[CCWG-ACCT] The whois/RDS-RT bylaw vs. current activities

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G. crg at isoc-cr.org
Thu Apr 28 15:04:20 UTC 2016


Agree with Steve. Presently the PDP on subsequent rounds and the CCT 
Review are coordinating “live” in a rather efficient manner with 
calls between the leaderships every two weeks.

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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On 28 Apr 2016, at 7:55, Steve Crocker wrote:

> Speaking for myself, without benefit of coordination with my 
> colleagues on the ICANN Board or with staff, my quick reaction is a 
> PDP is not a substitute for a review.  I do believe we have to find a 
> way to be more efficient and coordinated when we have multiple 
> interacting processes, and collection of whois and directory services 
> activities is probably the premier example at the moment.  We don’t 
> have a solution at the moment, but I don’t think equating a PDP with 
> a review is the right approach.  In principle, reviews start from a 
> neutral position and assess the situation.  In contrast, policy 
> development processes start with the premise that a policy is needed 
> and the bulk of the activity during a PDP is the creation and shaping 
> of that policy.  Reviews can lead to PDPs, but they’re not 
> interchangeable.
>
> Steve
>
>> On Apr 28, 2016, at 9:12 AM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In thinking about the way the bylaws require the regular RTs and how
>> those might interact with other processes, I'm wondering whether we
>> think it would be consistent with the report to say that, if a PDP is
>> going on about any topic that is subject to regular RT, then the PDP
>> can be counted as fulfilling the purposes of the RT?
>>
>> It seems to me that this is consistent with the point of the regular
>> RT requirement (i.e. ensuring that the review happens in a timely 
>> way)
>> without entailing that we waste time, money, and energy in multiple,
>> potentially conflicting efforts on the same topic.
>>
>> Have I missed something?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> A
>>
>> -- 
>> Andrew Sullivan
>> ajs at anvilwalrusden.com
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