Re: [council] A note to Fadi on the integrity of the policy development process

[Mason Cole <mcole@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I support.

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 6, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks John,
> 
> Although it would be timely to get something out ahead of meeting with Fadi, 
> waiting 24 hrs should do no harm.
> 
> I'd like to hear some other indications of support (or not) if possible.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> In our conversations today triggered by the report on the Expert Working 
> Group and the motion on the strawman, there was concern about the rise of 
> policy development process work-arounds.
> 
> In an attempt to make the point to Fadi (and, by extension, the Board) by, as 
> the song goes, accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative, I have 
> drafted this short note that Jonathan might send this evening.
> 
> Give it a look and let me know.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Berard
> 
> DRAFT/letter to Fadi RE: directory data collection PDP
> 
> Fadi,
> 
> Because of the role played by the GNSO Council in managing the policy 
> development process, we have been paying very close attention to the work of 
> the expert working group on collecting and maintaining registration data.
> 
> We were, in fact, given a status report by staff today at our working 
> session. This will help us in our work on the PDP requested by the Board.  In 
> light of the legacy of WhoIs and the launch of new gTLDs, there are few 
> issues of greater importance to ICANN.
> 
> It is our hope that the expert working group's findings will crystallize in 
> the near-term and, once transmitted to the Council, lead to quick action on 
> that PDP.
> 
> Our commitment is to move quickly, thereby reinforcing the method and value 
> of the policy development process and limiting the likelihood that any single 
> idea from the expert working group will get out ahead of the Council’s 
> consideration.
> 
> Jonathan