<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">We have received a response to our inquiry to the CWG concerning the group’s timing and progress.<div><br></div><div>I would like to suggest that we reserve some time (at least 90 minutes) at our face-to-face meeting next week to discuss the impact of the response on our process timeline <<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icg-process-timeline-07jan15-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icg-process-timeline-07jan15-en.pdf</a>>. I will circulate a proposal for modifying our timeline in advance of the face-to-face meeting. If you have thoughts in the meantime, please share them on this thread.</div><div><br></div><div>Alissa<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"Jonathan Robinson" <<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>CWG Timetable - Best Case Estimate (RESEND with updated attachment)</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">January 30, 2015 at 5:37:21 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"Alissa Cooper" <<a href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in">alissa@cooperw.in</a>>, Patrik Fältström <<a href="mailto:paf@frobbit.se">paf@frobbit.se</a>>, "Mohamed El Bashir" <<a href="mailto:mbashir@mbash.net">mbashir@mbash.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><<a href="mailto:jrobinson@afilias.info">jrobinson@afilias.info</a>><br></span></div><br><div>Dear Alissa, ICG Vice Chairs & Colleages,<br><br>Thank-you for this note. We are pleased to be able to now respond in some<br>more detail.<br><br>Following our collective recognition that the CWG would not be able to<br>respond with a proposal in time to meet the original planned submission of<br>31 January 2015, we have continued to work hard at making progress. This has<br>involved many areas of concurrent work including re-evaluating the work<br>required to complete a proposal and seeking to clearly understand the key<br>dependencies. In this regard, we would like to draw your attention to a<br>three key points:<br><br>1. The number and diversity of participants in the CWG's work necessarily<br>mean that it is time-consuming and complex to take account of these inputs.<br>2. The number of dependencies which impact the timeline of the CWG's work,<br>not all of which can be effectively or completely managed by ourselves.<br>3. The inter-relationship with the work of the CCWG on Accountability and<br>the necessary inter-dependence of the work of the CWG and the CCWG.<br><br>Recognising the above, we have constructed a timeline which seeks to provide<br>a Best Case for the production of a proposal from the CWG. This Best Case<br>seeks to predict the path to production of a final proposal which can be<br>signed off by the chartering organisations and moreover, is correlated with<br>the work of the CCWG on Accountability. This Best Case is includes key areas<br>of work (separated into specific work streams), the use of high intensity<br>periods of work and the potential use of an in person / face-to-face meeting<br>of the CWG. It also highlights where there are key risks to the timetable<br>and the consequent target date. These risks are represented by triangles on<br>the diagram. They include but are not limited to:<br><br>A. Lack of consensus within the CWG around a specific proposal<br>B. Issues around the duration to acquire legal advice or the specific<br>content of any such advice<br>B. The willingness or ability of the chartering organisations to support the<br>outcome of the work of the CWG<br><br>Rest assured, we have every intention of producing a proposal, which has the<br>support of the CWG members and the chartering organisations, in a timely<br>fashion and will make best efforts to do so. However, we feel strongly that<br>we need to set expectations about the current timetable and the implicit<br>target it contains in that it contains identified risks and therefore may<br>not be achievable. <br><br>We trust that this is an effective update and are committed to continuing to<br>work towards a well-supported proposal as well as to keeping you informed of<br>and engaged in our progress to that end.<br><br>Thank-you for your active involvement and appreciation of our task.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br><br><br>Jonathan Robinson & Lise Fuhr<br><br>Attachment: An representation of the Best Case timetable of work for the CWG<br>correlated with our current understanding of the work of the CWG and with<br>the current timetable of the ICG<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Alissa Cooper [<a href="mailto:alissa@cooperw.in">mailto:alissa@cooperw.in</a>] <br>Sent: 16 January 2015 23:16<br>To: <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] Request from ICG<br><br>Dear CWG,<br><br>The ICG has been following the developments in all of the operational<br>communities, including the naming community. We have noted some discussions<br>about the possibility that the CWG might require additional time to complete<br>its response to the ICG RFP beyond its original planned submission date of<br>30 January 2015. In this regard, the ICG would appreciate receiving the<br>CWG's estimated revised completion date, taking into account appropriate<br>time for community consultation. Please communicate this to the ICG as soon<br>as possible but not later than 31 January 2015. It would also be helpful for<br>you to indicate what you expect the CWG’s major challenges to be to complete<br>your work in a timely fashion and whether ICG coordination can be of<br>assistance. <br><br>We appreciate the CWG’s continued diligence in working towards target<br>completion dates and we expect to stay in close contact concerning the<br>group’s progress until its work is complete.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Alissa Cooper on behalf of the ICG<br>_______________________________________________<br>CWG-Stewardship mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CWG-Stewardship@icann.org">CWG-Stewardship@icann.org</a><br>https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cwg-stewardship<br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>