Re: [council] Role of the Council discussion

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just as a follow-up, on the last point, the text below is what is in the latest 
draft of the PDP-WT report that is currently under discussion. This may be 
useful to consider in our discussions.

Thanks,

Stéphane

§  The PDP-WT recommends to provide additional guidance to GNSO Council in the 
Policy Development Process Procedure Manual on how to treat Working Group 
recommendations, especially those thathave not received full consensus and the 
expected / desired approach to adoption of some, but not all, or rejection of 
recommendations. PDP WGs should be encouraged to indicate which, if any, 
recommendations are interdependent so the GNSO Council can take this into 
account as part of their deliberations. ThePDP-WT would like to express its 
concern about the GNSO Council ‘picking and choosing’ or modifying 
recommendations, but recognizes that this is the Council’s prerogative. The 
PDP-WT would like to encourage the GNSO Council that therewere it does have 
concerns or would propose changes to recommendations, it passes these concerns 
and/or recommendations for changes back to the respective PDP Working Group for 
their input. 

Le 4 déc. 2010 à 19:57, Stéphane Van Gelder a écrit :

> Thanks Bill, I have added that point to the list which now becomes:
> 
> Should we have this session again at next ICANN meeting?
> 
> Does Council support the idea of the leaders talking to group chairs?
> 
> How to improve the communication between the groups - standing number for 
> informal group calls.
> 
> How Council may deal with reports, and the broader question of Council 
> freedom to deliberate and act?
> 
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> Le 4 déc. 2010 à 19:05, William Drake a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2010/12/4 Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Thanks for some very good discussion on the role of the Council.
>> 
>> As a starting point for continuing that discussion on this list, these are 
>> the points we may wish to look at:
>> 
>> Should we have this session again at next ICANN meeting?
>> Does Council support the idea of the leaders talking to group chairs?
>> How to improve the communication between the groups - standing number for 
>> informal group calls.
>> 
>> All fine, but I'd add to this the question Tim and I were debating about how 
>> Council may deal with reports, and the broader question of Council freedom 
>> to deliberate and act. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> William J. Drake  
>> Senior Associate
>> Centre for International Governance
>> Graduate Institute for International and
>>   Development Studies
>>   Geneva, Switzerland
>> william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.williamdrake.org
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