[WP2] IRP provider appointment Was: updated documents from this morning

[Burr, Becky]

Other thoughts folks?


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On 7/29/15, 12:37 PM, "Robin Gross" <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:

>I think it would be a mistake for the appointment process not to be
>conducted jointly by the parties entering into it.  For one party (ICANN)
>to be able to conduct the process creates too great of an incentive for
>that process to favor the party who conducts it.  In order to remove the
>incentive for bias, the appointment process should be conducted jointly
>by ICANN and the community.
>
>Thanks,
>Robin
>
>On Jul 29, 2015, at 3:25 AM, Malcolm Hutty wrote:
>
>> Becky,
>> 
>> These papers looks very good, and shows how much we have achieved. We
>> seem to be just about done, so congratulations.
>> 
>> I can find on the paper just one note of disagreement still being
>> recorded, relating to the appointment of the IRP Provider.
>> 
>> * Greg had proposed that the appointment process be conducted by ICANN
>> and the community jointly.
>> 
>> * I had said I thought that this was likely to be unworkable, and that
>> it would be sufficient to have ICANN consult the community on the terms
>> of the tender process, but selection itself should be by ICANN.
>> 
>> Where did we get to on this? I remember a back-and-forth between me and
>> Greg on this list, but don't remember it being discussed by the group.
>> 
>> -> If it hasn't been decided by WP2 collectively, may I ask that you
>> test the group's opinion as to whether they prefer my approach or
>>Greg's?
>> 
>> -> If it has been decided and I just missed it, and the collective view
>> was to prefer Greg's proposal, you may remove the footnote noting my
>> disagreement: it is not my view that this is such a serious issue that I
>> would want to preserve my objection as a minority statement to go into
>> the Final Report for Public Comment.
>> 
>> Kind Regards,
>> 
>> Malcolm.
>> 
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