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<p><font size=4 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
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Dear Council Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:navy'> Thanks very much for the Council Agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:navy'>I see two areas where it is going to be important to have ICANN
senior staff/additional resources available to the Council for the upcoming call,
and ask that you extend invitations to them to join the Council call, if this
is not already the case. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:navy'>First, in reviewing the Minutes from our last Council call, there was
a request for assistance/additional work to the Assistant General Counsel that
were initially accepted, with several updates along the way by staff that the
materials were under development, delayed, but forthcoming, etc., and then
finally, it was announced to Council after the Council call, by email that the
requested support materials were not to be supplied. Regrettably, on the
Council call, there was no indication by staff of this decision, so that
Council might have modified its work request in an informed manner. I am not
commenting on the decision not to provide the requested document, but the
communication and collegiality needed to problem solve with Council on what can
be provided. I know that we are ever evolving and improving our working interactions.
Thus, as I view the Council and the staff as partners in support of policy
development, I would suggest that improvements in timeliness and responsiveness
in keeping Council up to date that a requested work item will not be provided could
become a common and shared objective for our future work together. Having made
that statement, nevertheless, given that we are discussing the PDPs, and the
progression of work in particular on PDP Feb 06, I would appreciate having the
Assistant General Counsel join the call to be available to support the
discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:navy'>Secondly, as we are discussing the GNSO Review as an agenda item, let
me thank you for putting the topic of progressing the broader GNSO involvement
in the GNSO review on the agenda. This deserves some thoughtful discussion and
probably a further discussion on Sunday, in Sao Paolo, of the Council. It will
be helpful to hear an update from Denise Michel, to launch this discussion on
our next Council call. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>While I see some enthusiasm from some constituency reps to
start voting on piecemeal parts of the LSE review, I recall form the conf. call
briefings, and from the Board that the LSE Review is one input, and that
broader inputs from the community and from the Constituencies are needed to
have informed consideration about evolution and improvements in the GNSO. Thus,
I am not in favor of voting on piecemeal items. I am aware of the long
standing work items from the Council review that need to be taken into account,
along with the LSE independent review. I’d like us to have a
rationalized document that brings the results of both ‘reviews’
into alignment. Perhaps Denise can task her team to provide such a resource,
ahead of the Council call, as a resource document. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>I take note of the comments from some that there are members
of the Council or Constituencies who are afraid that others are afraid of
change, or will resist change for personal reasons. I assume we could all have
that suspicion of each other, of others in other SOs, or even of Board members
or Staff. However, I want to have a different vision: I have faith that
everyone who works at ICANN cares deeply about its success, however they define
success from their own view of the ‘elephant’, taking note of the
parable of the blind men and the elephant encounter. I note long hours of
volunteering, hard work to examine issues, and even personal funding of travel
to ICANN meetings by so many in the community of stakeholders, both within the
Constituencies and beyond, in the At Large, Board, and in other SOs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>I am looking forward to hearing from Denise what the progress
is on development of ideas on a balanced process can be developed to take into
account input from the presently involved, from some expertise not yet engaged,
from Board members, and even from the GAC and other SOs, that can inform
improvements and changes within this SO as is appropriate to support its role
in ICANN and the continuing changes and challenges of ICANN’s success. It
may be that there is a useful cross SO process of inputs and idea generation as
well. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>So, as one Councilor, I’d like to hear from Denise what
proposed approaches might be, and discuss rationally and professionally, from
the perspective of councilors, some ideas. I take note that the constituencies also
often have elected officers, and that it would be inappropriate to supersede
discussions within constituencies that can involve their members and officers. Thus,
I suspect that this is not the sole discussion that is needed, and would welcome
hearing how or what ideas exist to have engagement across the SO as a whole. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Finally, can we move this topic up on the agenda, since it is
of considerable interest and importance. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Marilyn Cade, BC Councilor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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