[council] Proposed amendment to OSC & PPSC motion

["Mary Wong" <Mary.Wong@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,
 
In view of the additional information supplied by Julie, Liz and Philip, but 
considering also Wendy's and others' points relating to the workability of the 
current GNSO processes, I hereby propose the following amendment to Wendy's 
motion. Fundamentally, I believe it's time, and necessary, for the Council now 
to assume direct responsibility for reviewing the deliverables from the PPSC 
and OSC as well as the respective work teams. In this, the Council should be 
assisted by the Standing Committee that was supposed to have been formed some 
time ago. 
 
Of course, this would not preclude either the Council or the Standing Committee 
from consulting the teams and committees that drafted and reviewed the original 
language and processes; it's just that - with the amount of projects we are 
facing and the concerns already expressed over both the Council's role and the 
workability of the new GNSO rules and procedures, the seemingly-endless rounds 
of discussion, interpretation, delegation, referral and redrafting has to stop 
somewhere and that should be the Council.
 
So, here goes - keeping the original WHEREAS clauses, I suggest the following 
RESOLVED clauses to the OSC and PPSC charter motion. I hope Wendy will consider 
it friendly.
 
"RESOLVED, the Council acknowledges and thanks the OSC, the PPSC and the five 
community work teams for their hard work; and directs each steering committee 
and applicable work team chair to identify for the Council any remaining 
targets and benchmarks for their respective work by no later than 19 January 
2011, with a view toward final delivery to the Council of any remaining work 
items so identified by no later than the San Francisco meeting.
FURTHER RESOLVED, a Standing Committee to monitor implementation of GNSO 
Improvements shall be established no later than 19 January 2011. The Standing 
Committee will work with the Council to review and, if necessary, convene 
relevant work teams to refine and streamline, the effectiveness of GNSO 
Improvements on an ongoing basis."
 
Thanks and cheers
Mary 

 
 
 
Mary W S Wong
Professor of Law
Chair, Graduate IP Programs
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