[dow3tf] Report Challenges

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

Here are the issues that I would like to cover during our call this week 
regarding the interim report. I wish that we could have covered this off 
sooner, but we have had several unscheduled teleconference 
cancellations. I am unable to move forward with preparing the draft 
report until these issues are dealt with.

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The ICANN bylaws are very specific regarding the contents of the  report 
specifically it requires that the report includes;

"1. A clear statement of any Supermajority Vote position of the task 
force on the issue;

2. If a Supermajority Vote was not reached, a clear statement of all 
positions espoused by task force members submitted within the twenty-day 
timeline for submission of constituency reports. Each statement should 
clearly indicate (i) the reasons underlying the position and (ii) the 
constituency(ies) that held the position;

3. An analysis of how the issue would affect each constituency of the 
task force, including any financial impact on the constituency;

4. An analysis of the period of time that would likely be necessary to 
implement the policy; and

5. The advice of any outside advisors appointed to the task force by the 
Council, accompanied by a detailed statement of the advisors' (i) 
qualifications and relevant experience; and (ii) potential conflicts of 
interest."

To date, the constituency has not developed any position on the issue, 
had any substantive dialog concerning the issues nor have we received a 
reasonable number of constituency position statements. Our effort thus 
far has been purely procedural or focused on data gathering. It would be 
impossible to create any sort of an analysis at this point.

My question is - what should I be including in this draft report beyond 
a restatement of what was included in the interim report? Brian has 
suggested that I focus on best practices, but I have yet to receive an 
answer on what I should base the statement of best practices on.
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                       -rwr








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