[council] ccnso Update - Travel drafting team - Geo regions - OSC CSG status report

[Olga Cavalli <olgacavalli@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
the following text summarized the updates of ccNSO, travel drafting team,
Geo Regions and the OSC CSG working team.
If there are any questions or doubts please let me know
Regards
Olga


*ccNSO update: (already sent to the list)*

The comment period for the Delegation & Redelegation Working Group Analysis
Report is now open:
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-16jun10-en.htm
Comments can be submitted until the 15th September 2010.

*Travel Drafting team:*

Drafting team met with Kevin Wilson from ICANN staff during the Brussels
meeting.
Team expressed different concerns mainly focused on having more flexibility
in selecting flights, dates and times.
Also we requested the need for letting GNSO council members to stay for
Friday´s Board meeting, allowing one more night of hotel expenses.
Kevin and his team will try to minimize possible inconveniences caused by
not being flexible with tickets booking, dates, times etc.
He suggested also that GNSO should submit a written comment about the Friday
participation requirement once the comment period is open for the travel
guidelines.

*Geographic Region Review Working Group*

In the hopes of gathering additional community input and interest in its
work, the community-wide Geographic Regions Review Working Group posted its
Draft Interim Report for community review prior to the ICANN Brussels
meeting – see
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-28may10-en.htm.

The WG sponsored a public forum session in Brussels (see -
http://brussels38.icann.org/node/12509.  During the session, the WG Chair
shared an updated presentation regarding the practical background for the
WG’s effort posing several questions that the WG is currently considering
during its deliberations (see -
http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/presentation-geo-regions-24jun10-en.pdf
.

The Interim Report drafting effort will continue in the post-Brussels time
period.

*OSC CSG Status report*

The Constituency and Stakeholder Group Operations Work Team (CSG-WT) was
tasked with developing recommendations concerning Constituency and
Stakeholder Group participation rules, operating principles, and member
databases. Its recommendations are part of the overall GNSO Improvements
effort and are designed to improve the GNSO Council Operating Procedures and
enhance Constituency and Stakeholder Group operations.

The  Work Team consolidated recommendations on the three subtasks:
       * Subtask 1: Develop recommendations for a set of participation rules
and operating procedures, to which all Constituencies should abide;
         * Subtask 2: Develop recommendations for clear operating principles
for Constituencies to ensure that they function in a representative, open,
transparent and democratic manner;
         * Subtask 3: Develop recommendations for creating and maintaining a
database of all Constituency members and others not formally a part of any
Constituency that is up-to-date and publicly accessible; and

The recommendations are open for public comments and are detailed in the
following report: Recommended Common Operating Principles and Participation
Guidelines for GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies; and
Recommendations on a GNSO Database of Community Members
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-csg-recommendations-task-27may10-en.pdf

Working team is working now on recommendatios about outreach and expects to
finish a draft report by beginning of August.