[Ncsg-discuss] [Ext] [ICANN87] Board's questions to NCSG

[Remmy Nweke]

Hi Rafik
Thanks for raising this quesion.

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On Wed, 7 Oct 2026, 14:37 Kathy Kleiman, <
00001e85639e37fc-dmarc-request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:

> <<A small update was sent for the question from the Board.
>
>> The NCSG has cited challenges with capacity for supporting policy
>> development in addition to the other community work such as reviews and has
>> expressed concerns about the amount of concurrent work. What are the NCSG’s
>> most significant challenges in monitoring and deciding which work to
>> prioritize and focus resources? How can the Board assist the NCSG to plan
>> and position itself better to ensure it is actively engaged on its priority
>> policy topics for the future? >>
>>
>
> Hi Rafik and All,
> I think the third question is key:  "How can the Board assist the NCSG to
> plan and position itself better to ensure it is actively engaged on its
> priority policy topics for the future?"
>
> We have some great answers here.  (1) Data -- the Board could encourage
> ICANN Org to commission neutral and independent data studies of upcoming
> policy issues and considerations.  That way there is a common base of
> information for everyone to use in their analysis and assessments. History
> shows this works well!
> (2) Full and comprehensive reviews by Staff in preparation for upcoming
> Policy reviews.  We often feel that the summaries written for the GNSO
> Council are one-sided, with other stakeholders' concerns factored in
> heavily, but not NCSG. We also see ICANN Org summaries for the GNSO
> Council/Community overlooking key parts of history.  For example, ICANN has
> issued calls for comment on the UDRP since 2001 -- and regularly since
> then. Yet, the most recent ICANN UDRP summaries contained only the most
> recent set of comments, not the whole history of comments, critiques and
> studies (including academic studies from Professor Milton Mueller and
> Michael Geist) shared with ICANN over time -- although the UDRP has not
> changed substantively since 1999.
>
> It would help us if we did not have to independently gather these studies,
> history and data.  It sometimes feels we have to do much more work, gather
> much more data, write more papers to gather the type of information that
> ICANN Org seems to regularly collect, collate and share for other
> stakeholders in its summaries.  It would help if that were not the case.
>
> Best, Kathy
>
> On 10/7/2026 12:13 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> a reminder that we should submit the questions by 9th October. Please
> share your input.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
>
> Le ven. 2 oct. 2026 à 23:50, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> Thanks all for the comments and suggestions. We have one week to finalize
>> our questions and submit them.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 06:27 Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon at icann.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> A small update was sent for the question from the Board.
>>>
>>> The NCSG has cited challenges with capacity for supporting policy
>>> development in addition to the other community work such as reviews and has
>>> expressed concerns about the amount of concurrent work. What are the NCSG’s
>>> most significant challenges in monitoring and deciding which work to
>>> prioritize and focus resources? How can the Board assist the NCSG to plan
>>> and position itself better to ensure it is actively engaged on its priority
>>> policy topics for the future?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> *Andrea Glandon*
>>> Policy Operations Specialist
>>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>>>
>>> *From: *NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on behalf of Rafik
>>> Dammak <00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>> *Date: *Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 03:42
>>> *To: *NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU <NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>> *Subject: *[Ext] [ICANN87] Board's questions to NCSG
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> As usual during the ICANN meeting,  we will have interaction with the
>>> ICANN board during a joint meeting in ICANN87. The board sent us this
>>> question below:
>>>
>>> *The NCSG has cited challenges with capacity for supporting policy
>>> development and has expressed concerns about the amount of concurrent work.
>>> What are the NCSG’s most significant challenges in monitoring and deciding
>>> how to support  policy development work? How can the Board assist the NCSG
>>> to plan and position itself better to ensure it is actively engaged on its
>>> priority policy topics for the future? *
>>>
>>> The board is also asking us if we have any questions for them to be
>>> addressed during the meeting and we should submit by 9th October.
>>>
>>> Please share your ideas and comments, and we will summarize/consolidate
>>> them.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>> --
> Kathy Kleiman
> Past President, Domain Name Rights Coalition
>
>
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