Re: [council] GNSO Council Response to the Geographic Regions WG Recommendations

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

i support this approach -- especially the last section.  

thanks,

mikey


On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:03 PM, "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here’s a suggested outline for a GNSO Council Response to the Geographic 
> Regions WG Recommendations:
>  
> 1.       Thank the WG for their considerable and thorough work.
> 2.       Acknowledge a few key points that we strongly support, for example:
> a.       Executive Summary item 7 - “. . provide flexibility to individual 
> communities and structures within ICANN . . . ” by permitting them to: follow 
> the same framework as the Board, or develop their own mechanisms (with Board 
> oversight) for ensuring geographic diversity within their own organizations.”
> b.      Executive Summary Item 8 – “. . . Staff should also develop and 
> implement a process to permit stakeholder communities in countries or 
> territories to pursue, if they wish, re-assignment to a geographic region 
> that they consider to be more appropriate for their jurisdiction.”
> 3.       Call attention to any points about which we have questions, for 
> example:  Executive Summary Item 9 – “. . the Working Group recommends that 
> ICANN seek ways to recognize and accommodate Special Interest Groups to 
> promote the interests and unique attributes of stakeholder communities that 
> may not clearly fit into the formal top down regional structures. These 
> “bottom-up” groupings would be complementary to the formal regional 
> framework, and would not replace it. They would not form any part of ICANN’s 
> decision-making structure but would be free to lobby for the support of 
> elected representatives. ”   Some clarification of what is meant by the last 
> sentence would be helpful.  Assuming we understand the intent, we would 
> suggest that such groups work within existing structures as much as possible 
> to communicate their concerns.  
>  
> I think this would be much better than saying “no response”.  This version 
> includes some edits in item 3 that were suggested by an RySG participant.
>  
> Chuck
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