Re: [council] updated draft letter

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

OK, thanks Thomas.

Can we send the letter out today?

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
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Le 21 sept. 2012 à 10:31, Thomas Rickert a écrit :

> Hello Stéphane,
> we are almost there. There was just one suggestion for a change sent by John, 
> which I have copied below:
> 
> 
> ***
> Thomas,
> 
> As much as I like stirring the pot, I wonder if we can do one or two
> things to this letter than have less to do with its content, but its
> character.
> 
> I know that Bertrand is a member of the Board Structural Improvements
> Committee, but I don't think that is what motivated his request. Neither
> is he on the New gTLD Committee.
> 
> He is likely hoping to help solve a problem, much as he tried to do in
> Cartagena at the Council dinner even before he was seated on the Board. 
> Because of that, could we address the letter to the Board overall (or
> either of its committees?) and change the opening paragraph to note the
> request from Bertrand?
> 
> I hate the thought that I am getting mired in the kind of kabuki that I
> often rail about, but I am uneasy about upsetting Board comity.
> 
> My two cents.
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> John Berard
> Founder
> ***
> 
> Since there were no objections or comments as a response to that suggestion, 
> I propose we address the letter to the Board Structural Improvements 
> Committee (SIC), that is to say to Ray Plzak as its chair. Bertrand wrote 
> that the SIC will review the proposals and therefore it should be adquate to 
> address its chair and cc Bertrand.
> 
> The content of the letter should remain unaltered, though.
> 
> In my note to the Council I reminded the group of the intention discussed 
> during out last call to submit the letter by the end of the week. May I 
> suggest that you dispatch it by COB today to allow for additional comments 
> until then?
> 
> Thanks,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> Am 21.09.2012 um 10:12 schrieb Stéphane Van Gelder:
> 
>> Thanks Wolf and everyone else who has responded to Thomas' call.
>> 
>> Are we now in a position for me to send the letter as it is now drafted?
>> 
>> Stéphane Van Gelder
>> Directeur Général / General manager
>> INDOM NetNames France
>> ----------------
>> Registry Relations and Strategy Director
>> NetNames
>> T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51
>> F: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 61
>> 
>> 
>> Le 20 sept. 2012 à 22:12, <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx> <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>> 
>>> The ISPCP is supporting to send out this letter
>>>  
>>> Best regards 
>>> Wolf-Ulrich 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im 
>>> Auftrag von Thomas Rickert
>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 14. September 2012 16:30
>>> An: GNSO Council List
>>> Betreff: [council] updated draft letter 
>>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> as discussed during yesterday's call, please find below the draft letter 
>>> regarding the impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's structure including the 
>>> changes proposed by Stéphane. 
>>> 
>>> Please provide your comments and suggestions as soon as you can as the plan 
>>> is to finalize the draft by the end of next week.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards and have a great weekend,
>>> Thomas
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear Bertrand,
>>> 
>>> the GNSO Council would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide 
>>> feedback to your request for input on the impact of new gTLDs on ICANN's 
>>> structure.
>>> 
>>> As you know, the Council as well as individual SGs and Constituencies have 
>>> been discussing this important subject for a long time now. It has also 
>>> been a topic during face to face meetings between the GNSO Council and the 
>>> Board and GAC as well as with the ccNSO. Some groups have already or will 
>>> respond to the Board directly and our impression is that they are confident 
>>> to have taken appropriate steps to address the upcoming challenges. 
>>> 
>>> As far as the Council is concerned, here will most likely be quantitative 
>>> and qualitative challenges. What these will be and their size can hardly be 
>>> predicted. 
>>> 
>>> In qualitative terms, there may be new requests to form constituencies and 
>>> new stakeholder groups in both houses, some of which may be 
>>> re-configurations or alignments of existing groups.
>>> 
>>> Since this is an unknown factor, the effects on the democratic and 
>>> participatory process of the Council and the response to that are yet to be 
>>> seen. However, we would like to highlight that ICANN is already publishing 
>>> information on how to participate (see 
>>> http://gnso.icann.org/en/about/participation.htm) including information on 
>>> how to form a Constituency. Thus, the information and processes are 
>>> available to be inclusive 
>>> 
>>> In quantitative terms, challenges are more predictable in some aspects. For 
>>> sure, there will be 
>>> 
>>> - more attention by the general pubic and Governments;
>>> 
>>> - more attendants at meetings, which has an impact on sizing the venues; 
>>> 
>>> - more groups that need administrative and technical support;
>>> 
>>> - more telephone conferences with more participants and more remote 
>>> participation;
>>> 
>>> - more documents to be produced and read; 
>>> 
>>> - more decisions to be made and operationalized;
>>> 
>>> - more contractors that need to be managed;
>>> 
>>> - the need for ever more stringent budget management and control; and
>>> 
>>> - more compliance issues that need to be taken care of.
>>> 
>>> These quantitative challenges require managerial responses that ICANN can 
>>> prepare for. Such preparations should also encompass the increased burden 
>>> on volunteers to deal with even more and potentially more complex material 
>>> to work on. Processes and support schemes for volunteers should be designed 
>>> to best possibly avoid volunteer fatigue.
>>> 
>>> The unknown is what new groups will be established and what their place and 
>>> role in the ICANN eco system shall be. However, additions will only lead to 
>>> marginal changes that can be dealt with once they are known.
>>> 
>>> In summary, the GNSO Council believes that the current structure is 
>>> resilient to respond to the challenges to come as long as ICANN provides 
>>> the resources required to accommodate an increasing number of participants 
>>> / stakeholders and their respective needs.  
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> Stéphane van Gelder
>>> 
>>> Chair, GNSO Council
>>> 
>>> 
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