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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. <br><br>
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.<br><br>
Alan <br><br>
At 16/09/2013 08:04 PM, Larisa B. Gurnick wrote:<br>
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Dear Carlos, Avri and Alan,<br>
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.<br>
<b><u>Inventory Item #37 – Review actions of the Board and staff in
ensuring public interest: Volunteer engagement<br>
</u></b><i>Draft Recommendation:<br>
</i>ICANN to establish a sustainable model for relying on volunteers to
do functions normally done by professionals.<br>
<i>Staff response and request for clarification:<br>
</i>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. <br>
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
<a href="http://labs.icann.org/en">http://labs.icann.org/en</a>
. Additionally, orientation for incoming volunteer leaders is
being conducted through online training as well as face- to- face
programs. The Online Education Platform is ICANN’s 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. <br>
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.
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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.<br>
Staff appreciates the significant work effort that you and the Review
Team have committed to making ongoing improvements in ICANN’s
accountability and transparency.<br>
<b><i>Larisa B. Gurnick<br>
</i></b>Consultant/Senior Director, Organizational Reviews<br>
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<br>
<a href="mailto:larisa.gurnick@icann.org">larisa.gurnick@icann.org</a><br>
310 383-8995<br>
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