[council] reserved names work plan

[Gomes, Chuck]

I hope my comment did not come across as a criticism of Liz.  If so, I
apologize.  I also very much appreciate her long hours of work and just
simply wanted to point out that the draft ToR tasks the WG with making
such recommendations so it doesn't seem like the best idea to
predetermine their work.  Personally, I think her idea is very worthy of
further consideration.

Chuck 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
On Behalf Of Ross Rader
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:38 AM
To: Philip Sheppard
Cc: 'GNSO Council'
Subject: Re: [council] reserved names work plan

I agree with Chuck.

We don't know what the work is or whether we or not we will be engaging
in that work. I do appreciate the support we get from Liz - she has been
very instrumental in helping us move the ball forward over the past year
and a bit (especially in instances where we haven't been so inclined to
move), but there is also a natural ordering to events - the first of
which includes us deciding whether or not we are going to proceed, and
if so, what work we are going to proceed with.

Philip Sheppard wrote:
> re Chuck wrote: "I think it is premature to be recommending how work
should be done".
> ---------------------------------
> Is it not about time that we as Council started trusting the staff 
> (whom we asked for so long to have) and respond favourably to useful
recommendations?
> As someone who works for a secretariat I make work plan 
> recommendations all the time and my members - some of the top
companies in the world - expect no less.
> 
> Surely we want staff to guide us, steer us and help move things
forward?
> Then the WGs and PDPs decide on the actual policy (and are at liberty 
> to overturn a staff recommendation).
> 
> I for one like to see paid full time professionals be allowed to do
their job.
> 
> Philip
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