[RSS GWG] Short term work plan for the GWG

Fri Apr 29 16:29:15 UTC 2022

Hi Brad,

You say that you would like to "to invite Robert Carolina from ISC as a
subject matter expert to facilitate our engagement with RSSAC058", but it
is not clear to me from what follows how long you expect this engagement to
be.  Is Robert being invited to the next meeting?  Or for some longer
duration?

best regards,

Ted Hardie

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 4:54 PM Verd, Brad via RSSGWG <rssgwg at icann.org>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> Thank you for your support as GWG chair.
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> Last week, we hosted an onboarding call for the ten new members of the
> GWG. We reviewed the summary of GWG discussions and answered questions
> about the NewOrg proposal and the work that led to RSSAC058.
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> As you know, the RSSAC published the Success Criteria, and the ICANN Board
> directed us to incorporate RSSAC058 into our work.  Our ability to
> successfully deliver a functional description of a new RSS Governance
> Structure relies solely on how well our output is received by the community
> of stakeholders who will be asked to review and assent to it.  To reach
> that result we need to find a way to engage with RSSAC058 and the Success
> Criteria to give all of us a common understanding of the principles it
> represents. As we explore and conduct a discussion of the various elements
> that make up RSSAC058, we can start to identify issues where our opinions
> already align and those where we need to work together to find a common
> view.
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> To be clear, I feel we need more than just a review of the words of
> RSSAC058. Now that we have expanded and refreshed the membership of GWG, we
> now need to engage with one another to test our mutual understanding of the
> Success Criteria. This will give us the ability to move forward using a
> common framework to channel the discussions and debate to come. It will
> ultimately make our work program more efficient and our output more robust.
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> In order to deepen these discussions I would like to invite Robert
> Carolina from ISC as a subject matter expert to facilitate our engagement
> with RSSAC058. He was instrumental in facilitating the discussions within
> the RSOs and again at RSSAC that ultimately helped us navigate to unanimous
> agreement on its content in a short time frame.
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> Once we have built this foundation of common understanding, we will be
> prepared to use the framework to compare and contrast the two models that
> have been most discussed by various participants to date: “NewOrg” and
> “Supporting Organization.” I am not suggesting that either of these models
> is right for us. There is every possibility that neither one currently
> meets our needs. They do, however, present some important contrasts that we
> can explore once we have established a common framework for debate. I
> believe this will shed additional light on the issues we need to address
> and help suggest our path forward.
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> After discussions with a number of people here is a proposed approach to
> the coming meetings leading up to our face-to-face meeting at ICANN74.  We
> can and will adjust as needed based on discussion the group has.
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> *Thursday, 5 May*
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>    - Begin engagement and discussion of RSSAC058
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> *Thursday, 19 May*
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>    - Continued engagement and discussion of RSSAC058
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> *Thursday, 2 June*
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>    - Conclude our engagement and discussion of RSSAC058 (I feel that if
>    we aren’t using at least two full sessions to go through the Success
>    Criteria that we aren’t engaging in the right level of discussion/debate.
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> *Thursday, 16 June: ICANN74 work sessions (face-to-face)*
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>    - Apply tools gleaned from our work with RSSAC058 to the two proposals
>    that have been most discussed so far (New Org and Supporting Organization)
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> Please prepare for the next three calls by reviewing RSSAC058:
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>    - RSSAC058: Criteria for the RSS Governance Structure
>    https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-058-17nov21-en.pdf
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> It may also help to review the publications that are incorporated by
> reference into RSSAC058, especially if you have not had the chance to do so
> before now:
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>    - RSSAC037: A Proposed Governance Model for the DNS Root Server System
>    https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-037-15jun18-en.pdf
>    - RSSAC042: RSSAC Statement on Root Server Operator Independence
>    https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-042-17may19-en.pdf
>    - RSSAC049: RSSAC Statement on Joining the Empowered Community
>    https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-049-14apr20-en.pdf
>    - RSSAC055: Principles Guiding the Operation of the Public Root Server
>    System
>    https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-055-07jul21-en.pdf
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> I look forward to working with all of you to bring this important work to
> a conclusion.
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> Regards,
>
> Brad
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