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Hi,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I thought that the partial support meant that we, as a group, had reservations that were expressed in the included statements.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>In the preface we say the the level os support an unanimous. So partial support does not refer to the level of support in the council but rather to the degree to which we unanimously support the recommendation as written in the BWG draft.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>a.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On 26 nov 2007, at 15.57, Gomes, Chuck wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Thanks again Philip. This is looking very good in my opinion, but I still have a four areas of concern.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><u>3. All policy is developed in working groups in place of task forces of Council.</u></span></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><u></u></span></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">I still don't understand what positive elements in the current task force model would be excluded in a working group model. I would appreciate some explanation here. For the moment at least, I think we should say "Support", not "Partial Support". I have no problem emphasizing the need to include flexibility in the WG model but do not support the suggestion to include 'task forces'.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><u>3.2 Steps to improve effectiveness/ efficiency: proposals for running working groups.</u></span></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Why only "Partial Support" for this? I think we should say "Support".</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><u>4.1b Amend the bylaws to clarify the limited set of “consensus policies” upon which the GNSO may make change.</u></span></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">I think we should say "Support", not "Partial Support".</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"><u>5.2 Steps to improve effectiveness. </u></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><u>The monitoring / oversight role of Council.</u> </span></div></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Why only "Partial Support" for this? I think we should say "Support".</font></span></font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="457014614-26112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Chuck Gomes</font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">"This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized use, distribution, or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy/delete the original transmission." </font></div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gomes, Chuck<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> Philip Sheppard; Council GNSO<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Draft reply Council on GNSO reform<br></font><br></div> <div></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="464321619-21112007"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Thank you very much Philip for the very quick turn-around on this and for a job very well done. I inserted my comments in the attached document.</font></span></div> <div> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Chuck Gomes</font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">"This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any unauthorized use, distribution, or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy/delete the original transmission." </font></div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Philip Sheppard<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Council GNSO'<br><b>Subject:</b> [council] Draft reply Council on GNSO reform<br></font><br></div> <div></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">As agreed on yesterday's Council call, I promised to draft a short paper as a "straw man" listing those recommendations on GNSO reform that may be supportable by Council as a whole.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">Given the deadline is submission by 30 November I thought I'd better get a move on.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">Not surprisingly those listed are ones seeking:</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">- improvements in policy development and timeline flexibility,</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">- improvements in communications,</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">- improvements in outreach</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">- greater support for constituencies.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">I have left out proposals on structural change suspecting we will have differing views.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">On working groups, I am proposing a partial support, suspecting we mostly feel they will work for much policy work, but that tying our hands to have ONLY working groups for EVERY issue before us would be too inflexible. </span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">I hope I have captured areas of potential agreement. Your first comments please by <strong>November 25</strong> after which time I'll edit a proposed final version.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007">Comments can be as simple as - "yes I/we support" or can be proposals to strike one of the proposed areas of agreement. In that case, a word of explanation would be good to share.</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="671574813-21112007"></span></font> </div> <div> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Philip </font></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>