FW: [council] Call for GNSO Members - Forming GNSO Review Working Party

["Jonathan Robinson" <jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

 

As per the Council meeting of 8th May 2014, please see below.

 

Thanks,

 

Jonathan

 

 

From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jrobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 14 May 2014 09:59
To: soac-chairs@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: FW: [council] Call for GNSO Members - Forming GNSO Review Working
Party
Importance: High

 

Dear ICANN Colleagues,

 

Please see below for the comprehensive note on a call for volunteers for a
GNSO Review Working Party.

 

The GNSO Review Working Party will comprise volunteers from the GNSO
community and mirror the make-up of the GNSO Council (more detail below).

 

Please Note: Involvement of the GNSO community as well as input and
participation from the broader community are important components of this
review process.

 

Therefore, this is an invitation to all ICANN SO & AC?s to nominate up to
one observer participant each to join the working party, again mirroring the
GNSO Council, where each SO & AC has a standing invitation to join the GNSO
Council as an observer.  With the GNSO Council, this is currently taken up
by the ALAC and the ccNSO.

 

If you would like to nominate an observer participant to the GNSO Review
Working Party, please do so as soon as possible and in any event ideally by
Monday 19 May 2014.

 

Thank-you for your prompt consideration of this invitation.

 

Best wishes,

 

 

 

Jonathan

 

 

 

Jonathan Robinson

Chair

ICANN GNSO Council

 

 <mailto:jonathan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx> jonathan.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxx

Tel: +44 (0)20 7993 6103

skype: jonathan.m.r

 

 

 

 

From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday 12 May 2014 08:52
To: GNSO Council List <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [council] Call for GNSO Members - Forming GNSO Review Working Party

 

Call for GNSO Members - Forming GNSO Review Working Party

Summary

Following the GNSO Council meeting on 8 May 2014, the GNSO Council would
like to extend the invitation to join the GNSO Review Working Party to
members of the GNSO community. The make-up of the Working Party is expected
to reflect that of the GNSO community, with the opportunity for other
Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to appoint an observer
should they decide so.

Tasks of the GNSO Review Working Group Party

The task of the GNSO Review Working Group Party will be to:

1.      Function as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and
the Board?s Structural Improvements Committee;
2.      Provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment[1];
3.      Serve as additional conduit for input from, and requests to, GNSO
constituencies/stakeholder groups, Council;
4.      Act as sounding board: offer objective guidance, reactions and
comments to any preliminary conclusions and assessment and helping to ensure
the draft report issued by the independent examiner accurately reflects the
GNSO structure, scope and dynamics;
5.      Coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation Plan
and champion implementation of improvement activities;
6.      Perform support communication/awareness activities to encourage
participation.

Volunteer Requirements

The membership of the GNSO Review Working Party is proposed to include
members representing the diversity of the GNSO community, mirroring the
make-up of the GNSO Council (up to 3 representatives from the Registry
Stakeholder Group, up to 3 representatives from the Registrar Stakeholder
Group, up to 2 representatives from the Nominating Committee appointees, up
to 2 representatives from the Business Constituency, up to 2 representative
from the Intellectual Property Constituency, up to 2 representatives from
the Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency, up to 6
representatives from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group, in addition to
the possibility for other SO/ACs to appoint 1 observer to the effort). The
activities of the GNSO Review Working Party will be conducted in an open and
fully transparent manner. 

Knowledge of the GNSO structure and operations as well as experience in
evaluating performance and processes based on a set of objective criteria
would be useful.  Members are expected to participate actively and to devote
sufficient time to the process. Time commitment is expected to be 50 ? 80
hours within the next 9 months, with work commencing immediately. Commitment
to and compliance with ICANN?s bottom-up, multistakeholder model, and
accountability and transparency ethics are a requirement. 

Submitting candidates

Each Stakeholder Group / Constituency is expected to determine their own
process for selecting members for this effort taking into account the
requirements, especially in relation to expected time commitment listed
above. Stakeholder Groups/Constituencies may, but are not required to fill
all the slots allocated to their respective groups. Ideally the names of the
proposed candidates are submitted by Monday 19 May at the latest as work has
already commenced. The names of the proposed candidates should be submitted
to the GNSO Secretariat ( <mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx).

Background

The objective of the GNSO Review[2] is to examine organizational
effectiveness of the GNSO, including its structure components (GNSO Council,
GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies). The review
scheduled to begin on or about 1 July 2014 will be tightly scoped based on
objective and quantifiable criteria provided to the independent examiner.

Involvement of the GNSO community as well as input and participation from
the broader community are important components of this review process. As
discussed in GNSO Council meetings, the Structural Improvements Committee of
the Board (SIC) has requested that a GNSO Review Working Party be assembled
to function as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and the
SIC, to provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment, coordinate
interviews and objectively supply clarification and responses to the draft
findings and recommendations. Once a final report is issued and the Board
takes action on it, as appropriate, the GNSO Review Working Party is
expected to coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation
Plan and champion implementation of improvement activities.

