[Gac-gnso-cg] Reverse liaison

[Manal Ismail]

Many thanks Marika and Olof for a very useful and timely document ..
Hope it encourages members to volunteer to lead the work of this track
..

I have discussed with Jonathan and we both feel it would be a good idea
to pursue a budget request, specially that it will not oblige us to go
down that route but merely provide us with the means to do so if we
choose ..

 

Please let us know what you think ..

 

Kind Regards

--Manal

 

 

From: gac-gnso-cg-bounces at icann.org
[mailto:gac-gnso-cg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Marika Konings
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 3:49 PM
To: GAC-GNSO-CG at icann.org
Subject: [Gac-gnso-cg] Reverse liaison

 

Dear All,

 

Following Suzanne's suggestion that staff could possibly put some ideas
together in relation to the concept of a reverse liaison, Olof and I had
a little brainstorm and came up with the attached which as a first step
tries to identify what the respective objectives and expectations are.
Fleshing out that part of the conversation further may assist in
determining whether or not a 'reverse liaison' would be the best
mechanism to achieve the expectations. We also tried to identify a
number of questions that would need to be addressed should it be
determined that a liaison is the way to go, as well as some possible
alternatives that could be considered should it be decided that a
liaison is not the most effective mechanism to achieve these objectives.

 

As the issue of funding of a possible liaison has come up on various
occasions, Olof and I have also discussed whether it would be an idea to
submit a special budget request on behalf of the GNSO and GAC that would
foresee for funding for a liaison to attend the ICANN meetings in FY15.
This could be presented as a pilot project which would allow the
GNSO-GAC to experiment with this position and consider at the end of
FY15 whether this should be continued as a pilot, transformed into a
fixed funded slot or discarded. Obviously, we are still in the early
phases of determining whether a liaison is the way to go and the nature
of that role, but unfortunately, the deadline for special budget
requests is 7 March. If you all think this would be a helpful approach,
Olof and I could go ahead and complete the required forms for your
review, noting that at any point the GNSO-GAC could decide to withdraw
the request should a different approach be pursued. 

 

As noted by Mikey, the group is still looking for topic leads to address
this issue, so hopefully this may encourage some of you to come forward.


 

We look forward to receiving your feedback.

 

Olof & Marika

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