AW: [council] Whois motion

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Thanks Liz, you're really at higher speed I could imagine.
 


Best regards 
Wolf-Ulrich 

 


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        Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Im Auftrag von Liz Gasster
        Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. März 2011 03:12
        An: Tim Ruiz; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Betreff: RE: [council] Whois motion
        
        

        Hi Tim,

         

        Please see below for current information.  Please let me know if you 
have any further questions.

         

        Thanks, Liz 

         

        From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
        Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:52 PM
        To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [council] Whois motion

         

        I would prefer to have some additional information before voting on more
        studies: 
        
        1. An update on the current study already in progress, with estimated
        completion date and then next steps on that for Staff and Council.

        Liz - the contract for the Whois "Misuse" study is undergoing final 
internal review and should be approved very shortly. The study will take about 
a year to complete (it is being conducted by an independent research entity and 
will be initiated immediately upon contract sign off, we will announce at that 
time).  No Council action is needed at this time. 

        2. Information or report from Staff on resources required for the above
        over the rest of the fiscal year, and Staff resources that are available
        to follow through on additional studies the rest of this fiscal year.
        
        

        Liz - The studies will all be conducted externally, so staff time will 
primarily be needed up-front, to finalize the details in each contract, 
periodically throughout the year to monitor progress on each, and then in a 
year it will spike again as we post drafts for community comment. The Misuse, 
Registrant Identification and Proxy/Privacy Abuse studies will each take a year 
to complete following contract ratification.  The pre-study on Relay-Reveal 
will take about 4 months to do (again, by an outside firm).

        I estimate 20 hours of policy staff time in the near term to finalize 
each contract, along with some incremental consultant hours that were budgeted 
for this fiscal year.  (Let me say as an aside those numbers pale when compared 
with the number of staff hours spent preparing detailed, thorough RFPs on each 
of these studies, conducting an open RFP process, and analyzing the responses 
fairly and very thoroughly against objective criteria to provide the costs and 
feasibility analysis to the Council.)

        
        3. Information or report from ICANN's CFO or other appropriate Staff on
        money still available for further studies this fiscal year.

        Again, these studies have not started, so none of the funding that was 
set aside for Fiscal Year 2011 has been spent on studies.  The Council 
requested, and the Board approved "at least $400,000" for Fiscal Year 2011.  
All of the money is still available in this fiscal year.  Please note that 
given how much time has elapsed without initiating studies, it will be 
important for study funding to be carried into Fiscal Year 2012.

        
        
        The above information will help us make responsible decisions about how
        best to use the resources that are made available to us. If a motion is
        required to do this, then I so move:
        
        Whereas the GNSO Council must make decisions on which pending Whois
        Studies are yet to be pursued (link to appropriate Staff reports on cost
        and feasibility studies); and
        
        Whereas the GNSO Council wishes to make fiscally responsible decisions;
        therefore be it
        
        Resolved that the GNSO Council asks Staff to provide as soon as
        reasonably possible:
        
        1. An update on the current Whois Study already in progress, with
        estimated completion date and then next steps on that for Staff and
        Council.
        
        2. Information or report on resources required for the above over the
        rest of the fiscal year, and Staff resources that are available to
        follow through on additional studies the rest of this fiscal year.
        
        3. Information or report from ICANN's CFO or other appropriate Staff on
        money still available for further studies this fiscal year.