[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] PLEASE READ: Co-Chairs' proposal for moving forward to determining consensus

[Zak Muscovitch]

Dear Mary and Co-chairs,



Many thanks for providing the below summary of the process moving forward.
Further to the below email, it is unclear to me where exactly the Consensus
call is taking place. It appears that there is an anonymous poll to be
conducted, followed by a determination of consensus level by the chairs,
followed by a discussion on the chairs’ designation, but I am unable to
identify at what stage therein if any, the Consensus call itself is deemed
to be taking place.



In the below email, it states that the, “final consensus level for each
option included in the Final Report will be determined under the procedure
provided in the Guidelines”. So does that mean there will at some point be
a Consensus call made “on the designated mailing list”, as per the
Guidelines?



Zak







*From:* Gnso-igo-ingo-crp [mailto:gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org] *On
Behalf Of *Mary Wong
*Sent:* December-18-17 11:46 AM
*To:* gnso-igo-ingo-.
*Subject:* [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] PLEASE READ: Co-Chairs' proposal for moving
forward to determining consensus
*Importance:* High



The following email is being sent on behalf of Philip Corwin & Petter
Rindforth (WG co-chairs).





It is the view of the co-chairs that our exhaustive discussion of the
options for dealing with the potential situation of an IGO successfully
asserting an immunity claim in a judicial context have reached an end
point; that all issues relevant to our Charter have been raised, understood
and discussed; and that further discussion is unlikely to yield additional
options that enjoy consensus support, or sway the view of Working Group
participants regarding which option should prevail.



Therefore, the co-chairs intend to proceed in the following manner:



   - If a significant number of WG members believe that further oral
   discussion of the three additional options that will be presented in a
   final consensus call is needed, supplementing the three that were presented
   for WG consideration in our preliminary consensus call held in October
   2017, and that email list discussion is insufficient for WG members to
   understand the intent and effect of all six options to be included in the
   consensus call, we will hold a WG meeting on December 21st at our
   regular time. *Please respond to the mailing list if you believe a call
   on December 21st is needed*.



   - On December 22nd, a second poll will be sent to all WG members. The
   purpose of this poll is to assist the co-chairs in determining the level of
   support/opposition that each option enjoys. This poll will ask all WG
   members to designate one of the six options as their preferred choice for
   addressing the IGO immunity issue. WG members will also be provided with
   means to add comments regarding that preferred choice, as well as each of
   the other five options. These comments can indicate support or opposition
   for each of the options, as well as whatever additional views a WG members
   wishes to provide. Responses to this poll will be anonymous, although any
   WG member will be free to share his/her response on the WG email list. *The
   poll will remain open until Friday January 5th, 2018*. The aggregated
   results of the poll, as well as all comments, will be shared with all WG
   members and will be included as a section of our Final Report.



   - Once the poll closes, the co-chairs will review all responses and then
   share their views with WG members regarding the level of consensus that
   each option enjoys. We hope to hold the *first meeting of the WG on
   January 11th, 2018* in order to discuss poll results and the co-chairs’
   evaluation. The GNSO WG Guidelines provide all WG members with an
   opportunity to provide feedback on those proposed classifications, and the
   final consensus level for each option included in the Final Report will be
   determined under the procedure provided in the Guidelines. As soon as that
   process is completed we will publish a draft Final Report for WG review and
   comment, and will provide a reasonable time for all WG members to draft and
   submit Minority views. *We will try to have our Final Report ready for
   submission to the GNSO Council in order to meet the February 12th, 2018
   document submission deadline*, at the latest, for its February 22nd
   meeting.



Please let us know if you have any questions about this procedure. Thank
you.
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