[CPWG] Fwd: [Gnso-epdp-team] EPDP Phase 2A Final Report

Fri Sep 3 16:54:40 UTC 2021

Hello all,

please find attached some fun week-end reading for all interested.
Alan & Hadia are developing a proposal for an ALAC Minority Statement, 
to be presented on next week's CPWG. This will appear in the relevant 
workspace on https://community.icann.org/x/FIJaCg in due course.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

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Subject: 	[Gnso-epdp-team] EPDP Phase 2A Final Report
Date: 	Fri, 3 Sep 2021 15:17:37 +0000
From: 	Drazek, Keith via Gnso-epdp-team <gnso-epdp-team at icann.org>
Reply-To: 	Drazek, Keith <kdrazek at verisign.com>
To: 	philippe.fouquart at orange.com <philippe.fouquart at orange.com>
CC: 	gnso-epdp-lead at icann.org <gnso-epdp-lead at icann.org>, 
gnso-secs at icann.org <gnso-secs at icann.org>, gnso-epdp-team at icann.org 
<gnso-epdp-team at icann.org>

Dear Philippe,

In my capacity as Chair of the EPDP 2A effort, I am pleased to submit 
the attached Final Report to the GNSO Council for its consideration. I 
would like to briefly share my observations and assessment of our work, 
my consensus designations on the Final Report, and my gratitude for the 
contributions of community members and staff who supported this work.

1. The EPDP 2A work was chartered and launched following very intense 
community work on EPDP Phase 1 and Phase 2, both of which presented 
significant challenges and difficult negotiations. As the new Chair, I 
had concerns at the outset of the 2A effort that the team's recent 
experience would make reaching consensus in this phase unlikely, at 
best. I am pleased to note that the EPDP 2A Team was able to engage and 
work constructively, from very different starting point and under 
challenging circumstances, to reach consensus on the recommendations and 
guidance contained in the Final Report.

2. While the Final Report and its recommendations have the consensus 
support of the EPDP 2A Team, it's important to note that certain groups 
feel that the work did not go as far as needed, or did not include 
sufficient detail, while other groups feel that certain recommendations 
were not necessary. Additionally, during the final stage of our work, 
some groups would have preferred an opportunity to assign more granular 
consensus-level designations to component parts of the recommendations. 
In this context, I urge all readers of the EPDP 2A Final Report to also 
read the minority statements submitted by each group, which will be 
appended to the Final Report and historical record of our work. This 
Final Report constitutes a compromise that is the maximum that could be 
achieved by the group at this time under our currently allocated time 
and scope, and it should not be read as delivering results that were 
fully satisfactory to everyone. This underscores the importance of the 
minority statements in understanding the full context of the Final 
Report recommendations.

3. Over the last eight months, the EPDP 2A team worked in challenging 
circumstances, including fully remote engagement and without the benefit 
of face-to-face interaction or dialogue. This proved to be a real 
challenge, and one that should be acknowledged in planning for future 
GNSO policy processes. In the experience of EPDP Phase 1 and Phase 2, 
there is no doubt that face-to-face engagement was crucial in 
constructively advancing the work of the group. During Phase 2A, in lieu 
of in-person meetings, the Leadership Team and Staff worked with Melissa 
Allgood of ICANN Org to set up facilitated conversations, outside the 
plenary setting, to try to replicate the less formal engagement of a 
face-to-face meeting. I feel that effort was helpful in generating 
dialogue and in bringing divergent perspectives and positions to a point 
where consensus was possible, even if on a limited set of recommendations.

4. In my assessment, the EPDP Phase 2A Final Report has consensus of the 
EPDP Team, and each of its recommendations have secured consensus. Over 
the last two weeks, we worked through and resolved our "can't-live-with" 
items and I want to acknowledge and thank all who contributed concrete 
suggestions and text edits that helped us resolve remaining differences 
and come together. While I believe we could have designated the 
recommendations as having "Full Consensus," many groups indicated that 
they will submit minority statements, which are typically used when 
there are dissenting views. As such, I feel that a "Consensus" 
designation is more appropriate, which will acknowledge and make room 
for explanatory text to be submitted outside the four corners of the 
Final Report body to provide important context around our deliberations 
and recommendations.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all EPDP Team 
members, alternates, support groups, and very importantly our ICANN 
staff colleagues who contributed tirelessly to this EPDP effort over the 
course of several years. Our Phase 2A work is the culmination of the 
EPDP as originally chartered and made necessary by the Temporary 
Specification. There may yet be future work needed on these important 
issues, but I'm pleased to report that we have concluded this phase and 
can be proud of our work to deliver the current recommendations, even if 
the results were not fully satisfactory to all. That is the nature of 
compromise and consensus-building, and I am confident we achieved the 
most we could under challenging circumstances.

Sincerest regards,

Keith

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