[CCWG-ACCT] [Ws2-staff_acct] Consensus Call for sending Rev 1.5 to the full meeting for a first reading.

[Izumi Okutani]

That's helpful to confirm. I wasn't totally sure whether it includes 
IANA services other than domain names.

Now, I understand it is for contracted parties for the gTLDs. Thanks Avri!


Izumi

On 2017/10/02 23:35, avri doria wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yes, contracted parties is being used in the sense, common in GNSO - but
> perhaps not as much elsewhere, as a referent to gTLD contracted
> Registries and Registrars.
> 
> So if I understand your question correctly: yes.
> 
> Thanks for the question
> avri
> 
> 
> On 02-Oct-17 03:49, Izumi Okutani wrote:
>> Thanks Avri.
>>
>> I have a question on Service Level Guidelines/Agreement described in
>> Staff Accountability Report as below:
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vH5su7SDGE0i_rTstbYJ7tIaOFuRnV4dfqpwMTPoYa8/edit
>>
>>
>>> ICANN Organization should work with the community to:
>>> Develop and publish service level guidelines (similar to the Service
>>> Level Agreement for the IANA Numbering Services) that clearly define
>>> all services provided by ICANN to contracted parties and the service
>>> level target for each service.
>>
>>
>> I would like to double check the scope of this service level
>> guidelines for "all services provided by ICANN to contracted parties
>> and the service level target for each service".
>>
>> Would "contracted parties" here only include contracted parties of
>> domain name services provided by ICANN?
>>
>>
>> Izumi
>>
>>
>> On 2017/09/19 21:08, avri doria wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Attached is version 1.6 of the Staff Accountability report. It is being
>>> submitted for a first reading in the full WS2 meeting.  This will be the
>>> group's second attempt to do so.  We have, since the first failed
>>> reading, discussed the issues that came out from that reading and have
>>> made extensive changes to the recommendations and their wording.
>>>
>>> The report has received consensus from the subgroup in all aspects but
>>> one. Due to the limited number of people participating in out last
>>> meetings we felt that we could not resolve that issue without a wider
>>> conversation.
>>>
>>> Currently recommendation 4a reads:
>>>
>>>       ICANN Organization should work with the community to:
>>>
>>>         a.Develop and publish service level guidelines (similar to the
>>>           Service Level Agreement for the IANA Numbering Services) that
>>>           clearly define all services provided by ICANN to contracted
>>>           parties and the service level target for each service.
>>>
>>>
>>> The recommendation in our previous attempt at a first reading in the
>>> full group had been for a service level agreements (SLA). As there had
>>> been strong reaction on SLAs because of their legal nature and the
>>> difficulty involved in negotiating such SLAs, the recommendation was
>>> changed to guidelines. In response, there was consensus in the subgroup,
>>> though not unanimity, for recommending guidelines instead of agreements.
>>>
>>> During the subgroup consensus call, there was a request that we wait
>>> until there had been time for more comment from the Contracted Parties
>>> House of the GNSO, on whose behalf the original recommendation had been
>>> made. It was argued that guidelines were an unreliable mechanism and
>>> that it would be better to develop SLAs.
>>>
>>> Because of the tight schedule and the intermittent nature of sub-team
>>> member attendance, it was recommended by others that we send the
>>> subgroup consensus document as is on to the full meeting leaving the
>>> issue of 4a open for discussion in the full meeting. An online consensus
>>> call supported this recommendation.
>>>
>>> The document can be found in
>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vH5su7SDGE0i_rTstbYJ7tIaOFuRnV4dfqpwMTPoYa8/edit?usp=sharing>
>>>
>>> (pdf attached)
>>>
>>>
>>> thank you
>>>
>>> avri
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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