[PC-NCSG] Fwd: New gTLD Auction Proceeds

[Edward Morris]

Sam,
  
 I look forward to reading your think piece and thank you for doing it.
  
 As you consider our options, I'd like to ask you to provide some 
suggestions as to how 1) we select the "sister organization" you write of 
and 2) how we would measure the effectiveness, performance criteria if you 
will, of that entity. IMHO ICANN has shown itself to be rather incompetent 
in selecting many of it's independent contractors and service providers and 
even less proficient in setting performance criteria.  How do we get it 
right this time?
  
 Thank you for considering.
  
 Best,
  
 Ed
  
  
  

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 From: "Sam Lanfranco" <lanfran at yorku.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 1:48 PM
To: "Edward Morris" <egmorris1 at toast.net>
Cc: "avri at acm.org" <avri at acm.org>, "pc-ncsg at ipjustice.org" 
<pc-ncsg at ipjustice.org>
Subject: Re: [PC-NCSG] Fwd: New gTLD Auction Proceeds   
 Ed,

I will present an endowment model with grant competitions, as a starting 
point and "strawman" (strawwoman for gender equity here), to focus the 
debate.  It pivots around three pillers: ICANN's commitment to the public 
interest in its remit (with a splash of fiduciary responsibility tossed 
in); the notion that the gTLD private auction option mean that ICANN 
auction revenues do not return to the private sector; and ICANN has no more 
competencies in administering grants competitions than it does in 
administering auctions, so administration of the endowment/grants process 
should be handled by a competent sister organization as opposed to building 
structures within ICANN. ICANN community involvement would remain central 
to the grants focus and awards process.

That both leaves lots of questions (grants for what, composition of 
evaluation panels, etc.) and presents lightening rods and strawpeople, to 
focus the starting wider discussion that follows. Where it all goes is hard 
to predict. What is clear here is that ICANN policy staff should play a 
supporting role in something led by the constituencies. The role played by 
the ICANN Board and staff in the current .Africa mess is a painful lesson 
here.

Sam

On 25/07/2015 7:51 AM, Edward Morris wrote:

 Sam,  Personally I'd be very interested in your take on the matter. I'm 
not a big fan of the direction things appear to be heading. I really regret 
agreeing to empower a CCWG to handle this.  Thanks for your hard work.  
Best,  Ed  Sent from my iPhone     

 On Jul 25, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Sam Lanfranco <lanfran at yorku.ca> wrote:  
Avri,  Got it. I will take a kick at that can. At worst it gets filed in 
the round filing cabinet on the floor by the desk.  Sam     

 On 25/07/2015 1:46 AM, Avri Doria wrote: Hi,  No need to sit on your hands 
if you do not wish to.  We are always empowered to write up our own 
positions and put them forward.  Go for it.  avri       

 On 23-Jul-15 12:21, Sam Lanfranco wrote: So we just sit on our hands until 
the GNSO policy staff produce the suggested Discussion Paper? Any expected 
delivery date?  Sam     

 On 2015-07-23 1:40 AM, Rafik Dammak wrote: Hi everyone,  some updates 
about the auctions proceeds. it seems we have to wait till the publication 
of discussion paper and then we can provide our input.  Best,  Rafik      

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