Re: [council] IOC/RC

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

So the message would be this?

The Drafting Team is continuing to work on the issue and will provide its 
recommendations back to the GNSO Council.

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
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Le 11 mai 2012 à 02:09, Taylor, David a écrit :

> 
> 
> The Drafting Team should keep working in order to provide its recommendations 
> back to the GNSO Council.
> 
> Willing and effective volunteers should be cherished.
> 
> David
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> From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 11:47 PM
> To: Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>; GNSO Council List 
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> Subject: RE: [council] IOC/RC 
>  
> I disagreed with Mary’s suggestion on the chat and continue to for a number 
> of reasons.  First, implicit in Mary’s note is the notion that the Council 
> has made the decision to abandon the Drafting Team approach, which is a 
> notion I only advocated by the NCSG on the call.
> 
> Second, it sends the wrong message to the current Drafting Team and will make 
> it next to impossible for the Drafting Team to get any work done between now 
> and Prague.  They will not want to do any work on the second level issues as 
> they will believe that doing such work would be a waste of their time (Since 
> the GNSO as a whole is “continuing to work” on the issue).  That feeling has 
> already been expressed by several members of the DT (prior to the GNSO 
> Council call).  There is a strong belief that any future work will be a waste 
> of their volunteer time. 
>  
> So, if we actually expect the DT to keep working on a response, which was 
> what I clearly heard on the call, then let’s just state that the Drafting 
> Team is continuing to work on the issue and will provide its recommendations 
> back to the GNSO Council.  If on the other hand the GNSO as a whole is 
> willing to get on calls every two weeks and really work in earnest on the 
> response, then I am fine with the message Mary suggests and I expect to see 
> you all on the call next Wednesday as scheduled.   I am fine with taking 
> either approach…the Drafting Team works on it, or the GNSO as a whole works 
> on its.  But we can’t just state that the GNSO as a whole is working on it, 
> and then it turns out no one actually does.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Jeffrey J. Neuman 
> Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs
> 
>  
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:50 PM
> To: GNSO Council List
> Subject: [council] IOC/RC
>  
> Councillors,
>  
> As discussed during today's call, I would like to ask the Council for clear 
> direction on what next steps to take on the IOC/RC DT.
>  
> You will recall that on the call I suggested that we instruct the DT to 
> continue its work and that a short message be sent to the GAC.
>  
> Mary had the following suggestion on the call:
>  
> Mary Wong: @Stephane, in view of the apparent confusion over the DT issue, 
> can you respond to the GAC simply stating what the DT has done to date and 
> indicating that the GNSO as a whole is continuing to work on the second level 
> issue without specifically mentioning that the DT will be the group doing the 
> work? And then including that question on the agenda for our next mtg?
>  
> Please add to this discussion so that we can determine what our next steps 
> should be.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Directeur Général / General manager
> INDOM Group NBT France
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