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Re: [council] GNSO review - the easy wins

  • To: Philip Sheppard <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx>, "'GNSO Council'" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [council] GNSO review - the easy wins
  • From: Greg Ruth <greg_ruth@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:00:10 -0800 (PST)
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Philip,
    I think this is an eminently reasonable and useful approach. 
Thanks for taking the initiative.

Greg

--- Philip Sheppard <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Fellow Council Members,
> You may recall I discussed with some of you in Brazil as well as with
> staff the idea of
> seeing if there were some of the 24 recommendations in the LSE GNSO
> review that were ones
> that would meet with universal agreement on Council. Having reviewed
> the list again I would
> now like to make such a proposal.
> The attached list of 9 of the 24 recommendations are ones that I am
> guessing we would all
> categorise as either:
> - blindingly obvious to do (eg web site improvement)
> - seem like a good idea (eg annual policy plan)
> - what we have been asking for for years (eg funded travel).
> Indeed many of the items are already in ICANN plans (see list). A
> kick-start with Council
> endorsement will be helpful.
>  
> (The list is NOT the full set of recommendations supported by the BC.
> That list is longer
> but we believe that the other recommendations need to be either:
> - discussed more,
> - considered together,
> - considered with the Board governance committee,
> before we can reach a view as Council).
>  
> However, small steps are always good to show progress so would you be
> kind enough to
> indicate if indeed you DO support this short list of the 9 easy wins
> ?
> If there are any items you do not support, just say so with a brief
> explanation, and I will
> take them off the list: by definition they would not be easy wins!
>  
> That should leave us with a set of 9 or less of which we can say
> Council supports immediate
> implementation. That will mean in most cases staff do work and return
> to Council with a
> worked out proposal.
>  
> I hope you agree this is a good idea to demonstrate Council's
> enthusiasm for
> self-improvement.
>  
> Philip
>  
>  
> 



 
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