[Rt4-whois] Fwd: Fwd: Whois RT

Wed Apr 4 15:34:22 UTC 2012

This is helpful.  We'll collect the information discussed from 2009 to
present.

Thanks

Denise Michel
ICANN
Advisor to the President & CEO
denise.michel at icann.org
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> From: Emily Taylor <emily at emilytaylor.eu>
> Date: 4 April 2012 09:16
> Subject: Re: [Rt4-whois] Fwd: Whois RT
> To: denise.michel at icann.org
>
>
> Hi Denise
>
> Thank you very much for that explanation, and I do appreciate the
> difficulties that you are talking about.  I think your suggestion of going
> back 3 years instead of 6 sounds practical and useful.  What we want to do
> is talk about the compliance effort really from 2009 onwards, once the
> department started to move from "start up" phase to gearing up to meet
> community expectations.  I am also aware that when we met with Compliance
> in Jan 2011, there were references to open positions, temporary staff etc,
> and I would like to have a better understanding of that for our report.  It
> is important, because of course implementation of WHOIS policy is at the
> heart of our mandate, and you can see from community feedback, and staff
> feedback, that it is viewed as an area for improvement.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Emily
>
>
> On 3 April 2012 23:30, Denise Michel <denise.michel at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to get a clearer sense of what information the Team must have to
>> validate its points (reach its conclusions about current Whois policy and
>> implementation) and confirm what can be provided in the short term.  I was
>> hoping a discussion could enable us to reach this point more quickly.
>>
>> In the last couple of years ICANN has instituted new internal systems
>> that make it easier to track and report in detail on staffing, budget and
>> expenditures. As with many "start-ups," new systems are forward looking and
>> don't incorporate historic records.  To go back to 2006 and indicate for
>> each year which positions were open for how many days, and to determine how
>> much budget was allocated to the Compliance function each year and how much
>> was spent (when Compliance was located in a different department and was
>> part of a different budget section prior to 2010) can be done, but will
>> take a significant amount of Staff time during a particularly busy period
>> for our budget/HR Staff (who currently are preparing the next fiscal year
>> budget).
>>
>> I want to be as helpful as possible, but I'm also trying to convey that
>> more detailed historic information is not available at the push of a button
>> and can't be provided without cost/staff time. While Staff is committed to
>> providing the information the Team needs to fulfill its mission, I'd like
>> to confirm how critical this level of detail is to the Team's final report.
>>  Can the Team complete its recommendations with the budget and staffing
>> histories provided thus far, or with information on budget, spends, and
>> position vacancies going back 3 years instead of 6?
>>
>> I'm looking for feedback on whether there's another (quicker) way to meet
>> the Team's needs given your final report deadline.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Denise
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Denise Michel
>> ICANN
>> Advisor to the President & CEO
>> denise.michel at icann.org
>> +1.408.429.3072 mobile
>> +1.310.578.8632 direct
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Emily Taylor <emily at emilytaylor.eu>wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for this Denise
>>>
>>> Please would you also include the unfilled vacant positions over time in
>>> the same way.  When we had our presentation from compliance last January,
>>> we heard that positions had remained open for a long time in some cases,
>>> and to complete the picture on staffing we also need to know this.
>>>
>>> On budget vs actual spend, I think the query is quite straight forward,
>>> isn't it?  We need to know the amount allocated in each year's budget cycle
>>> for spend on compliance (which I assume is a budget line), vs the actual
>>> spend (so that we can look at the variance of actual vs budget).
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Emily
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3 April 2012 00:31, Denise Michel <denise.michel at icann.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Emily (cc Team):
>>>>
>>>> Below and attached is (corrected) historical data on Compliance
>>>> staffing, including figures for temporary staff support.  The discrepancy
>>>> between the last set of data provided by the Compliance Team and the
>>>> staffing information provided in slides presented to the Team in January
>>>> 2011 was due to the inclusion of temporary staff support in the staffing
>>>> numbers in the slides.  The previous set of figures I forwarded included
>>>> only full-time staff.  In addition, a staff person was transferred from
>>>> another department into Compliance and the previous data reflected her
>>>> start date incorrectly.  Please let me know if you have any further
>>>> questions on this.
>>>>
>>>> When you have a chance, could you please call me regarding historic
>>>> budget information that the Team needs?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Denise
>>>>
>>>> Denise Michel
>>>> ICANN
>>>> Advisor to the President & CEO
>>>> denise.michel at icann.org
>>>> +1.408.429.3072 mobile
>>>> +1.310.578.8632 direct
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Roles 2006 2007 (1st half)
>>>> 2008 (2nd half)
>>>> 2008 2009 (1st half)
>>>> 2010 (2nd half)
>>>> 2010  2011 2012 2013  Head of Compliance     1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  Registrar-Registry
>>>> Compliance 1 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 9 12  Performance
>>>> Measurement & Reporting               1 1 1  Risk & Audit Management
>>>>   1 1 1 1 0   1 1  Temporary services     0 1 1 3 1        Total by
>>>> year 1 3 5 6 7 10 6 9 12 15
>>>>
>>>>
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