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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Well, if I could throw it back Stéphane, when you say that the
work done so far did not produce the ‘desired results’, what is meant by that? What
were our needs and what was the objective? [and I apologize for lacking some of
the history here, as I believe this effort started before I joined the Council].
Surely we managed as a group to identify some projects of agreed high importance
and my thinking was to use that information when we face decisions around prioritizing
work – be that time spent by Council on a particular topic at a meeting or
whatever. For example, do the Chairs need / use that sort of information when
drafting meeting agendas, allocating time etc?<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 was the expected output of this project – how can we all have
got to the end of this very long effort and have failed so miserably in the
eyes of some, to the extent that we cannot salvage anything useful whatsoever? I
agree that the process seemed rather laborious and complex but was there not some
general agreement on some aspects? <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'>I should add at this point that I unfortunately has to miss the Saturday
session in Brussels that was devoted to the Work Prioritization effort and so
do not have the benefit of that Council discussion either and I failed to see
the project’s final stages in action. However, it would be useful for me to
hear again what went so disastrously wrong in the opinion of some – was it the complexity
/ amount of effort spent relative to the value of the project (in which case we
can probably all agree on that but look to the results anyway and try to use
them in some way) or the process (ie, was it flawed in some way? If we all
agree on that, then yes, we should scrap the results that we have). Alternatively,
do we simply not know what to now do with the results, in which case that
requires group discussion in my opinion.<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'>Many thanks,<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'>Caroline.<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:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stéphane Van Gelder
[mailto:stephane.vangelder@indom.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 August 2010 12:46<br>
<b>To:</b> Caroline Greer<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <cgomes@verisign.com>; <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] GNSO Project Prioritization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>How would you suggest using the model already developed (ie
making use of the work done to date as you suggest)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The very reason we are wondering how to continue our
prioritisation project is that people deemed the work done so far not to have
produced the desired results. We can recognise that the group who undertook
this work deserve a round of applause for their efforts while still considering
that the result is not applicable to our needs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>That being the case, if you feel this work can be used going
forward, I think it would help if you explained in greater detail how you think
this can be done, so we can all understand what you have in mind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Stéphane <br>
<br>
Envoyé de mon iPhone4<o:p></o:p></p>
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Le 9 août 2010 à 12:39, "Caroline Greer" <<a
href="mailto:cgreer@mtld.mobi">cgreer@mtld.mobi</a>> a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chuck,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My
‘other’ selection was formed on the same basis. I’d like to think that we can
at least make some use of the work completed to date and then we can focus on
making the process even more efficient and useful going forward.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind
regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Caroline.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a>
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gomes, Chuck<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 August 2010 05:12<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [council] GNSO Project Prioritization</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In follow-up to the poll we
took in our Council meeting this past week regarding GNSO project
prioritization, for those that selected the</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“Other” choice. Please</span> <span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>respond on this list with a description of what your</span>
<span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“Other” choice is.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I will start of by
repeating mine: A combination of option 2 (use the prioritization
exercise results to make</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>project
decisions going forward) and option 4 (improve the process).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For those who did not
participate or did not</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>vote,
please feel free to submit a new option if you have one.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks, Chuck</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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