[council] EPDP Weekly update

Rafik Dammak rafik.dammak at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 06:01:23 UTC 2018


Hi Darcy,

thanks,
yes, there is a plan to have a facilitator attending the F2F meeting in LA
and helping us there.

Best,

Rafik


Le mer. 12 sept. 2018 à 08:14, Darcy Southwell <
darcy.southwell at endurance.com> a écrit :

> Thanks, Keith.  Excellent questions.  To follow up on Keith’s points, is
> there a plan to have a facilitator attend the face to face in Los Angeles?
> We’ve known from the beginning that this EPDP is a heavy lift.  A
> facilitator could prove useful in assisting with consensus building,
> especially in a face-to-face setting.
>
>
>
> Thanks, Darcy
>
>
>
> *From:* Drazek, Keith [mailto:kdrazek at verisign.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2018 3:06 PM
> *To:* darcy.southwell at endurance.com; rafik.dammak at gmail.com;
> council at gnso.icann.org
> *Subject:* RE: [council] EPDP Weekly update
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have joined a couple of the recent EPDP WG calls as an observer, and I
> have a few observations and questions we should consider. From a Council
> “process management” perspective, these are intended to be constructive in
> the hopes of ensuring success of the EPDP:
>
>
>
>    - Following the Triage exercise, the EPDP working group does not
>    appear to be working toward answering the questions contained in the
>    Charter in a systematic way. What was the decision process behind not
>    following the Charter questions? When will the group return to the Charter
>    questions?
>
>
>
>    - What does the WG leadership see as the ultimate outcome of this
>    EPDP, and what do we as Council expect the deliverable to be? Rather than
>    focusing on the gating questions enumerated in the Charter, the WG has been
>    engaged in a Temp Spec red-lining exercise.  Is our expected deliverable a
>    list of policy recommendations or a revised version of the Temporary
>    Specification? Or both?  We should all be clear on the expected deliverable.
>
>
>
>    - After 12 meetings and the Triage process, there doesn’t appear to be
>    much progress toward consensus. It seems that different groups keep
>    restating their positions with little variation when it comes to discussing
>    purposes. Does leadership have a plan for breaking through this and moving
>    the ball forward? Do we as Council need to provide additional guidance or
>    clarification?
>
>
>
>    - Noting that the discussion on many calls seems to meander, it might
>    be helpful for leadership and staff to identify a goal or goals that the
>    day’s discussion is meant to achieve, and to communicate such goal(s) to
>    the WG prior to the call along with the agenda.
>
>
>
>    - Have leadership and staff developed a plan for how to structure the
>    face-to-face meeting in Los Angeles later this month?
>
>
>
> Thanks, and I welcome further discussion on this. I know the WG leadership
> and staff and members/alternates are all working hard under very compressed
> timelines, so we should look for opportunities to help focus and streamline
> the work without interfering in the substantive discussions.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> *From:* council <council-bounces at gnso.icann.org> *On Behalf Of *Darcy
> Southwell
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:46 PM
> *To:* rafik.dammak at gmail.com; 'Council GNSO' <council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [council] EPDP Weekly update
>
>
>
> Thanks, Rafik.  Have a couple of questions from your update:
>
>
>
> ·       What is the deadline for EPDP members to complete the training?
>
> ·       You noted the project is behind, and I see the items highlighted
> in yellow as “manageable delay/issue.”  You agree that these are
> manageable?  I wasn’t sure from your update.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darcy
>
>
>
> *From:* council [mailto:council-bounces at gnso.icann.org
> <council-bounces at gnso.icann.org>] *On Behalf Of *Rafik Dammak
> *Sent:* Monday, September 10, 2018 10:31 AM
> *To:* Council GNSO <council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Subject:* [council] EPDP Weekly update
>
>
>
> hi all,
>
>
>
> please find the EPDP update of last week. Happy to answer questions.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Rafik
>
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