[UA-discuss] SOI

[Roberto Gaetano]

Jim,

As a personal note, I find it very useful while reading emails to be able to have a rough idea of the profile and background of a contributor to the mailing list going to his/her SOI. To understand where people come from is very helpful in putting their comments in perspective.

Going back to the early days, it was introduced as a way to declare some potential conflict of interest. Whether this has been effective or not, I don’t know, but it still seems to me a fair thing to ask that, moreover, does not take more than few minutes to compile and contains in principle only information that is otherwise available.

But again it is just my point of view.

Cheers,
Roberto





> On 20.12.2023, at 22:47, Jim DeLaHunt via UA-discuss <ua-discuss at icann.org> wrote:
> 
> Anil Kumar Jain:
> 
> Thank you for this notification.
> 
> Could you please explain "implementation of SOI" a little more for those of us who do not know ICANN very well?
> 
> What is an SOI ( Statement of Interest)? What is its purpose?
> 
> What activities are involved in "implementation of SOI"?  What does UASG staff or leadership do? What do UASG participants do? How can an ordinary participant tell when "implementation of SOI" begins, and when it has completed?
> 
> In what way will implementation of SOI "help UASG for a better Governance"?
> 
> I am aware that in the past, every few months, there would be an outbreak of email messages protesting some aspect of UASG governance. They would be from several different names, none of which I recognised from UASG working group meetings or ICANN sessions, and they would use suspiciously similar turns of phrase. I suspected that those emails were from a single person or group, using false names and pretending to be multiple people. I never understood what their motivation was. Is the purpose of SOI implementation to prevent this specific problem?
> 
> Best regards,
>     —Jim DeLaHunt
> 
> On 2023-12-19 02:58, anil Jain via UA-discuss wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> ICANN Staff suggested to UASG leadership team need for implementation of SOI ( Statement of Interest) for all members(new and existing) of UASG.
>> Coordination WG and Admin WG of UASG deliberated on this issue extensively from Aug 23 to Dec 23. We have concluded that SOI may be implemented in UASG as suggested by ICANN Staff. Details of implementations shall be guided by ICANN Legal team shortly.
>> This step will help UASG for a  better Governance.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Anil Kumar Jain
>> Chiar, UASG
>> 
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