[gnso-rpm-wg] Suggestion for Leadership Team

[Greg Shatan]

I think the balance issue cuts rather differently, and a vice-chair from
the Contracted Parties House might actually exacerbate the issue.

If we are talking about "formal" representation, both J. Scott and Phil are
members of the Business Constituency, so it's not fair to say that Phil,
but not J. Scott, represents "business interests."  On an informal or "de
facto" level, J Scott tends to represent (or at least stand for) the
interests of businesses for whom IP is a significant asset, while Phil
represents (and actually does represent) the interests of domain investors
(a very specific sector of the business community for whom IP is, at best,
not a significant asset). As such, Phil's perspectives are far more aligned
with those represented by Kathy, and that is the imbalance to which I
refer.

My suggested configuration was intended to find a role for all 3
volunteers, while maintaining some sort of balance.  If Phil's not
interested in the GNSO Liaison role, in spite of the fact that it's the
role he volunteered for at Council, that's fine.  However, that does make
it appear that this was done as a steppingstone to the Chair and not out of
interest in the role on its own merits.  Of course, I may be reading too
much into things.

I'd like to stress that I have the highest respect, and even affection, for
all 3 volunteers, and for their contributions to ICANN over the years.  But
the configuration of our leadership team has to take other things into
account.

Greg


On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Jonathan Frost via gnso-rpm-wg <
gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org> wrote:

> I tend to agree that there might be balance issues in that  the
> non-contracted party house would have three representatives and the
> contracted party house would have none.
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> I think a viable option would be to  Phil as the Chair, J. Scott and Kathy
> as Vice Chairs, and a third vice chair from the contracted party house, to
> balance the equation.
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> Jonathan
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> *From:* gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:
> gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org] *On Behalf Of *Greg Shatan via gnso-rpm-wg
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:38 AM
> *To:* Statton Hammock <statton at rightside.rocks>
> *Cc:* Zahid Jamil-IG via gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Suggestion for Leadership Team
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> I have some concerns with this configuration in terms of balance (and
> related concerns about the accuracy of Volker's categorizations, on both
> the "formal" and de facto levels).  As such I would instead suggest J.
> Scott and Kathy as co-chairs, with Phil remaining in the role of GNSO
> Liaison (the primary role to which Phil was already appointed).
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> Greg Shatan
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> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Statton Hammock via gnso-rpm-wg <
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> Also agree with Volker's suggestion.
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> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Gabriela Szlak via gnso-rpm-wg <
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> ​+ 1 to Volker.
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> 2016-04-12 10:24 GMT-03:00 Volker Greimann via gnso-rpm-wg <
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> Hi all,
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> with the list of nominations and seconds that we have right now (and
> provided we will not get any last minute nominations), it looks like Phil,
> Scott and Kathy have the most support. While none of these candidates
> represent contracted parties, I do not see this as a problem, as I have
> great faith in the neutrality of all candidates.
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> With Phil formally representing business interests, Scott the IP concerns
> and Kathy the non commercial users, I propose we consider a triumvirate,
> maybe with one chair and two co/vice-chairs, with Phil as chair and Scott
> and Kathy as co-chairs.
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> Best regards,
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> Volker
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