[bc-gnso] RE: GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support

Tue Jan 18 15:18:52 UTC 2011

I agree.And in this case, am proposing this as chair, which I rarely do, but we have had a lot of member comments on this topic over our various meetings and calls. This is more a StratPlan/Operating Plan topic, not a Council issue. So, this letter would support any comments of councilors within the Council, but would go to the Chair/CEO/President, and Board. 
I am proposing  a letter from the BC Chair, noting that this concern is a BC concern. The letter would be circulated to members for acceptance of the language of the letter. 
We need to send the letter by the end of January, in order to have effective visibility.

I'll do a draft, but would welcome some additional members on drafting and editing. Other volunteers? 
Chris, I am including you as V.Chair, Finance and Operations, and perhaps the two Finance Committee members as well?
Others who want to join this quick turn around drafting should so note.
Marilyn CadeBC ChairFrom: randruff at rnapartners.com
To: bc-gnso at icann.org
Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] RE: GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due   to Lack of Staff Support
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:03:08 -0500

I have been concerned about the lack of a compliance
chief and two staff members since just after the Brussels meeting (some 7 months ago).  For
this reason I asked our new COO about it in Cartagena at the BC meeting…  We were told
that the method of interviewing and ascertaining who the new compliance chief
would be was complicated insomuch as every candidate had to meet with all of the
senior ICANN staff as well as those he/she would be supervising.  That sounded
a little like a smoke screen to me, but I accepted it.  At this stage, however,
is it not time for the BC to send a letter to the Chairman and the CEO noting
our frustration?  The CEO assured all of us in the public forum that he was
committed to ensuring that the community had all of the resources necessary for
compliance to be a robust component of the new gTLD program, as I recall.

Kind regards,

Ronald N. Andruff

RNA Partners, Inc.

From:
owner-bc-gnso at icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Marilyn Cade

Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011
5:57 PM

To: Adam Palmer; bc - GNSO list

Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] RE: GNSO
Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support

I am also quite concerned about these vacancies, but also
the related vacancies for enforcement /compliance. 

The comment made about staff support for Council policy
development really didn't touch these critical positions, and it is very
important that Berry
and Adam are 

calling your attention to those positions.

Adam, Berry, I am working on comments on the
Ops Plan/Budget. I am thinking that we should make a clear statement on the
implications of these positions.

I am not going to dwell on this, but having hired, trained,
and coached folks in such positions, we MUST recognize that being hired is not
being effective in a position, leaving aside other challenges. So, ICANN's
delays in hiring have significant impact on ability for staff to actually 'do
their job'. 

From: Adam_Palmer at symantec.com

To: bc-gnso at icann.org

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:25:23 -0800

Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] RE: GNSO Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff
Support

I know these jobs
require skilled managers and are not easy fills, but it alarms me they have
gone vacant so long.  I don’t understand how we can seriously expect good
results from even the best planning, if there is a lack of leadership to
execute those plans.  

This concerns me,
and assuming others feel the same, I think it is something we need to continue
to use our BC voice to remind ICANN that it must have an effective staff
infrastructure in place that instills trust in the community.  This is now
more important than ever.  

Best regards,

Adam

Adam Palmer

Norton Lead Cyber
Security Advisor

Symantec

Phone: 703-232-4914

From:
owner-bc-gnso at icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Berry Cobb

Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011
5:07 PM

To: 'Bc GNSO list '

Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] RE: GNSO
Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support

The three open reqs
still appear on ICANN’s Career section.

In other news, there
are two new reqs for gTLD operations, make a total of three for the new
program.

http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.allpositions&company_id=16025&version=1

Berry Cobb

Infinity Portals LLC

berrycobb at infinityportals.com

http://infinityportals.com

720.839.5735

From:
owner-bc-gnso at icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso at icann.org] On Behalf Of Adam Palmer

Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011
12:20 PM

To: Bc GNSO list 

Subject: [bc-gnso] RE: GNSO
Shelves New gTLD Work Due to Lack of Staff Support

Hi,

Phil’s post about staff workload reminded me---is there any
update on ICANN’s efforts to fill some of the key security and compliance
jobs?  Apologies if these are filled now and I missed it.  I don’t
see them listed on the staff web directory.

Best,

Adam Palmer

Symantec

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