[council] Names Council business plan - 8 Jan 2001

[Alick Wilson]

Hi All

>The GNSO needs to develop a clear operational and strategic plan that help
guide our priorities as well as assist the ICANN Board in developing the
ICANN Strategic Plan.
I agree, it's essential.

>Do we have any volunteers to develop an operational plan for the GNSO for
the next 12 months - that identifes major policy areas, as well as steps to
follow up on the recommendations from the GNSO Council review?

Now that we have staff support, I believe it is time to make a change in the
way we undertake council work. I believe that staff should run this as a
project, with terms of reference, a project plan, a project manager (staff),
and with the bulk of the plan produced by staff. Council, or a Strategic
Planning Subcommittee or Task Force should review and approve the work done
by staff, including providing input as appropriate.

Put in its simplest form, staff should plan and manage the project and do
the work. Council should make policy and organisational decisions based upon
this work.

I believe we need to discuss this in the context of Administrative planning
and coordination Council/Staff working sessions.

Thanks,
Alick

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2005 12:55 p.m.
To: council at gnso.icann.org
Subject: [council] Names Council business plan - 8 Jan 2001


Hello All,

The GNSO needs to develop a clear operational and strategic plan that help
guide our priorities as well as assist the ICANN Board in developing the
ICANN Strategic Plan.

For historical interest.

Here is a "business plan" for the Names Council dated 8 Jan 2001:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001-02.v4.NCbusinessplan.html 

Do we have any volunteers to develop an operational plan for the GNSO for
the next 12 months - that identifes major policy areas, as well as steps to
follow up on the recommendations from the GNSO Council review?

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin