[council] For your review - proposed transmittal letter GNSO Review WP Analysis

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

Thanks for this. I will provide some additional input as instructed, which I will limit to the feedback received during last week’s webinar.

I have one suggestion as an addition to this letter —  something to indicate that the GNSO Council expects the dialogue between the GNSO and the Board’s OEC to continue, particularly in the event that the OEC should decide that it disagrees with any of the working party’s assessments.

This was a topic discussed during the NCSG meeting with the ICANN Board in Marrakech, and at the time, the indication was that the Board would be agreeable to discussing any areas of concern or disagreement before making any decisions.

Additionally, I have a question. The letter says:

> Additionally, this forthcoming work will require active participation from the GNSO community and ultimately approval of the implementation plan by the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board.


I didn’t think that this is the case, but would be glad to learn that I am wrong. My understanding is that the GNSO review was overseen by the Board, not the GNSO Council. Why would the Council’s approval of the implementation plan be required? I mean it would make sense that the GNSO is on board with the plan, seeing that it would need to participate in the actual implementation. Had the review been initiated by the GNSO, the role of the Council would likely have been very different. Since it wasn’t, I’m not sure whether or not the Council approval is required at any point. Am I mistaken?

Thanks.

Amr

> On Apr 21, 2016, at 4:45 AM, Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Please find attached for your review, the proposed transmittal letter to the Board’s Organisational Effectiveness Committee (OEC) concerning the adoption by the GNSO Council of the GNSO Review Working Party’s Feasibility and Prioritisation Analysis of the GNSO Review recommendations. As you will note, placeholder language has been included to accommodate any additional comments GNSO Council members may want to include concerning the feasibility and priority of the GNSO Review recommendations, as discussed during the Council meeting. 
> 
> If you want to add any comments in relation to the feasibility and prioritisation of the recommendations, please provide those at the latest by Friday 22 April. As noted during the Council meeting as well as pointed out in the draft letter, the next phase of work will focus on the development of the implementation plan so any comments related to that aspect of the process should be reserved for the next phase. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marika
> <Transmittal letter - GNSO Review WP analysis - 20 April 2016.docx>