<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear Ken,</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for this helpful information and your continued excellent work. I just wanted to let you know that the SCI does not have a meeting scheduled in Durban. Ron will provide an update to the GNSO Council on Saturday the 13th from 1730-1745. Nathalie sent the dial up details to the SCI list and you are of course welcome to join if that fits with your schedule.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Julie</div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Ken Bour <<a href="mailto:ken.bour@verizon.net">ken.bour@verizon.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Thursday, July 4, 2013 12:28 PM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] WG Self-Assessment Questionnaire (Draft v3)<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SCI Team Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">After our last teleconference (2 July), I continued my own evaluation of the questionnaire looking for ways to sharpen and improve it including addressing your feedback received thus far. I developed a new
Draft v3 for your review at: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/eEZ-Ag">https://community.icann.org/x/eEZ-Ag</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In this version of the questionnaire, I made the following substantive changes:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The "Expertise" question (Section II) was modified in an attempt to address Ron's observation about the expected variability in team members’ knowledge/skill.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tangential to Ron’s concern, I added a new disclaimer in the note just before Section II to explain how respondents might approach the challenge of assigning individual ratings
to complex dimensions. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In Section V, I substituted "Engagement" for "Participation" and changed the wording of the first question to address Wolf-Ulrich's feedback entered as a comment to Draft v2.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I elected to break out Personal Dimensions and Demographics into two independent sections. Each one represents a logically distinct category; furthermore, the table headings
simply did not apply correctly to the Demographics questions.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Added a third question to the Personal Dimensions which I labeled "Willingness-to-Serve" for want of a better noun. This question seeks to understand whether the WG experience
influences one's propensity to serve again in the future assuming all other conditions (e.g., topic, need/fit, availability) are favorable. In other words, are we systematically building or eroding volunteer capacity?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I look forward to your feedback on this third iteration of the WG Self-Assessment instrument.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As you may know, I will not be present in Durban; however, if the team wishes to continue working on this project and would like my involvement, I am willing to join in any/all sessions remotely if technical
conditions (e.g., room connections) permit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ken<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>