Re: [council] Draft reply Council on GNSO reform

["Anthony Harris" <harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I support Robin's suggestion, extremely
appropriate and timely!

Tony Harris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Gross" <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Philip Sheppard" <philip.sheppard@xxxxxx>
Cc: "'Council GNSO'" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [council] Draft reply Council on GNSO reform


> Thanks for getting this out so quickly, Philip!
>
> It seemed like travel support for councilors to attend ICANN meetings 
> was another issue with wide agreement for quick action.  Can we 
> incorporate that into this document also?
> Thank you,
> Robin
>
>
> Philip Sheppard wrote:
>
> > As agreed on yesterday's Council call, I promised to draft a short 
> > paper as a "straw man" listing those recommendations on GNSO reform 
> > that may be supportable by Council as a whole.
> > Given the deadline is submission by 30 November I thought I'd better 
> > get a move on.
> >  
> > Not surprisingly those listed are ones seeking:
> > - improvements in policy development and timeline flexibility,
> > - improvements in communications,
> > - improvements in outreach
> > - greater support for constituencies.
> >  
> > I have left out proposals on structural change suspecting we will have 
> > differing views.
> >  
> > On working groups, I am proposing a partial support, suspecting we 
> > mostly feel they will work for much policy work, but that tying our 
> > hands to have ONLY working groups for EVERY issue before us would be 
> > too inflexible. 
> >  
> > I hope I have captured areas of potential agreement. Your first 
> > comments please by *November 25* after which time I'll edit a proposed 
> > final version.
> > Comments can be as simple as  - "yes I/we support" or can be proposals 
> > to strike one of the proposed areas of agreement. In that case, a word 
> > of explanation would be good to share.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > Philip