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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I think what the GNSO needs is a very simple resource model that
maps current staffing, travel, external study funds against tasks. You don't
actually need to be managing a staff budget, it is really managing a resource
profile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So I would expect something along the lines of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>policy staff: 4.5 FTE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Travel funds in addition to ICANN meetings: $x<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Funds for external studies: $y<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Then you would expect some estimates related to the PDP steps:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>issues report: x FTE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> Initial report: y FTE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> final report: z FTE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You should then be able to work out that there is capacity for
say 3 PDPs in parallel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Then what should those 3 be for the year becomes the
question....<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Right now you have GNSO council kicking off work left and right
- with low thresholds to start something. The staff don't have the ability to
say “no, can't fit that in this year”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The ultimate result is staff are spread too thin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Of course the same applies to the volunteer resources. Each
stakeholder group probably has up to about 4 FTE of people really available to
spend hours on this sort of work. I am talking about heavy lifters here - able
to guide and draft text. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>So the point becomes how prioritisation needs to understand how
many activities the GNSO can do well. Part of the reason the GNSO doesn't make
much progress on some things - is it is working on 10-20 projects at once.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I look forward to the Prioritisation Working Group presenting on
their model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Chuck – further comments below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Adrian Kinderis</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 20 April 2010 10:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adrian Kinderis; KnobenW@telekom.de; council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for FY11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Adrian,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Please see my responses below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Chuck</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Adrian
Kinderis [mailto:adrian@ausregistry.com.au] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 19, 2010 7:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> KnobenW@telekom.de; Gomes, Chuck; council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for FY11</span><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Wolf et al,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>What concerns me over the entire function of the Council is the
fact that there is no budget associated with the policy development*.<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>[Gomes, Chuck] There is a budget associated with policy
development although it is not separated as a policy development budget per
se. It would be helpful if it was. </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:red'>[AK] Agreed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The Work Prioritisation Team is about to present a
prioritisation methodology and process that is unable to take into account the
amount of staff time that is budgeted to support prioritised work.<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>[Gomes, Chuck] Estimates could probably be made in this regard
but I don't think they are needed to do the initial prioritization.
They would become quite important if we do not have enough resources to do all
of our work. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:red'>[AK] That is exactly my point! If we don’t have the resources
perhaps we should re-evaluate our prioritisation!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This seems upside down or back-to-front or something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>How can we comment on funding for WHOIS studies when we have no
visibility on how much it may impact our ability to have staff support other
important areas of work?<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>[Gomes, Chuck] My understanding is that the overwhelming
majority of the Studies work would be outsourced. Obviously Staff has to
arrange for that and manage it; is that what you are talking about
Adrian? I assume the Whois Studies project, if we approve some
studies would be a part of our prioritization exercise, but that would only be
the case if there are funds to do some studies. </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:red'>[AK] That is indeed what i mean. Do we have any idea how big the
bucket is and how much each task/ project will impact it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>*On a GNSO call a few months back I asked Denise explicitly if
there was a budget for staff support of Policy Development. I was told directly
and clearly that there is not.<br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>[Gomes, Chuck] I think there is a misunderstanding here.
There are lots of funds in the budget to support policy development work;
we benefit from those funds everyday. But, as noted above, to date
they have not been reported as a separate and inclusive budget
category. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Adrian Kinderis</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>KnobenW@telekom.de<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 20 April 2010 6:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> cgomes@verisign.com; council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AW: [council] Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for FY11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Chuck</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>is this meant as a placeholder to be sure having funds available in
FY11? Which is the deadline where it has to become more precise in terms of the
number and kind of studies to be funded?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I suppose everybody has own priorities. Speaking on behalf of the
ISP constituency we would like to see on top those studies dealing with data
accuracy improvement and secondly those digging into the privacy complex.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Regards</span>
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<span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Wolf-Ulrich</span><span
lang=DE> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>Im
Auftrag von </b>Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 16. April 2010 22:37<br>
<b>An:</b> GNSO Council<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [council] Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for FY11<br>
<b>Wichtigkeit:</b> Hoch</span><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><<Motion
for Whois Studies Funding for FY11.doc>> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In our Council meeting on 1 April I encouraged Councilors and their
respective SGs and Constituencies to develop and propose specfic
recommendations for funding of Whois Studies in the FY11 budget but no such
recommendations were submitted. Recognizing that the Draft ICANN Budget
has to be posted not later than 17 May and our next Council meeting after the
one on 21 April is not until 20 May, three days later, I decided that we should
try to make a recommendation in our meeting on 21 April. To facilitate
that possibility I asked Liz to draft the attached motion (also pasted below).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Because of the lateness of the motion we would need to first approve an
exception to the 8-day GNSO Operating Procedures Requirement for motions before
we could act on this motion. Also note that the motion has a placeholder
for the amount to be budgeted for Whois Studies. My personal opinion is
that it would be good to fund at least two studies in FY11 and even better if
we could fund three if they are ready to go, thereby avoiding very lengthy
delays for at least two and maybe three studies. Based on the estimates
provided for two of the studies, a minimum of $300,000 would be needed and it
might be wise to add a 10% buffer on to that, making it $330,000. If we
decided to budget for three studies, one of which we do not have any cost
estimates for, we could bump the amount up to $500,000.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a year of limited financial resources, we cannot guarantee how much will
ultimately be put into the budget but we can should in my opinion at least make
a recommendation for consideration by the community and ultimately the ICANN
Board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:108.0pt'>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Please discuss this motion with your SGs and Constituencies before our
meeting on Wednesday so that we can act on it using whatever amount we decide
at that time if possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Discussion on the list is encouraged and, if anyone is willing to second it
without the amount inserted, that is welcome as well. If anyone would
rather see an amount inserted, we can insert one that can later be amended.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Chuck <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Motion for WHOIS Studies Funding for FY11 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Whereas: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In October 2007, the GNSO Council concluded that a comprehensive, objective
and quantifiable understanding of key factual issues regarding the gTLD WHOIS
system would benefit future GNSO policy development efforts (<a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Before defining the details of studies, the Council solicited suggestions from
the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS. Suggestions were submitted
(<a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/WHOIS-comments-2008/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/WHOIS-comments-2008/</a>
) and ICANN staff prepared a 'Report on Public Suggestions on Further Studies
of WHOIS', dated 25-Feb-2008 (<a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/Whois-privacy/Whois-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/WHOIS-privacy/WHOIS-study-suggestion-report-25feb08.pdf</a>
).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On 5 November 2008 the GNSO Council formed a drafting team to solicit
further constituency views assessing both the priority level and the
feasibility of the various proposed WHOIS studies, with the goal of deciding
which studies, if any, should be assessed for cost and feasibility. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Drafting Team determined that the six studies with the highest average
priority scores should be the subject of further research to determine
feasibility and obtain cost estimates. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On 4 March 2009 the GNSO Council requested that Staff conduct research on
feasibility and cost estimates for those six WHOIS studies and following that
assessment the Council would decide which studies should be conducted (<a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200903">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200903</a>)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>On 23 March 2010, staff provided its analysis to the GNSO Council of costs
and feasibility for the first two study areas, and will continue to work on the
remaining areas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Resolved, that the GNSO Council recommends that at least (insert US dollar
amount) be included in the ICANN Budget for FY 2011.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Resolved further, that the GNSO secretariat communicate this resolution to
the ICANN Chief Financial Officer and the Board Finance Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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