[council] Standing Committee

[Marika Konings <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear GNSO Council Members:

In relation to agenda item 3.1 (Establish Drafting Team (DT) for new Standing 
Committee) of the next Council meeting, ICANN Policy Staff would like to share 
the following points for consideration during your discussion:


 *   You may all recall that the concept of the Standing Committee derived from 
a CCT recommendation which read, ‘The CCT is strongly committed to the idea 
that the GNSO Council consider introducing a formal follow-up and/or tracking 
mechanism (e.g. Standing Committee) to ensure that the recommendations of the 
CCT as well as other Work Teams are realized in the coming months’.
 *   As a result of further discussion in the Council’s Cartagena working 
sessions on this particular subject, the Council requested Drafting Team 
volunteers to develop a Standing Committee charter.
 *   Staff suggests that, to help focus the DT’s work on a suitable Charter 
document, the GNSO Council might want to consider providing preliminary 
guidance concerning the purpose, scope, role, composition, etc., of the 
Standing Committee.  For example, is it the Council’s intention that the 
Standing Committee track/follow up on adopted GNSO Improvement recommendations 
or should its mandate also encompass operational issues arising from the 
implementation of the recommendations?
 *   Alternatively, the GNSO Council could consider asking the DT, as its first 
task, to outline alternative approaches that a Standing Committee could take 
and submit them for Council review and discussion along with a recommendation. 
Following completion of that task, the Council could then select the most 
appropriate model, which would guide the DT’s charter development work.

As said, this is just some food for thought. We would be happy to answer any 
questions or provide further explanation on Thursday’s call.

With best regards,

Marika