Re: [council] Letter to GAC and ccNSO re Consumer metrics

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Rosemary.

Councillors, please let me know if there is opposition to me sending the letter 
Rosemary's group has drafted in my capacity as Chair?

Thanks,

Stéphane



Le 3 août 2011 à 06:19, Rosemary Sinclair a écrit :

> 
> Hi Stephane
> 
> Happy to get all the input you suggest.
> 
> The Councillors involved in our work are myself, Wendy, Debbie, Carlos and 
> John Berard. ALAC is already contributing to the work and there are a number 
> of other volunteers mainly from CSG. 
> 
> The group sees itself as a community wide discussion group at present
> 
> We are aware that we are working together ahead of the GNSO Council 
> motion/decision on CCW or GNSO sponsored group but even if it's the latter I 
> imagine we will want to be open to the wider ICANN community
> 
> We also recognise we are not part of a PDP process..we are working to develop 
> a document which would go back to ACs and SOs to help their consideration of 
> advice back to the ICANN Board. That would be another process....
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rosemary
> 
> Rosemary Sinclair
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stéphane Van Gelder [mailto:stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, 1 August 2011 6:43 PM
> To: Rosemary Sinclair
> Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GNSO
> Subject: Re: Letter to GAC and ccNSO re Consumer metrics 
> 
> Hi Rosemary,
> 
> Thanks for your request. I am copying the Council on my response because I 
> think this is a discussion we should all be having.
> 
> Let me start by saying how much I appreciate your efforts as leader of the 
> GNSO Council's Consumer metrics initiative. I'm sure all Councillors feel the 
> same way.
> 
> What I am not sure of, however, is that all would feel comfortable with me 
> sending the letter you have drafted as-is. My understanding is that we as a 
> Council have yet to determine whether we are comfortable with moving this 
> ahead as a cross-community effort.
> 
> My own personal view is that the letter as drafted could be misconstrued as a 
> call for cross-community work. I am not saying whether this is a good or bad 
> thing, but as there has been considerable debate on this over the past few 
> months, I would not feel comfortable in sending such a letter in my capacity 
> as Chair unless I know the Council supports that move.
> 
> So may I ask for comments on the proposed letter? Is everyone OK with me 
> sending it as-is?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
>