Re: [council] Motion on Whois studies

[Norbert Klein <nhklein@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Chuck,

could you please elaborate a bit why you think there is only a minimal chance 
to move towards asking for funding information on studies?

It is surely useful to get a more detailed analysis with recommendations for 
studies in future, but I thought as a starting step it would not be so 
difficult for staff to identify past time/funds used for studies? And then 
the additions for non-staff time/money dedicated to past studies could be 
added as estimates to get a general idea.

Even the very detailed analysis the RyC is proposing would have to start with 
the same basic initial survey, I think. And we would have a first - tough 
interim - collection of data sooner, before we might embark on further 
studies. I understood that was Avri's intention.

But maybe my assumptions are wrong?


Norbert

On Sunday, 19 October 2008 20:11:04 Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> My opinion: there is very minimal chance that 'we would be in position
> to take a vote on a motion to request funding information on studies'.
>
> As I shared in our 16 Oct meeting, the RyC is in the process of
> finalizing a very detailed analysis with recommendations for studies to
> pursue further and we plan to submit that to the Council on 29 October.
> It is possible that other constituencies or advisory groups or
> individuals will have submitted recommendations by that time as well.
> So I think our time in Cairo will be focused on reviewing and discussing
> those submissions and mapping out an approach for identifying studies
> for which we want Staff to prepare cost estimates.  But I believe it
> will be a fairly involved process that we will not be able to complete
> until after Cairo.
>
> I do agree with assigning 'prominence to the item on the schedule' but I
> do not believe we will be ready to make a decision.
>
> Chuck
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:38 PM
> > To: Council GNSO
> > Subject: [council] Motion on Whois studies
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > While putting together the agenda for the Cairo week, I was
> > wondering whether there was any chance we would be in
> > position to take a vote on a motion to request funding
> > information on studies.
> >
> > If so, we need to have a draft of the motion on the table as
> > soon as possible for people to consider and discuss with
> > their constituencies.  I know a lot of work is still ongoing
> > in some of the constituencies, but this activity has been
> > pending a while and we are overdue on our schedule.  At the
> > very least we need a definitive view of where we are in the
> > process and a clear schedule of when we will take the next step.
> >
> > I have assigned some prominence to the item on the schedule
> > in the expectation that we work to do it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > a.

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