[atrt2] Staff clarification and request for additional information - Inventory Item #37 - Volunteer engagement
Alan Greenberg
alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Tue Sep 17 02:32:24 UTC 2013
You might look at the input received from Rinalia
Abdul Rahim on input-to-atrt2 under At-Large
Volunteer Constraints and particularly section
vii on Poor Volunteer Appreciation.
Rinalia used to run another mluti-stakeholder
organization (Global Knowlwdge Partnership) which
relied heavily on volunteers, so she does have some idea of what works.
Alan
At 16/09/2013 08:04 PM, Larisa B. Gurnick wrote:
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>Dear Carlos, Avri and Alan,
>Staff has been reviewing the proposed
>observations and recommendations considered by
>the ATRT 2 and would like to offer several
>clarifications. Additionally, it would be very
>helpful to get further clarification from the
>Review Team on several points raised. As you
>are the ATRT 2 members assigned to complete the
>analysis and the documentation on various items,
>staff would appreciate your consideration of the
>information summarized here and your response of clarification.
>Inventory Item #37 Review actions of the Board
>and staff in ensuring public interest: Volunteer engagement
>Draft Recommendation:
>ICANN to establish a sustainable model for
>relying on volunteers to do functions normally done by professionals.
>Staff response and request for clarification:
>ICANN values the contributions of all the
>stakeholders as they volunteer their services
>for working groups, councils and other
>activities and fully supports the importance of
>evolving the volunteer model. Commitment to
>establishing a sustainable model for volunteer
>participation has been ongoing and includes new
>outreach and engagement strategies, expanded
>information sharing, travel support to ICANN
>Public Meetings and a continuing commitment to
>effective remote participation capabilities.
>New regional strategies are being developed and
>implemented to engage more community
>participants at the regional and local
>level. Also, Chris Gift has provided
>information and examples to the Review Team of
>new strategies being developed and tested to
>engage more new participants through various
>channels. For more information, please see
><http://labs.icann.org/en>http://labs.icann.org/en.
>Additionally, orientation for incoming volunteer
>leaders is being conducted through online
>training as well as face- to- face
>programs. The Online Education Platform is
>ICANNs on-line learning initiative and an ICANN
>leadership training initiative (initially a
>pilot effort before the ICANN Public Meeting in
>Buenos Aires) is a broader proposal being
>considered to expand community learning.
>While each of the structures has conducted its
>own orientation, ICANN is working to regularize
>this effort across all structures and provide
>structures with additional support. An
>Orientation Program will be conducted at ICANN
>48 in Buenos Aires by existing leaders of SOs and ACs.
>Staff would appreciate further clarification of
>the objectives of this draft recommendation and
>looks forward to continuing to engage with the
>ATRT 2 and the broader community to look for
>innovative methods to engage volunteers.
>Staff appreciates the significant work effort
>that you and the Review Team have committed to
>making ongoing improvements in ICANNs accountability and transparency.
>Larisa B. Gurnick
>Consultant/Senior Director, Organizational Reviews
>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
><mailto:larisa.gurnick at icann.org>larisa.gurnick at icann.org
>310 383-8995
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