[council] DRAFT/early thoughts on what a CEO performance review motion

Thu Feb 27 20:57:48 UTC 2014

Jonathan,

You are missing the point.  You or us talking to Fadi is still management control.  I want to create the chance for ANYONE to speak up.

I am not wedded to a motion (especially if our portfolio does not allow it) but I would like catalyze the energy (as expressed by Mikey and Amr and Maria and James already on our list) is a way that demonstrates that we see the need.

Whether the exercise strengthens Fadi's hand or slaps it, I think we should.  But I am but one vote and have made but one suggested approach.

As noted by Langston Hughes, "What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?"

Dramatic, but pointed in the right direction.

Cheers,

Berard

--------- Original Message --------- Subject: RE: [council] DRAFT/early thoughts on what a CEO performance review motion
From: "Jonathan Robinson" <jrobinson at afilias.info>
Date: 2/27/14 12:49 pm
To: "'Amr Elsadr'" <aelsadr at egyptig.org>, "'Mike O'Connor'" <mike at haven2.com>
Cc: "'John Berard'" <johnberard at aol.com>, "'Klaus Stoll'" <kdrstoll at gmail.com>, "'John Berard'" <john at crediblecontext.com>, "'Council'" <council at gnso.icann.org>

  All,

 Notwithstanding John's idea  to provoke us a little on this, I think there is some wise counsel from Mikey & Amr and probably reason to pause.
 Consider any proposed action or activity in the context of:

 1.       The role / remit of the Council
 2.       The potnetial impact on reputation / perception of the Council and / or ICANN

 Also, there's no reason, given that he has agreed to meet with us, that we cannot talk directly with Fadi about concerns or issues.
 I haven't spoken with him 1:1 for a while but we are (almost) certain to have the opportunity in Singapore.

 So, in addition to 1 & 2 above, time or timing. 

 Jonathan

   From: Amr Elsadr [mailto:aelsadr at egyptig.org] 
Sent: 27 February 2014 20:35
To: Mike O'Connor
Cc: John Berard; Klaus Stoll; John Berard; Council
Subject: Re: [council] DRAFT/early thoughts on what a CEO performance review motion

  Hi,

Totally agree, Mikey. I would, however, be more inclined to lend my support to this if it weren't drafted as a motion, but rather something more in the lines of an informal recommendation from us to the SO/AC leadership adding to it the suggestion of chartering a CCWG, and leave it for them to decide if and how they would like to pursue it.

I would also leave the part in the last paragraph regarding championing changes to the policy development process out, because, I don't see that he has actually done that in this instance. Of course, if you all would like to add the new gTLD strawman topic of early last year, and specifically the inclusion of the 50 confusingly similar strings to the TM Clearinghouse records…, well…, that's one time I feel the PDP was truly bypassed.

On another less serious note…,

         On 2/27/2014 7:43 PM, john at crediblecontext.com wrote:

[SNIP]

       Whereas, Fadi Chehade was announced as the new CEO and President of ICANN at the organization's meeting in Prague in June 2012, and

  Whereas, in his first presentation to the ICANN community in Prague in June 2012, he noted that “I am driven by building consensus.  It is the reason I am here today. There is no other reason. I love doing this. Bringing communities that on the face of it could never be brought together to agree on common things is exactly what I strive to do,”

Hasn't Fadi, through his actions, actually managed to bring this community together and help us reach consensus…, at least on this topic?!?! :)

Thanks.

Amr

   On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Mike O'Connor <mike at haven2.com> wrote:

  hi all,

sometimes i come up with an idea late at night that sounds killer clever - and then the next morning i look at it in the light of day and realize that if i really want to pull this idea off, it's going to take a lot more thinking and refinement before it's ready.

immediate reactions:

- i'm uncomfortable with the “constituency and stakeholder leadership” phrase - if it's truly going to be reflective of the bottom-up process, the participation ought to be open, just like a working group is open 

- if it's going to be run like a working group, it ought to be chartered like a working group - problem statement, scope, approach, deliverables, all that jazz

- if it's really going to be reflective of the whole community it ought to be a cross-community working group and not contained by the edges of the GNSO

as i follow my nose down that chain of logic i find myself stepping back a bit.  are we really ready to take this on?  are we really the right group?  is this really the best way to express our concerns?

is this the battle that's most important to fight right now?  

mikey

On Feb 27, 2014, at 1:20 PM, John Berard <johnberard at aol.com> wrote:

 Klaus,

As I said, this is new ground and deserves the group's thinking.  Consider my efforts merely the provocation.

Berard 

-----Original Message-----
From: Klaus Stoll <kdrstoll at gmail.com>
To: john <john at crediblecontext.com>; council <council at gnso.icann.org>
Sent: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 11:10 am
Subject: Re: [council] DRAFT/early thoughts on what a CEO performance review motion
    Dear Berard, Dear All

Whereas, I am not necessarily opposed to the motion, I wonder if the GNSO is the right place to move and develop it. As a newcomer to the GNSO Council, I want to be clear if this is inside the pdp remit of the council.

Please advice!

Yours, Klaus

PS: Whereas I move, the motion should be filed under "clever ICANN CEO's assassination attempts". :-) 

  On 2/27/2014 7:43 PM, john at crediblecontext.com wrote:

   All,

Does this get at the intent?  Suggestions are more than welcome as I think we are breaking new ground here.  I apologize if the format is not perfect, but if we crowdsource it, I think we can button it up.

Cheers,

Berard

Whereas, Fadi Chehade was announced as the new CEO and President of ICANN at the organization's meeting in Prague in June 2012, and

Whereas, in his first presentation to the ICANN community in Prague in June 2012, he noted that “I am driven by building consensus.  It is the reason I am here today. There is no other reason. I love doing this. Bringing communities that on the face of it could never be brought together to agree on common things is exactly what I strive to do,” and

Whereas, as reported at the time he joined ICANN, “In selecting Chehade, ICANN went with someone who isn't well known and isn't well versed in the organization's core tasks - keeping the Internet address system running smoothly,” and

Whereas, in the two years of his term, the landscape of the Internet and role played by ICANN has changed in ways equal only to the origin of the organization, including significant budget and staff increases, and

Whereas, in response to the expanded attention to the domain name system and ICANN's role in managing it, Chehade has championed changes in the policy development process,

Therefore, beginning on March 26, 2014 with the passage of this motion, and continuing through the next ICANN public meeting in London in June 2014, the community, under the leadership of a review committee comprised of the GNSO's constituency and stakeholder leadership, shall have the opportunity to offer comment on the performance of the CEO.

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