[Gnso-sc-budget] Agenda - 10 September 2018 - SCBO Meeting - 13:00 UTC

Sat Sep 8 13:10:27 UTC 2018

With apologies for delay, BC SME comments are pasted below.

Chris Chaplow, Jimson Olufuye and Marilyn Cade  are the BC reps as Subject Matter Experts to the GNSO SC Budget group established by the GNSO policy Council.  These comments are submitted by the BC SMES, with review and comment from the BC Excomm which includes our BC Councilors.  the questions are included. Respouse are in italics.
Marilyn Cade /on behalf of Jimson Olufuye, Chris Chaplow - SMEs on budget for BC for the SCBO.

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Questions to Consider

In reviewing the SCBO’s activity, lessons learned, and potential changes to its charter, the following questions should be considered:

  *   Should the SCBO continue to exist? BC: Yes, within its current ToR
  *   Does the charter need to be amended?  If so, how? The Current ToR seems adequate and focused.
  *   Was there adequate representation from the Council? Yes.
  *   Was participation from SG/C subject matter experts who were not Council members helpful? Speaking as SG/C SMEs we found the opportunity to lend input and analysis useful and also helpful to reflect back into our own work on the overall ICANN budget. The BC members and councilors supported the BC SME engagement.
  *   Should the Council submit comments without objection or create a motion for adoption? This is a matter for the BC Councilors and other Councilors to consider.  However, the BC does not support an automatic approval.  Review and agreement by whatever mechanism the gNSO Council agrees on is in the hands of the GNSO Councilors. The BC Councilors will address BC views, if this is further discussed.
  *   Should proposed comments be more precise? This is difficult to comment on, as if the group continues, it will then define how best to draft its comments. In many cases, general comments, with examples are more helpful than precise comments that are difficult to understand without examples.
  *   Should collaboration with the CCNSO be established? This is very worthwhile to to consider. The CCNSO however is different from the GNSO Council so it has a holistic approach to analyzing the ICANN Budget, and the BC budget committee always follows closely the analysis of the CCNSO on the overall budget.  If the proposal is to focus on which elements are relevant to both Councils regarding support to the Councils' work, this collaboration could be useful. However, for the GNSO, as analysis of the ICANN budget/strategic plan is spread across the SO and AC sub  groups, this would need to be taken into consideration.
  *   Was collaboration with ICANN’s Finance team useful and are changes required should the SCBO continue? Just continue present engagement. The Finance Team has been very responsive to any questions submitted and accepted invitations to all working calls.
  *   How do we better understand when the GNSO Council should be making comments vs. comments submitted from SGs/Cs and avoid overlap or competing positions? This is a bit tricky, as at least in the BC, the overall ICANN budget/Strategic Plan analysis and comments rests with the processes of the BC, led by the Vice President of Finance and Operations but supported by a working group in the BC.   Issues specific to the policy development process are informed by the Councilors and Vice Chair, Policy Coordination and are incorporated into the fuller BC analysis and comments but also deserve to have the visibility within the GNSO Council given the priority of GTLD policy to the BC.  The BC prefers that the GNSO policy Council focus on its role and purpose and comments that are about how policy coordination/development is served by ICANN, but strongly supports that that these comments/concerns be reflected by its participants in the overall ICANN budget working group through the SMEs from each of the SGs/Constituencies.

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Subject: [Gnso-sc-budget] Agenda - 10 September 2018 - SCBO Meeting - 13:00 UTC

Hi All,

Please find below our agenda for the 10 September 2018 SCBO call at 13:00 UTC.  The call is scheduled for 90 minutes.

1)      Administrative Matters

a.       SOIs

2)      Review draft SCBO After Action Report

3)      Explore opportunity to meet with CCNSO’s SPOC at ICANN63

4)      AOB / Next meeting

Note, I created the next version of the draft AAR.  It is an attempt to incorporate the feedback received to date.  I welcome any suggested edits.  The Council’s documents and motions deadline is 17 September 2018 at 23:59 UTC.  It will be good to have this report submitted on time so that the Council can consider it at the September meeting and avoid this being an agenda item in ICANN63 sessions.

Thank you.

B

Berry A. Cobb

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