[council] ICANN64 - Board topic for Discussion & Questions to the Board

[Darcy Southwell]

Thanks, Keith.  I made one minor edit.  I appreciate the points on
prioritization and on the timely, effective, and efficient delivery of
policy work.  Support the submission.

Darcy

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 8:14 AM Drazek, Keith via council <
council at gnso.icann.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> As discussed during yesterday’s Council meeting, I have drafted and
> attached a Council response to the ICANN Board’s request for feedback and
> questions in preparation for Kobe. Please review ASAP and let me know if
> you have any concerns or comments.
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> This needs to be submitted by the end of today. Apologies for the short
> turn require here.
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> Best,
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> Keith
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> *From:* council <council-bounces at gnso.icann.org> *On Behalf Of *Rafik
> Dammak
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:09 AM
> *To:* Council GNSO <council at gnso.icann.org>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [council] ICANN64 - Board topic for Discussion &
> Questions to the Board
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> Dear Councillors,
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> please find below the questions sent by ICANN board for their meeting with
> us in Kobe. please review them as we are going to discuss that during our
> council meeting tomorrow.
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> Best Regards,
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> Rafik
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> Dear Constituency and Stakeholder Groups Chairs,
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> *Questions from your Groups to the Board - Please reply no later than
> Monday 18 February 2019*
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> On behalf of the Board, I would like to wish each and every one of you, a
> HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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> In 2019, the Board and I are determined to work with you more closely than
> ever to make it a productive and successful year for ICANN’s future.
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> We are very much looking forward to welcoming you and discussing with you
> during ICANN64 which will take place in Kobe between 9-14 March 2019.
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> This time in particular, the Board would like to listen to your
> suggestions in order to make ICANN’s big plans successful.
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> *What does it mean*?
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> In 2018, besides GDPR, the Community, the Board and ICANN org have worked
> tirelessly on several key plans that are now or soon will be out for public
> comment:
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> - the draft Strategic Plan 2021-2025 was published a little before
> Christmas;
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> -  the first consultation paper on a 2-Year budgeting process was also
> published before Christmas;
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> -  and the draft FY21-25 Operating Plan & Financial Projections will be
> posted before this summer.
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> In addition, based on community feedback and discussions at ICANN 63, we
> will begin a consultation in Kobe on the status of ICANN’s
> governance’s model, including whether and how it should evolve to continue
> to serve the global ICANN community.
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> In the aggregate, these plans are comprehensive and address the key
> challenges ICANN’s faces in the future in the areas of security;
> governance; unique identifier systems; geopolitics; and financials.
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> Even great plans come with challenges, which we want to anticipate and
> address as a prelude to implementation.  We pulled together once before,
> galvanized our resources effectively and achieved a successful transition.
> We need to do it again to address ICANN’s future challenges. Are we ready?
> Do we, for example, collectively have the leadership, skills, resources,
> knowledge and commitment required to implement these plans successfully
> over the next five years? We need your help for this.
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> Specifically, as you prepare for Kobe, we would like your high-level input
> on:
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>    1. What the Board, ICANN org, and the Community should be doing now to
>    prepare for the successful implementation of these plans?  Please make *three
>    suggestions* as concrete as possible, providing one each for the
>    Board, ICANN org, and the Community.
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>    1. While the success of these plans lies primarily within ICANN, we
>    all know that ICANN does not operate in a vacuum, and alliances
>    and partnerships are important to our success.  How can we increase the
>    likelihood that important allies and partners in the space are on the same
>    page and working together to achieve common/agreed upon goals?  Please
>    provide *one suggestion* of something that could be done externally to
>    improve trust and collaboration.
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> We are looking forward to hearing *your four suggestions* during our
> face-to-face meetings in Kobe so that we could then work jointly towards a
> successful implementation of ICANN’s future plans, that you have been
> involved in formulating.
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> In the meantime, we would be very grateful if you could send to Board
> Operations (board-ops-team at icann.org)  the questions you would like the
> Board to address during our face-to-face meetings.  Given the finite time
> available for these meetings, we would appreciate it very much if you could
> list your questions in order of priority.   We would also appreciate
> getting your questions no later than *Monday 18 February, 2019 or sooner*.
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> We thank you in advance for your time on this matter and we look forward
> to welcoming you in Japan!
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> Best regards,
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> Cherine Chalaby
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> Chair, ICANN Board of Directors
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