[Gnso-rpm-sunrise] [Gnso-rpm-trademark] RPM sub team homework assignments need to be "bite-sized"

[Corwin, Philip]

Concerns duly noted.

Let's see how far we get this Wednesday.

Philip S. Corwin
Policy Counsel
VeriSign, Inc.
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Reston, VA 20190
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571-342-7489/Cell

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gnso-rpm-sunrise [mailto:gnso-rpm-sunrise-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Griffin Barnett
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 5:09 PM
To: George Kirikos <icann at leap.com>; gnso-rpm-sunrise at icann.org; gnso-rpm-trademark at icann.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Gnso-rpm-sunrise] [Gnso-rpm-trademark] RPM sub team homework assignments need to be "bite-sized"

I would support George's suggestion of breaking up current HW assignments into smaller, more manageable bits. I know we are attempting to keep to an aggressive work plan timeline, but overwhelming members with HW to the point where we cannot possibly complete it all in a timely manner results in paralysis (even among the most active of us) that is counterproductive.

Sincerely,

Griffin



Griffin M. Barnett
Associate
Winterfeldt IP Group






-----Original Message-----
From: Gnso-rpm-trademark [mailto:gnso-rpm-trademark-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of George Kirikos
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 5:01 PM
To: gnso-rpm-sunrise at icann.org; gnso-rpm-trademark at icann.org
Subject: [Gnso-rpm-trademark] RPM sub team homework assignments need to be "bite-sized"

(cross-posting to both sub team lists)

Hi folks,

I spent about 4 hours today attempting the sub team homework assignments for this week (tomorrow), and have only gone through the first four (of the twelve) source documents, to try to cross-reference relevant data against the charter questions. I spoke with a couple of other very active sub team members who are also concerned about the workload for this week.

Perhaps different members have different expectations on the amount of outside time expected to be devoted between calls, but for myself, 4 hours is already pushing things (it typically took me around that much time for the past homework assignments too).

I think we need to discuss breaking the tasks down into more bite-sized pieces, as there was just too much to review for this week.
I know staff has already attempted to pick out relevant data for each charter question, but it wouldn't be a "review" if we as sub team members didn't read the source documents ourselves independently, and simply relied on what staff provided.

Also, it might have been easier to do the review if staff input was in the (currently) blank Google docs, rather than in the spreadsheet tabs, as even on a 27" monitor, it was difficult to compare their input with my own as I was reading the various source documents, and tried to switch multiple tabs/documents.

If others share these concerns, please do take a moment to comment or provide suggestions on ideal expected duration of assignments (in hours), technical impediments, etc.

Sincerely,

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