[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Statement from the Co-Chairs

[George Kirikos]

Sorry, typo. That should have been point #3, not point #4.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
http://www.leap.com/


On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:01 PM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
> Hi Mary,
>
> It seems your email came in while I was responding to the prior one.
> In particular, see point #4 of:
>
> http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-igo-ingo-crp/2018-February/001086.html
>
> Sending the GNSO Council leadership further emails and exchanges was
> *not* what was agreed to on January 11th. I was the only one entitled
> to make a further response to the January 16th 2018 PDF, and everyone
> agreed to that.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 6:26 PM, Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org> wrote:
>> Hello Phil and everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> Staff has provided the GNSO Council leadership and the Council liaison to
>> this PDP with copies of the email exchanges that took place this week on our
>> mailing list, as well as a copy of the co-chairs’ 31 January proposal, as
>> requested by Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>> We understand that the GNSO Chair, Dr Heather Forrest, is away next week so
>> it is probable that we will not receive her response before her return.
>>
>>
>>
>> In the meantime, we invite Working Group members who have not yet weighed in
>> on the question as to whether you support (or not) the use of a community
>> facilitator to indicate your preference via this mailing list.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mary and Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Gnso-igo-ingo-crp <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of
>> "Corwin, Philip via Gnso-igo-ingo-crp" <gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org>
>> Reply-To: "Corwin, Philip" <pcorwin at verisign.com>
>> Date: Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 09:39
>> To: "gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org" <gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org>
>> Subject: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Statement from the Co-Chairs
>>
>>
>>
>> The co-chairs are extremely disappointed by Mr. Kirikos’ rejection of what
>> we believe is a very reasonable compromise proposal regarding a path forward
>> for this WG. That proposal withdraws the request that the poll sought by the
>> co-chairs to assist them in performing their Guideline duties be anonymous,
>> and accepts consideration of his proposal (subject to WG support) for a
>> facilitated session in which maximum participation of WG members will be
>> encouraged.
>>
>> A review of the transcript of the January 18th call held between the
>> co-chairs shows that there was no agreement on every element of a path
>> forward, only an agreement to vet the concept of a facilitated session with
>> the full WG. As noted from page 32 of the transcript, Mr. Kirikos - at least
>> at the time of the second call - seemed to accept such way to move
>> forward[1]. Notwithstanding Mr. Kirikos’ decision to reject our compromise
>> offer and continue his section 3.7 appeal, the co-chairs continue to
>> encourage feedback from other members on our proposal and thank those who
>> have already responded.
>>
>> ICANN 61 is just five weeks away, and the co-chairs are concerned that
>> further substantial delay in resolving the 3.7 appeal will make it
>> logistically impossible to secure the assistance of a community facilitator
>> for the WG’s session there if there is overall WG support for that approach.
>> We will therefore request that staff provide the GNSO Council Chair with a
>> copy of our compromise proposal, copies of Mr. Kirikos’ email responses on
>> the WG list, a copy of this further response from the co-chairs, and copies
>> of feedback on our proposal from other WG members -- along with a request
>> from the co-chairs that the Council Chair or her designated representative
>> decide his appeal as expeditiously as possible. Those materials will make
>> clear that the issue of an anonymous poll is no longer in dispute, and that
>> the appeal is now confined to an objection to the co-chairs’ exercise of
>> their discretion to utilize a public and transparent poll of WG members to
>> assist us in proposing consensus levels and initiate the consensus call
>> process recommended in section 3.6 of the Guidelines, as well as address any
>> potential allegations of WG “capture”.
>>
>> We thank WG members for their continued patience and feedback, and hope we
>> can resume WG activities and complete our work as soon as possible and
>> thereby conclude final recommendations on the topics of our WG.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Philip Corwin and Petter Rindforth
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] ICANN Transcription Call to discuss George Kirikos appeal under section
>> 3.7 of the GNSO WG guidelines / Thursday, 18 January 2018 at 17:00 UTC /
>> Page 32: (George Kirikos): “…And I actually proposed earlier in the chat
>> room that, you know, we can put this proposed solution to the working group
>> members to see how they feel and I concur with that”
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> Philip S. Corwin
>>
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>>
>> "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> [1] ICANN Transcription Call to discuss George Kirikos appeal under section
>> 3.7 of the GNSO WG guidelines / Thursday, 18 January 2018 at 17:00 UTC /
>> Page 32: (George Kirikos): “…And I actually proposed earlier in the chat
>> room that, you know, we can put this proposed solution to the working group
>> members to see how they feel and I concur with that”
>>
>>
>>
>>
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