RE: [council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT

["Paul McGrady \(Policy\)" <policy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think we should have a wait and see approach on whether or not there
should be another public comment period (this last comment period was not a
full-blown one, it was a micro comment period).  If there are major changes
in the next draft, the community should be allowed a suitable time to
comment on it.  

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Drazek, Keith
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 10:40 AM
To: egmorris1@xxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Phil Corwin
Subject: RE: [council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT

 

I agree with Phil and Ed. The next phase of the CCWG should be to seek
concurrence from the Chartering Organizations that concerns have been
addressed in the supplemental report, not another full-blown public comment
period.

 

Regards,

Keith

 

 

 

From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Edward Morris
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:31 AM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Phil Corwin
Subject: re: [council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT

 

Hi Phil,

 

I support your proposed changes. Although I do believe that  the current
CCWG plan is to proceed as you have proposed, let's make sure that our
letter can't be used to suggest something else.

 

Thanks for picking up on this.

 

Best,

 

Ed Morris

 

 

 

 

 

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From: "Phil Corwin" <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 3:13 PM
To: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [council] Proposed Edit to Council Letter to CCWG-ACCT 

 

Fellow Councilors:

 

I want to suggest a potential edit to our Council letter.

 

Right now it reads:

We expect that the CCWG-Accountability develop a Supplemental Proposal based
on the input from its Chartering Organizations and the public, the GNSO
Council expects also that it and other Chartering Organizations, as well as
the larger community, will have an adequate opportunity to review and
comment on the Proposal in a timely fashion.

 

My suggested revision would have it read as follows:

We expect that the CCWG-Accountability develop a Supplemental Proposal based
on the input from its Chartering Organizations and the public, the GNSO
Council expects also that it and other Chartering Organizations, reflecting
the larger community, will have an adequate opportunity to review and
comment on the Supplemental Proposal in a timely fashion. (changes in Bold)

 

As the sentence notes via its reference "and the public", we have already
had a public comment period on the Third Proposal. The draft language could
be read to suggest that we favor another round of public comment on the
anticipated Supplemental Proposal, which could prevent NTIA from receiving
the Proposal in the timely manner required (delivery by mid-to-late
February) that provides a substantial likelihood of completing the
transition in 2016.

 

The proposed revision emphasizes that the Chartering organizations,
including the GNSO, are the proper entities to submit any additional
comments on the Supplemental Proposal and can transmit the views of their
constituents.

 

I realize that some Councilors may wish to have the Supplemental Proposal
subject to another round of public comment. If there is a consensus for that
position then I would suggest that any such comment period be limited in
duration to reflect the fact that the narrow subject of such comments would
be those changes made from the Third draft in response to the recent comment
period.

 

In any event, I believe our letter should be more clear than the present
draft regarding the Council's position in regard to whether an additional
round of public - as opposed to Chartering Organization - comment is desired
on the Supplemental Proposal we expect to see shortly.

 

Best to all,

Philip

 

 

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