Please see the recent
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22apr14-en.htm>
announcement about the GNSO Review for additional information and
background.

 

Further Information

 

Forming GNSO Review Working Party Call for GNSO Members - Forming GNSO
Review Working Party

Summary

Following the GNSO Council meeting on 8 May 2014, the GNSO Council would
like to extend the invitation to join the GNSO Review Working Party to
members of the GNSO community. The make-up of the Working Party is expected
to reflect that of the GNSO community, with the opportunity for other
Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to appoint an observer
should they decide so.

Tasks of the GNSO Review Working Group Party

The task of the GNSO Review Working Group Party will be to:

7.      Function as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and
the Board?s Structural Improvements Committee;
8.      Provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment[3];
9.      Serve as additional conduit for input from, and requests to, GNSO
constituencies/stakeholder groups, Council;
10.     Act as sounding board: offer objective guidance, reactions and
comments to any preliminary conclusions and assessment and helping to ensure
the draft report issued by the independent examiner accurately reflects the
GNSO structure, scope and dynamics;
11.     Coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation Plan
and champion implementation of improvement activities;
12.     Perform support communication/awareness activities to encourage
participation.

Volunteer Requirements

The membership of the GNSO Review Working Party is proposed to include
members representing the diversity of the GNSO community, mirroring the
make-up of the GNSO Council (up to 3 representatives from the Registry
Stakeholder Group, up to 3 representatives from the Registrar Stakeholder
Group, up to 2 representatives from the Nominating Committee appointees, up
to 2 representatives from the Business Constituency, up to 2 representative
from the Intellectual Property Constituency, up to 2 representatives from
the Internet Service and Connectivity Providers Constituency, up to 6
representatives from the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group, in addition to
the possibility for other SO/ACs to appoint 1 observer to the effort). The
activities of the GNSO Review Working Party will be conducted in an open and
fully transparent manner. 

Knowledge of the GNSO structure and operations as well as experience in
evaluating performance and processes based on a set of objective criteria
would be useful.  Members are expected to participate actively and to devote
sufficient time to the process. Time commitment is expected to be 50 ? 80
hours within the next 9 months, with work commencing immediately. Commitment
to and compliance with ICANN?s bottom-up, multi-stakeholder model, and
accountability and transparency ethics are a requirement. 

Submitting candidates

Each Stakeholder Group / Constituency is expected to determine their own
process for selecting members for this effort taking into account the
requirements, especially in relation to expected time commitment listed
above. Stakeholder Groups/Constituencies may, but are not required to fill
all the slots allocated to their respective groups. Ideally the names of the
proposed candidates are submitted by Monday 19 May at the latest as work has
already commenced. The names of the proposed candidates should be submitted
to the GNSO Secretariat ( <mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx).

Background

The objective of the GNSO Review[4] is to examine organizational
effectiveness of the GNSO, including its structure components (GNSO Council,
GNSO Working Groups, GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies). The review
scheduled to begin on or about 1 July 2014 will be tightly scoped based on
objective and quantifiable criteria provided to the independent examiner.

Involvement of the GNSO community as well as input and participation from
the broader community are important components of this review process. As
discussed in GNSO Council meetings, the Structural Improvements Committee of
the Board (SIC) has requested that a GNSO Review Working Party be assembled
to function as a liaison between the GNSO, the independent examiner and the
SIC, to provide input on review criteria and the 360 Assessment, coordinate
interviews and objectively supply clarification and responses to the draft
findings and recommendations. Once a final report is issued and the Board
takes action on it, as appropriate, the GNSO Review Working Party is
expected to coordinate with the GNSO community to prepare an Implementation
Plan and champion implementation of improvement activities.

Please see the recent
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22apr14-en.htm>
announcement about the GNSO Review for additional information and
background.

 

Further Information

 

·         Forming GNSO Review Working Party
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/gnso-review-06may14-en.pdf> 

 

·         GNSO Review Webinar
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-23apr14-en.htm.> 

 

 

 

 

Glen de Saint Géry 

GNSO Secretariat 

gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

http://gnso.icann.org

 




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[1]360 Assessment is an online mechanism to collect and summarize feedback
from members of the GNSO community ? a "self-review" relative to objective
and quantifiable criteria. Interested members of other ICANN organizations,
Board and staff also may offer feedback.

[2] GNSO Review is mandated by ICANN?s Bylaws
<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#IV> .

[3]360 Assessment is an online mechanism to collect and summarize feedback
from members of the GNSO community ? a "self-review" relative to objective
and quantifiable criteria. Interested members of other ICANN organizations,
Board and staff also may offer feedback.

[4] GNSO Review is mandated by ICANN?s Bylaws
<http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#IV> .