[council] GNSO Council Response to the Geographic Regions WG Recommendations

Avri Doria avri at acm.org
Fri Dec 13 18:49:41 UTC 2013


Hi,

I very much appreciate the Council submitting this statement.
Thanks all.

avri



On 13-Dec-13 12:53, Jonathan Robinson wrote:
> All,
>
> Please see attached for the Council’s response to the request for feedback.
>
> Many thanks to Chuck for providing the impetus to create a response
> here.  I am pleased we have done so.
>
> Jonathan
>
> *From:*Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson at afilias.info]
> *Sent:* 11 December 2013 08:20
> *To:* 'Mike O'Connor'; 'Gomes, Chuck'
> *Cc:* council at gnso.icann.org
> *Subject:* RE: [council] GNSO Council Response to the Geographic Regions
> WG Recommendations
>
> All,
>
>  From a GNSO / GNSO Council perspective, I’d very much like us to submit
> something rather than nothing on this one.
>
> So … acknowledging that we are working up against the clock on this one
> as (well as the ATRT2 comments) it will be good to get a submission agreed.
>
> We do have a little longer (the current deadline is 31 Dec 2013) but, if
> possible, it will be good to get this one put to bed at Thursday’s meeting.
>
> Therefore, please wade in with any improvements or support for the form
> of words as drafted.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> *From:*Mike O'Connor [mailto:mike at haven2.com]
> *Sent:* 10 December 2013 23:23
> *To:* Gomes, Chuck
> *Cc:* council at gnso.icann.org <mailto:council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [council] GNSO Council Response to the Geographic Regions
> WG Recommendations
>
> i support this approach -- especially the last section.
>
> thanks,
>
> mikey
>
> On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:03 PM, "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes at verisign.com
> <mailto:cgomes at verisign.com>> wrote:
>
> Here’s a suggested outline for aGNSO Council Response to the Geographic
> Regions WG Recommendations:
>
> 1.Thank the WG for their considerable and thorough work.
>
> 2.Acknowledge a few key points that we strongly support, for example:
>
> a.Executive Summary item 7 - “. . provide flexibility to individual
> communities and structures within ICANN . . .” by permitting them to:
> follow the same framework as the Board, or develop their own mechanisms
> (with Board oversight) for ensuring geographic diversity within their
> own organizations.”
>
> b.Executive Summary Item 8 – “. . .Staff should also develop and
> implement a process to permit stakeholder communities in countries or
> territories to pursue, if they wish, re-assignment to a geographic
> region that they consider to be more appropriate for their jurisdiction.”
>
> 3.Call attention to any points about which we have questions, for
> example:  Executive Summary Item 9 – “. .the Working Group recommends
> that ICANN seek ways to recognize and accommodate Special Interest
> Groups to promote the interests and unique attributes of stakeholder
> communities that may not clearly fit into the formal top down regional
> structures. These “bottom-up” groupings would be complementary to the
> formal regional framework, and would not replace it. They would not form
> any part of ICANN’s decision-making structure but would be free to lobby
> for the support of elected representatives.”   Some clarification of
> what is meant by the last sentence would be helpful.  Assuming we
> understand the intent, we would suggest that such groups work within
> existing structures as much as possible to communicate their concerns.
>
> I think this would be much better than saying “no response”.  This
> version includes some edits in item 3 that were suggested by an RySG
> participant.
>
> Chuck
>
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