysis of this highly
> important MS process?
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> Stephanie Perrin
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