[ispcp] COMMENT REQUIRED by end of Tuesday 25 August.

["Tony Holmes" <tonyarholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear ISPCP members

Following the support expressed to respond to the GNSO Operations Team's
request for comments on a proposed revised structure for the GNSO, the
following response has been produced based on comments received.

The aim is to forward this to the GNSO Operations team before their
conference call on Wednesday 26th August ,. If you require amendment, please
respond by the end of Tuesday 25th.

Thanks

Tony

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ISP& Connectivity Providers Constituency 

Response to GNSO Council Operations Work Team on Proposed GNSO Structure

In response to the recent request for comments on the proposal  to create a
new GNSO Administrative body to deal with administrative issues the ISPCP
offers the following comments. 

The consensus view of the ISPCP Constituency is that the creation of a new
Administrative body would not be in the best interest of the GNSO. At a time
when the GNSO is fundamentally changing its structure and working methods
with the move towards a more progressive role for working groups, its
essential the GNSO use the available resource wisely.   The GNSO already has
too much work and too few volunteers.

Creating an additional stream of work would have the effect of diluting the
base of volunteers even more and bring into question the whole nature of
ICANN as a bottom up organization.  As the number of volunteers dwindles,
more and more of the work has to be undertaken by staff if the required
progress is to be made. That situation would inevitably evolves from
coordination and facilitation by staff to actual policy making. 

In addition such a move adds  and additional layer of complexity, with
limited reward. 

The ISPCP does not support the division of the GNSO in this manner.