Re: [council] DRAFT/early thoughts on what a CEO performance review motion

[Amr Elsadr <aelsadr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Totally agree, Mikey. I would, however, be more inclined to lend my support to 
this if it weren’t drafted as a motion, but rather something more in the lines 
of an informal recommendation from us to the SO/AC leadership adding to it the 
suggestion of chartering a CCWG, and leave it for them to decide if and how 
they would like to pursue it.

I would also leave the part in the last paragraph regarding championing changes 
to the policy development process out, because, I don’t see that he has 
actually done that in this instance. Of course, if you all would like to add 
the new gTLD strawman topic of early last year, and specifically the inclusion 
of the 50 confusingly similar strings to the TM Clearinghouse records…, well…, 
that’s one time I feel the PDP was truly bypassed.

On another less serious note…,

>>   On 2/27/2014 7:43 PM, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

[SNIP]

>> Whereas, Fadi Chehade was announced as the new CEO and President of ICANN at 
>> the organization’s meeting in Prague in June 2012, and
>>> Whereas, in his first presentation to the ICANN community in Prague in June 
>>> 2012, he noted that “I am driven by building consensus.  It is the reason I 
>>> am here today. There is no other reason. I love doing this. Bringing 
>>> communities that on the face of it could never be brought together to agree 
>>> on common things is exactly what I strive to do,”

Hasn’t Fadi, through his actions, actually managed to bring this community 
together and help us reach consensus…, at least on this topic?!?! :)

Thanks.

Amr

On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Mike O'Connor <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> sometimes i come up with an idea late at night that sounds killer clever — 
> and then the next morning i look at it in the light of day and realize that 
> if i really want to pull this idea off, it’s going to take a lot more 
> thinking and refinement before it’s ready.
> 
> immediate reactions:
> 
> - i’m uncomfortable with the “constituency and stakeholder leadership” phrase 
> — if it’s truly going to be reflective of the bottom-up process, the 
> participation ought to be open, just like a working group is open 
> 
> - if it’s going to be run like a working group, it ought to be chartered like 
> a working group — problem statement, scope, approach, deliverables, all that 
> jazz
> 
> - if it’s really going to be reflective of the whole community it ought to be 
> a cross-community working group and not contained by the edges of the GNSO
> 
> as i follow my nose down that chain of logic i find myself stepping back a 
> bit.  are we really ready to take this on?  are we really the right group?  
> is this really the best way to express our concerns?
> 
> is this the battle that’s most important to fight right now?  
> 
> mikey
> 
> 
> On Feb 27, 2014, at 1:20 PM, John Berard <johnberard@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Klaus,
>> 
>> As I said, this is new ground and deserves the group's thinking.  Consider 
>> my efforts merely the provocation.
>> 
>> Berard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Klaus Stoll <kdrstoll@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: john <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; council <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thu, Feb 27, 2014 11:10 am
>> Subject: Re: [council] DRAFT/early thoughts on what a CEO performance review 
>> motion
>> 
>> Dear Berard, Dear All
>> 
>> Whereas, I am not necessarily opposed to the motion, I wonder if the GNSO is 
>> the right place to move and develop it. As a newcomer to the GNSO Council, I 
>> want to be clear if this is inside the pdp remit of the council.
>> 
>> Please advice!
>> 
>> Yours, Klaus
>> 
>> PS: Whereas I move, the motion should be filed under "clever ICANN CEO's 
>> assassination attempts". :-) 
>> 
>>   On 2/27/2014 7:43 PM, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> All,
>>> Does this get at the intent?  Suggestions are more than welcome as I think 
>>> we are breaking new ground here.  I apologize if the format is not perfect, 
>>> but if we crowdsource it, I think we can button it up.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Berard
>>> Whereas, Fadi Chehade was announced as the new CEO and President of ICANN 
>>> at the organization’s meeting in Prague in June 2012, and
>>> Whereas, in his first presentation to the ICANN community in Prague in June 
>>> 2012, he noted that “I am driven by building consensus.  It is the reason I 
>>> am here today. There is no other reason. I love doing this. Bringing 
>>> communities that on the face of it could never be brought together to agree 
>>> on common things is exactly what I strive to do,” and
>>> Whereas, as reported at the time he joined ICANN, “In selecting Chehade, 
>>> ICANN went with someone who isn't well known and isn't well versed in the 
>>> organization's core tasks — keeping the Internet address system running 
>>> smoothly,” and
>>> Whereas, in the two years of his term, the landscape of the Internet and 
>>> role played by ICANN has changed in ways equal only to the origin of the 
>>> organization, including significant budget and staff increases, and
>>> Whereas, in response to the expanded attention to the domain name system 
>>> and ICANN’s role in managing it, Chehade has championed changes in the 
>>> policy development process,
>>> Therefore, beginning on March 26, 2014 with the passage of this motion, and 
>>> continuing through the next ICANN public meeting in London in June 2014, 
>>> the community, under the leadership of a review committee comprised of the 
>>> GNSO’s constituency and stakeholder leadership, shall have the opportunity 
>>> to offer comment on the performance of the CEO.
>>>  
>> 
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