[council] Board letter to GNSO Council

William Drake william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
Wed Oct 21 14:25:51 UTC 2009


Hello,

Bruce said he 'could be available to meet with any subgroup of the  
GNSO,' and I believe Avri suggested we get 2-3 names per constituency  
to get the process started.  NCUC would support that process, it's the  
right thing to do this within normal, agreed GNSO procedures.   
However, we would not support privileging the defunct IRT and having  
it select members of an advisory group to the DT.  We, like most  
everyone in ALAC I saw comment, were not happy with the way the IRT  
process was handled and I suggest we do not unnecessarily revisit  
prior sources of strong disagreement, which will just cloud things.   
There are a lot of people with expertise who were not allowed to  
participate in the IRT and probably wouldn't be selected by the IRT  
but who could serve if a separate advisory group if the DT decides one  
is really needed (not obvious ex ante).  And anyway, if constituencies  
opt to put forward names that served on the IRT, that will bring the  
relevant institutional memory to the table.  So we don't need to  
elevate the IRT per se to some special position of authority in this  
matter.

Best,

Bill


On Oct 21, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Rosette, Kristina wrote:

>
> I will be the provisional IPC rep (and one of the CSG reps) to the  
> DT.  Depending on the work plan developed by the DT and approved by  
> the Council in Seoul, the IPC may wish to designate a different  
> representative from that point forward.
>
> The Board letter to the Council makes clear that certain aspects of  
> the IRT's recommendations remain poorly understood. Accordingly, the  
> IPC suggests that the Council request that the former IRT identify a  
> small group of its members to serve as a resource and advisory group  
> to the DT and whatever "entity" takes the work forward.  In  
> particular, it would be most productive for that group to include at  
> least one former IRT member who worked on the IP Clearinghouse  
> Proposal and one who worked on the URS proposal.  (The IRT work was  
> done through several work teams.  Those former IRT members who  
> worked on the specific recommendations will be best placed to  
> clarify any misunderstandings, to explain the reasoning behind  
> certain recommendations, and the like). Being able to call on former  
> IRT members for such clarification and explanation will be highly  
> conducive to a quality product in responding to the letter.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner- 
> council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:46 AM
> To: Council GNSO
> Subject: Re: [council] Board letter to GNSO Council
>
>
>
> On 15 Oct 2009, at 14:23, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>
>> If we do decide to go for a DT,
>
> I think this is a good idea as a way to start and fits patterns that  
> have proven successful in taking the first steps in recent efforts.
>
> I do not want to wipe the weekend end schedule for this, however, as  
> we have a published agenda for the weekend and have people committed  
> to those tasks who are planing to come to Seoul in time or those  
> meetings.
>
> This does not minimize the importance of starting on the Board  
> letter on Specific Trademark Issues (STI) and DAGv3 and that is why  
> I think the suggestion about forming a DT a good idea.  Because of  
> the press of time, we cannot wait for a meeting to do this.  So I am  
> suggesting we start now.
>
> I propose forming a DT composed of participants each SG and the  
> active Liaison groups who are willing to focus their time next week  
> (perhaps even finding time for a teleconference) and  on the weekend  
> to come up with a plan and start the work for the council to discuss/ 
> accept at the Wednesday open meeting and at the Thursday meeting.
>
> Unless there is strong objection from the members of the council, I  
> ask each SG to name 2-3 members and the active ACSO liaison groups  
> to name 1 representative each for the STI-DT  and ask Glen (or some  
> member of staff who is not traveling at the moment) to set up a  
> mailing list, with open archive, for that team immediately.  I think  
> it is a good suggestion for those SGs that have members who were on  
> the IRT as either members or observers to consider including them  
> among the 2-3 volunteers.  I think the SGs should find people in the  
> SG, not necessarily council members to populate these meeting - and  
> recommend that the people doing this find alternatives to replace  
> (at least temporarily) them in other other ongoing ICANN tasks  
> (except of course for council membership).
>
> We do have some unused meting room space on Saturday (11am on), so I  
> suggest we schedule this group consider an open meeting during this  
> opne time.
>
> The topic has already been scheduled for the Wednesday open meeting (https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?agenda_28_oct_2009
> ), and has already been spoken of as the main topic for the Thursday  
> meeting (https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?
> agenda_29_oct_2009).
>
> a.
>
>
>

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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
  Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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