[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] RDS PDP WG Leadership

Kathy Kleiman kathy at kathykleiman.com
Tue Jan 26 15:57:16 UTC 2016 

Tx All - call details in abundance :-)!

On 1/26/2016 10:45 AM, Marika Konings wrote:
> Kathy, the call details have just been resend by Nathalie. All members of
> the WG should be receiving the email shortly.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marika
>
> On 26/01/16 09:39, "gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of Kathy
> Kleiman" <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of
> kathy at kathykleiman.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Susan,
>> Could someone re-post the call details?  I think there are many who
>> joined the WG recently and have not yet received them.
>> Best,
>> Kathy
>>
>> Kathy Kleiman
>> NCSG
>>
>> On 1/26/2016 10:23 AM, Susan Kawaguchi wrote:
>>> I agree with Chuck that we need a diverse leadership but a larger team
>>> may
>>> pose other difficulties.
>>>
>>> This is a great discussion and I am encouraged that we have so much
>>> interest.
>>> Susan Kawaguchi
>>> Domain Name Manager
>>> Facebook Legal Dept.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/26/16, 5:40 AM, "gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of
>>> Gomes, Chuck" <gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of
>>> cgomes at verisign.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I was thinking this through, I considered a larger leadership team
>>>> but I think we need to be cautious about having a leadership team that
>>>> is
>>>> too large.  I have been thinking about another way we could increase
>>>> diversity and representation of Constituencies, Advisory Groups and
>>>> even
>>>> those who are independent, but I think it is best to hold off on that
>>>> until we get the leadership team in place and the WG kicked off.  A
>>>> leadership team of four maps very well to the GNSO Council structure
>>>> and
>>>> I think that has important value, but that does not have to limit the
>>>> WG
>>>> in any way in terms of influence by those who are independent or who
>>>> are
>>>> not associated with a SG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chuck
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>> From: James Galvin [mailto:jgalvin at afilias.info]
>>>>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 8:23 AM
>>>>
>>>> To: Gomes, Chuck
>>>>
>>>> Cc: gnso-rds-pdp-wg at icann.org
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] RDS PDP WG Leadership
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I support this approach in principle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don¹t feel strongly about the list of stakeholders but I am sensitive
>>>> to Don¹s comment about restricting the leadership to those who
>>>> represent
>>>> an actual stakeholder.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How do folks feel about adding a 5th leader who is an ³independent²?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I have a conflict for the meeting today and will not be
>>>> able to attend.  It¹s a one time conflict and I will otherwise be
>>>> available.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 15:56, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> In my personal capacity as a volunteer for the RDS PDP WG I would like
>>>>> to propose the following approach to the WG leadership that I think
>>>>> would be very helpful in facilitating our productivity:
>>>>> *         Have a leadership team consisting of 4 WG members plus the
>>>>> ICANN staff support personnel.
>>>>> *         Have one leader from each of the four GNSO Stakeholder
>>>>> Groups (SGs):
>>>>> 1.       Non-Commercial SG (NCSG)
>>>>> 2.       Commercial SG (CSG)
>>>>> 3.       Registrars SG (RrSG)
>>>>> 4.       Registries SG (RySG).
>>>>> *         The four leaders could serve in one of two ways:
>>>>> o   2 co-chairs & 2 co-vice-chairs
>>>>> o   1 chair & 3 co-vice chairs.
>>>>> In recent years in the GNSO, a team leadership approach for WGs and
>>>>> even for the GNSO Council itself has proved to be quite effective.  It
>>>>> not only spreads the workload around but more importantly it allows
>>>>> for a small team of experienced people to collaborate together in
>>>>> leading the group's efforts. Here are a few examples where a
>>>>> collaborative leadership team have been used:
>>>>> *         The GNSO Council has a chair plus two vice chairs.
>>>>> *         The Policy & Implementation WG had two co-chairs and two
>>>>> vice-chairs.
>>>>> *         The CWG Stewardship has two co-chairs.
>>>>> *         The CCWG Accountability has three co-chairs.
>>>>> By adding a condition that each of the leadership team members come
>>>>> from different SGs, it ensures that the chairs and vice chairs
>>>>> collectively have expertise about all four of the GNSO stakeholder
>>>>> groups and creates a situation where the leaders are well versed in
>>>>> the varying viewpoints that exist across all four groups as well as
>>>>> differences within their respective groups.  I believe that this is
>>>>> especially important for an area such as Registration Data Services
>>>>> (Whois) that has been very controversial over the entirety of ICANN's
>>>>> history.
>>>>> For those that are new to GNSO policy development processes, any
>>>>> recommendations made by a WG have to eventually be approved by the
>>>>> GNSO Council, which primarily consists of the four SGs.  So Having all
>>>>> SGs involved in the leadership of the WG from the beginning should
>>>>> facilitate approval in the end.
>>>>> It is important to remember that the role of the leadership team is to
>>>>> facilitate bottom-up multi-stakeholder policy development in a neutral
>>>>> and effective manner using a consensus based approach.  This of course
>>>>> means managing meetings and online work to ensure that the WG charter
>>>>> requirements are satisfied.  Hopefully, in most cases this will mean
>>>>> guiding the full group in developing recommendations that most if not
>>>>> all of the WG members can support.  But, after diligent efforts to
>>>>> reach consensus, there is still significant divergence about certain
>>>>> proposed recommendations, it will be the leaders responsibility to
>>>>> decide whether there is sufficient support in the WG to submit such
>>>>> recommendations to the GNSO Council.  Understanding this, it is
>>>>> important that each SG endorse the person on the leadership team from
>>>>> its group.
>>>>> I hope that we can confirm whether or not there is support for this
>>>>> approach in our WG call tomorrow.  If there is, then it will guide our
>>>>> efforts in finding qualified members to serve on the leadership team
>>>>> as well as how to structure the team (2 co-chairs + 2 co-vice-chairs
>>>>> or 1 chair + 3 co-vice-chairs).
>>>>> I would be happy to respond to any questions anyone has.
>>>>> Chuck Gomes
>>>>> P.S. - For those that do not know me, my Statement of Interest (SOI)
>>>>> can be found here:
>>>>>
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