[council] Re: Communication of the output of CWGs / Future of CWGs

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

Hi Lesley,

Thanks for this. I am copying the Council for their information and I agree 
that this would be an excellent topic for our joint meeting in Prague.

Best,

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Le 12 juin 2012 à 22:50, Lesley Cowley a écrit :

> Hi Stéphane,
> 
> Further to your email of 15th March on cross community working groups to the 
> chairs of the SO’s and AC’s, the ccNSO Council has now been able to review 
> the drafting team output.
> 
> The ccNSO Council appreciates the work done to date by the GNSO. It is our 
> understanding that the GNSO sought input and feedback from other SO’s and 
> AC’s on:
> 
> 1.    The principles themselves, and 
> 2.    The route forward for community-wide adoption or development of a 
> related set of principles for the operation of Cross-Community Working Groups 
> 
> On the principles, and acknowledging they are high level, some aspects 
> relating to the creation, working and decision-making processes relating to 
> cross-community working groups may need additional coverage by principles, in 
> particular:
> Defining the purpose and scope of a working group;
> What should be included in a charter
> Decision making by the participating SO’s and AC’s, in particular in case of 
>> o  Disagreement across participating SO’s and AC’s or 
>> o  Between WG and (one of the) a participating SO or AC. 
> The ccNSO Council views are based on an analysis of both the principles and 
> our experience with cross community working groups to date.  This analysis is 
> available.
>  
> As to the route forward, the ccNSO Council suggests the setting-up of a 
> cross-community working group, with the goal to arrive at common set of 
> principles and the identification of areas of divergence in guidelines and 
> practices across SO’s and AC’s. Such a WG should take into account the 
> experiences of the cross community working groups to date (both those that 
> are active and closed) and include the active participation of ICANN staff, 
> who over time have gained significant experience with the formation and 
> functioning of cross community working groups.
> 
> Perhaps we could discuss next steps at the SO/AC Chair's meeting and or the 
> ccNSO – GNSO  lunch meeting in Prague?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Lesley Cowley OBE,
> Chair of the ccNSO  
> Lesley Cowley, OBE
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> From: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:30
> To: Lesley Cowley <lesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond 
> <ocl@xxxxxxx>, Patrik Fältström <patrik@xxxxxxxxxx>, John Curran 
> <jcurran@xxxxxxxx>, Heather Dryden <Heather.Dryden@xxxxxxxx>, Louie Lee 
> <louie@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Communication of the output of CWGs / Future of CWGs
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>  
> You may be aware that over the course of last year the GNSO Council launched 
> a drafting team to examine the issues associated with the formation and 
> operation of Community / Cross-Community working groups.
>  
> The output of the drafting team was encapsulated in a set of draft principles 
> which were accepted by the Council through a motion passed at the 14 March 
> 2012 meeting of the GNSO Council. 
>  
> The motion is linked to here:
>  
> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+14+March+2012
>  
> The draft principles are linked to here:
>  
> http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-principles-for-cwgs-23dec11-en.pdf
>  
> It is important to note here that work undertaken by the drafting team was 
> undertaken specifically in order to develop a GNSO Council agreed perspective.
> The output shared here is not in any way intended to presume that this is a 
> broader, community agreed position. 
>  
> Accordingly we are offering this work as input into the discussion which you 
> may wish to initiate or further develop within your organisation or committee.
>  
> Best,
> 
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> GNSO Council Chair