[council] RE: Ooops....[Re: Draft Council letter on the ARR]

Tue Feb 2 08:02:04 UTC 2010

Having heard no opposition and with the timeline short, we took on board Kristina's phraseology and Glen's sending, hope that's ok with everyone.

Bill

On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Terry L Davis, P.E. wrote:

> 
> I agree with Tim.  I knew it was there and also assumed it was part of the letter.
> 
> Take care
> Terry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 8:11 AM
> To: GNSO Council List
> Subject: RE: [council] RE: Ooops....[Re: Draft Council letter on the ARR]
> 
> 
> I completely agree with Caroline, and no footnote necessary in my
> opinion. There were no questions or objections raised regarding that
> sentence so I believe it was assumed to be part of the letter. But if
> there are objections to that then we should at least follow through with
> what we voted to do and go with option 1. Let's not make this overly
> complicated, these comments need to be submitted on time.
> 
> Tim
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: [council] RE: Ooops....[Re: Draft Council letter on the
> ARR]
> From: "Caroline Greer" <cgreer at mtld.mobi>
> Date: Fri, January 29, 2010 9:06 am
> To: "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes at verisign.com>, "GNSO Council List"
> <council at gnso.icann.org>
> Cc: Glen_de_Saint_Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> 
> I see no reason why we would not include the sentence, minus the
> brackets, to help support the arguments in that paragraph around needing
> additional representation. We could add a footnote to show that this
> statement is supported by accounts shown in the FY10 Operating Plan &
> Budget [page 15]. 
> 
> So, option 3 for me.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Caroline.
> 
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
> On Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck
> Sent: 29 January 2010 13:58
> To: William Drake; GNSO Council List
> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22G=E9ry_de_Saint at peacock.verisign.com; _Glen=22?=
> Subject: [council] RE: Ooops....[Re: Draft Council letter on the ARR]
> 
> 
> 
> First of all, let's not submit the comments until we resolve this in
> some way.
> 
> I think there are three things we can do that I talk about below:
> Submit the comments as is with the statement and the bracketsRemove the
> sentence from the commentsLeave the sentence but remove the brackets.
> 
> In our meeting yesterday, we approved the letter with the statement in
> brackets, so we probably do not need any additional action to do option
> 1; if we do this we can literally leave it as is, which is what we
> approved, or add a footnote to explain the brackets, maybe something
> like this: "There was not unanimous support for including this
> sentence."  
> 
> If we choose options 2 or 3, I believe we should insert a footnote that
> explains what was done and why.
> 
> The comments are due by 10 February, which is 8 days before our next
> meeting, so we need to resolve this before then.  To get that process
> started, it might help to get a sense of where varous Councilors are on
> this. To do that, I would like to ask as many Councilors as possible to
> respond on this list to the following:  
> 
> Which of the options do your prefer and why? (1, 2, 3, none)
> 
> Based on the responses received, we can then discuss how to reach final
> resolution.
> 
> Whatever we do, I think it is important to understand that the bracketed
> statement is accurate so it is not a matter of accuracy but rather a
> matter of whether we want to say it or not.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch] 
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 5:06 AM
> To: GNSO Council List
> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22G=E9ry_de_Saint at peacock.verisign.com; _Glen=22?=;
> Gomes, Chuck
> Subject: Ooops....[Re: Draft Council letter on the ARR]
> Hi 
> 
> 
> Glen asked for the final letter with the two amendments agreed yesterday
> inserted for posting, and as I looked at it I realized that we passed a
> motion accepting a letter that still has a non-agreed item in brackets:
> 
> 
> 
> [This sentence has been suggested but there is not consensus in the
> drafting team, so TBD: “It might also be noted that GNSO registrants
> pay fees that fund well over 90% of ICANN's activities.”]
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry, missed that.  So what do we do?
> 
> 
> 
> Bill
> 
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> 
> On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Rosette, Kristina wrote:
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> 
> I disagree with the characterization and it will likely be an issue
> among other Non-contracted party councilors.  Nonetheless, I agree that
> the letter should go to Council for review, and we can tinker with it
> later.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes at verisign.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:58 AM
> To: William Drake; Rosette, Kristina
> Cc: Caroline Greer; gnso-arr-dt at icann.org
> Subject: RE: [gnso-arr-dt] Revised Draft ARR Letter
> Importance: High
> ICANN's budget reports show that fees from gTLD registrars and
> registries account for over 93% of ICANN's revenue.  It is a well
> established fact.  At-Large members pay fees via registrars and do not
> contribute anything directly.
> 
> I couldn't find literatures in the dictionary but if you want to leave
> it fine.
> 
> We really need to send this out now, even if more edits are needed
> later.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> From: William Drake [mailto:william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:04 AM
> To: Rosette, Kristina
> Cc: Caroline Greer; Gomes, Chuck; gnso-arr-dt at icann.org
> Subject: Re: [gnso-arr-dt] Revised Draft ARR Letter
> Hi 
> 
> 
> On Jan 19, 2010, at 11:35 AM, <KnobenW at telekom.de> <KnobenW at telekom.de>
> wrote:
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> 
> One small edit: in the penultimative para, 1st sentence should read:
> "...it is important..."
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for the catch, good to have eagle eyed editors around..
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
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> 
> Nice job Bill.  Two minor, nonmaterial edits:
> In the 1st sentence of the second paragraph, change "literatures" to
> "literature".
> 
> 
> But I'm referring to separate, distinctive literatures, not a single
> body of thought.  Which was the point, a broader scan beyond the one
> literature mentioned would have led to a different conclusion.
> 
> 
> The first sentence of the fifth paragraph says, "Fourth, selecting just
> one member from each relevant of the AC/SOs (or less, in the case of
> Security, Stability and Resiliency team) seems especially problematic." 
> I think it should say, "Fourth, selecting just one member from each of
> the relevant AC/SOs (or less, in the case of Security, Stability and
> Resiliency team) seems especially problematic."
> 
> 
> Ditto the above
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I approve this draft and suggest that Bill send to it to the Council
> list as soon as possible with a request that all Councilors forward it
> to their respective groups immediately for review and discussion, noting
> that the Council will have to finalize the comments on 28 January.
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, but before doing so, I think we need to address Kristina's points:
> 
> 
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> On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:58 AM, Rosette, Kristina wrote:
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> 
> Apologies for belated comments.  This looks great.  Many thanks to you
> all for drafting.  
> 
> I have two questions:  1) What is the point we are trying to make
> regarding alternates?  Are we simply raising the possibility without
> taking a position?    I was not entirely clear on that. 
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry, the idea of alternates was raised on the call but nobody really
> argued that we should definitely propose this, and one can readily
> imagine objections to/issues with the approach.  Moreover, if there were
> alternates, one could argue (not persuasively, but still...) that this
> makes the need for multiple GNSO participants less important.  So the
> wording was intended to put the idea on the table as something that
> might be considered without implying it might be a substitute for
> multiple slots.  If people think it doesn't work and it'd be better to
> make it a stand-alone recommendation, we can do that, let me know.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2)  Are we comfortable that the 90% number is correct?  I ask only b/c I
> would have thought that persons encompassed by ALAC would have accounted
> for more.
> 
> 
> 
> I have to defer to Chuck here, it's his number and suggestion. 
> Obviously, there are registrants (and non-registrants) in both GNSO and
> ALAC, some people (e.g. me) participate in both spaces, and some people
> are nominally represented by both even if they're not active
> participants, so putting people into mutually exclusive boxes doesn't
> work and such language can be viewed as murky from some
> perspectives...Thoughts?
> 
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> Bill
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