[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [council] Motion for the Initiation of the GNSO Guidance Process on Applicant Support

Fri Jul 15 23:45:40 EEST 2022

Hi Policy committee members,

I'd like to hear what you think of this counter proposal from Kurt.
Specifically, he wants that rather than *a 30-member (20 active, 10
alternate) Steering Committee to complete the Applicant Support program
development, the Council should form a small team that works with ICANN to
retain and employ the outside skills necessary to create the Applicant
Support program framework*.

Warmly,
Tomslin
@LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomslin/

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From: kurt kjpritz.com via council <council at gnso.icann.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 03:11
Subject: Re: [council] Motion for the Initiation of the GNSO Guidance
Process on Applicant Support
To: Fouquart <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>, council at gnso.icann.org <
council at gnso.icann.org>
Cc: gnso-secs at icann.org <gnso-secs at icann.org>

Hello Councilors:

I am writing to offer an amendment to the Motion to initiate the
GNSO Guidance Process (GGP). It is enough of a departure from the original
that I don’t think it can / will be considered a friendly amendment. In any
case, I think it’d be beneficial to the outcome if we debated the two
approaches and decided on one. I think the discussion is as important as
the outcome.

The amendment more directly affects the GGP Initiation Request that is
incorporated into the motion. It seeks to simplify the process for creating
an Applicant Support Program. (An Initiation Request is a prerequisite to
launching a GGP.)

*Background and Recent Developments:* The SubPro Final Report recommended
that a “dedicated IRT” be created to flesh out the
Applicant Support Program. In response, the ODP Team expressed concern that
the work recommended by SubPro was potentially out of scope of the role for
an IRT and should be returned to the GNSO.

The Council recognized that this work could be accomplished using the GNSO
Guidance Process (GGP), which is flexible, i.e., adaptable to the needs
of various policy-related tasks.

The current motion calls for the creation of a 30-member (20 active, 10
alternate) Steering Committee to complete the Applicant Support program
development with the added implication that this group could be used for
additional policy / implementation issues.

*Recommendation:* Rather than a Steering Committee, the Council should form
a small team that works with ICANN to retain and employ the outside
skills necessary to create the Applicant Support program framework.

*Rationale for this Recommendation:*

1.     We approved the SubPro Final Report, so we should do what it says.
The Report advised that a community-based team would not possess the
requisite skills to develop the Applicant Support program and an
issue-specific team with the necessary outside skillsets should be formed.
Creating a 30-member community team is, at best, an unnecessary step and,
more likely, is the antithesis of the SubPro Report direction and
disrespectful of valuable volunteer time.

2.     Creating a small team does not contradict the participatory,
bottom-up model. The broad community discussed this topic for five years
and provided the best direction it could, to take the discussion out from
under the community umbrella. In any event, no GNSO stakeholder group would
be precluded from sending a member to this small team, and whatever
Applicant Support program is recommended, the community will have the
opportunity to discuss it prior to adoption.

3.     Nor is a standing 30-person Steering Committee likely to be an
economical or effective approach if asked to consider additional issues.
This steering committee likely would be populated by those interested in
the Applicant Support program and not have the necessary skill sets for,
or interest in, tackling different issues.  Community members interested in
subsequent issues would likely be closed out of participating because the
committee would be populated by those interested in the Applicant Support
program. So, the 30-member committee, already demonstrated to be
inefficient for the purpose of sorting the Applicant Support issues, would
also be ineffectual on the subsequent issues.

4.     This is likely to be an extended commitment on the part of our
depleted volunteer workforce. Cannot we, as managers of the policy process,
manage these important areas of policy / implementation administration, and
reserve volunteers’ valuable time for substantive work? In the meantime, we
can launch this first-ever GGP effort, keep it narrow to make it efficient,
and learn from it.

I’ve attached an alternative GGP Initiation Request. Amendments and
additional discussion are welcome

Sincerely,

Kurt

On Jul 13, 2022, at 3:46 AM, philippe.fouquart--- via council <
council at gnso.icann.org> wrote:

Dear Councilors,

Please find attached the GNSO Guidance Process associated with the motion
circulated on Monday.

This version is intended to incorporate comments made in The Hague, notably
on focusing on applicant support and the flexibility bw a steering group
and subteams. A couple of additional things that leadership would like to
draw your attention to in case you’d have an opinion:

   - the need for the GNSO Liaison to the ODP to be a (non voting)
member (that’s
   under 5.)
   - the explicit acknowledgement that this group may deliver their results
   after the conclusion of the ODP or even the Board’s vote. (under 7)

Thanks.
Regards,
Philippe

*From:* FOUQUART Philippe INNOV/NET
*Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2022 5:14 PM
*To:* council at gnso.icann.org
*Cc:* 'gnso-secs at icann.org' <gnso-secs at icann.org>
*Subject:* Motion for the Initiation of the GNSO Guidance Process on
Applicant Support

Dear Councilors,

Following our discussion in The Hague, please find attached the Motion for
the Initiation of the GNSO Guidance Process on Applicant Support submitted
to the July 21st Council meeting. It will be updated with the link to the
GGP within a few days.

Regards,
Philippe

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