Re: [council] Board SIC / GNSO Review

[Mason Cole <mcole@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I support this.  Though I'm not sure now is the time for GNSO review, I would 
be interested in hearing Ray's views.  Thanks for arranging, Jonathan.


On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Jonathan Robinson wrote:

> All,
>  
> I have spoken with Ray Plzak on the GNSO Review.  Ray chairs the ICANN Board 
> Structural Improvements Committee i.e. the committee responsible for working 
> on ICANN Board commissioned organisational reviews.
>  
> The detail of the GNSO Review is still work in progress as far as the SIC is 
> concerned and it fits into a broader perspective on the shape and structure 
> of related review work in future.
> In this context, Ray shared a concept paper with the ATRT2 and that is 
> publicly available here:
>  
> http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/atrt2/2013/001111.html
>  
> As part of our interaction with the ICANN board on Sunday November 17th, Ray 
> has offered to update the Council on latest thinking and development so that 
> is something I suggest we take advantage of.
> He is also potentially available to meet with a smaller (Review focussed) 
> group in Buenos Aires.
>  
> In any event, there is nothing to stop us getting on with reviewing our own 
> work on policy development since the last GNSO review.  We could look into 
> various factors such as time taken, whether or not the policy achieved what 
> was intended and whether or not there were any unintended consequences.  From 
> what I can see, this could be useful as part of our own work to improve and 
> feed into the Board commissioned organisational review of the GNSO.
>  
> We can discuss this further during the appropriate weekend session in Buenos 
> Aires.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
>  
> Jonathan
>