[RDS-WHOIS2-RT-Leadership_Staff] RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team

[Alan Greenberg]

Update on where we are:

- Volker said he would try to do it last weekend but nothing in from 
him and mail auto-respond says he is en route to Kobe.

- Stephanie submitted her comments on the report, and I think is 
planning on submitting a minority statement. It is not clear if she 
is supporting all of the recommendations or not. She has said she 
wants to support the consensus but has also raised an issue with one 
recommendation.

This is my last day before I leave.

Alan


At 28/02/2019 10:55 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>Hi Keith,
>
>I am sending this message as Chair of the RDS-WHOIS2 Review Team to 
>update you on the status of the Review.
>
>It had been our intention to issue our Final Report by the end of 
>2018, but for a number of reasons, that proved not possible. 
>Similarly, we were not able to make the fall-back date of 31 January 
>2019 but are trying to get it out prior to the leaving for the Kobe 
>meeting. We are in the last editing phase but there is still one 
>stumbling block - determining the final level of consensus on the 
>recommendations.
>
>The recommendations were largely finalized during our last 
>face-to-face meeting on 10-12 December, subject to final editing. At 
>that time, all team members indicated they supported the 
>recommendations except for one member who objected to one 
>recommendation. That recommendation was reworded to that team 
>member's satisfaction, and no one registered any other dissent. 
>Nevertheless, the team decided that we would hold a final consensus 
>call to ensure that everyone was satisfied with the final intent and 
>wording of the recommendations.
>
>At this point, of the nine active and voting RT members, seven have 
>formally given their final support for all recommendations. Despite 
>several many requests and reminders for a response, two of the team 
>members, Stephanie Perrin and Volker Greimann, appointed by the GNSO 
>Council, have not responded.
>
>Although I am sure that both Stephanie and Volker had good reason to 
>have not been able to reply, we cannot further delay the issuance of 
>the report.
>
>I discussed the situation today with my leadership team (Susan 
>Kawaguchi, appointed by the GNSO and Cathrin Bauer-Bulst, appointed 
>by the GAC). We believe that based on the general support we had for 
>the recommendations at the end of the last face-to-face meeting and 
>shortly thereafter, and the lack of any message indicating that 
>either Stephanie or Volker is NOT supporting any recommendation, we 
>plan to declare that we have full consensus on all recommendations, 
>noting this history and the lack of a reply from the two members.
>
>As what I would consider a poorer alternative, we could just base 
>consensus on the seven members who have provided final input (and 
>effectively reducing the GNSO voting count from four to two).
>
>As the Chair of the group appointing these two Review Team Members, 
>I would appreciate hearing your views on this and having your 
>support for proceeding with the first alternative.
>
>Warm regards, Alan