[council] Draft Operational Design Phase for gTLD Policy Implementation: For Initial Feedback.

Tue Oct 6 17:39:14 UTC 2020

Hi Donna, all,

Good questions. There is no fixed deadline for feedback, but Theresa joined
today’s GNSO Council Pre-ICANN Planning Meeting and said they’re looking for
feedback during and after ICANN 69. My understanding is that ICANN Org is
responding to the ICANN Board to provide additional data associated with
costs/complexity of PDP recommendations, likely to include EPDP Phase 2/SSAD
and eventually the SubPro recommendations.

Regards,

Keith

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Draft Operational Design Phase for gTLD Policy
Implementation: For Initial Feedback.

Thanks Keith

At what point does ICANN org intend to use this? I’m trying to work out if
it is intended to use it for the EPDP Phase 2 recommendations recently
approved by the GNSO Council or other PDPs that are expected to be concluded
later this year?

Personally, I’m concerned that we are already hamstrung by too much process
and this will add another layer of complexity that I’m not convinced is
warranted. It seems this is largely a role that ICANN org should be filling
anyway. Of course I will share this with the RySG and see their input. Is
there a deadline I need to be cognizant of?

Donna

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Subject: RE: Draft Operational Design Phase for gTLD Policy Implementation:
For Initial Feedback.

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Hi all,

During the 23 September SO/AC Leaders call with Goran, Maarten and Leon, the
concept of an “Operational Design Phase” was introduced by Goran. We had a
preliminary discussion on the topic and Goran indicated that ICANN would
produce a paper for community consideration and feedback. That paper is
attached here for your review, and Goran’s email to the SO/AC Leaders is
below. I’ll highlight 3 points from Goran’s note and from the discussion on
the call:

*	The objective for the design phase is to better prepare the Board by
providing operational and resourcing information before making decisions on
GNSO-approved policy recommendations.
*	While the GNSO Council is the manager of the PDP and gTLD policy
development is within the GNSO's remit, consensus policy making involves all
stakeholders (including ACs who give advice to the Board).
*	This design phase concept doesn't affect policy development or the
CPIF. It recognizes that if policy issues are impacted, they rightfully go
back to the GNSO for its consideration, rather than permitting ICANN Org or
Board to make unilateral changes. (I made this point during the call)

Please review the attached paper and work within your SGs and Cs to develop
feedback. Also, Karen Lentz will touch on this during our Tuesday Council
Working Session.

To Goran’s last point about conducting a “fuller consultation on the gTLD
policy lifecycle,” we’ll need to ensure that the GNSO Council and our SGs
and Cs are prepared to engage where appropriate and in light of our ongoing
PDP 3.0 work and the upcoming GNSO Review.

Thanks and regards,

Keith

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [soac-chairs] Draft Operational Design Phase for gTLD
Policy Implementation: For Initial Feedback.

Cassia Oliveira on behalf of Goran Marby

Dear SOAC leaders,

Thank you again for taking the time to meet with Maarten and me last week. I
am writing to follow up on one of ICANN org’s action items from that call,
which was for me to finalize and circulate to you a proposal for a new
Operational Design Phase relating to the implementation of approved gTLD
policies. As we discussed, the objective for an additional design phase is
to allow the Board to obtain relevant information about any operational and
resourcing issues associated with certain policy implementation efforts.
Accordingly, the Operational Design Phase is envisioned to take place prior
to Board action on GNSO-approved policy recommendations, initiated through a
Board request to ICANN org. Our expectation is that an Operational Design
Phase will likely only be needed for complex, costly or other large-scale
implementation efforts.

I appreciate the thoughtful and substantive discussion we had on this topic
during our call. While gTLD policy development work is managed by the GNSO,
the other Supporting Organizations and the Advisory Committees play
important roles in ensuring that ICANN consensus policies are developed
through community consensus and are appropriately resourced. Thank you for
the comments and suggestions you made on the call, which we have tried to
address as much as possible in this initial draft paper.

Please circulate the paper to your community groups for their review and
further discussion. As I mentioned on our call, ICANN org will continue to
refine the paper and welcome your feedback as part of this iterative
process. After ICANN69, we plan to conduct a fuller community consultation
on the gTLD policy lifecycle, to include an updated version of this paper
and to gather community feedback on any updates we can make to improve the
efficacy and efficiency of the policy making process.

Best regards,

Göran  Marby
President & CEO ICANN
+1(310) 578 8690

Cássia Oliveira
Sr. Manager, Office of the President & CEO
cassia.oliveira at icann.org <mailto:cassia.oliveira at icann.org>
+1(310) 578 8656

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