Jisook Woo wrote:

> what are the best qualities or capabilities that are needed for a
> good representative?

> What eactly does the prepresentative must have in order to
> help develop this proposal properly?

Hope my following response to NCUC AC last December can
answer to Jisook's questions.

YJ

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From: "YJ Park" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: PIR Advisory Committee


> > The NCUC Executive Committee met today to consider appointing
> > someone to the PIR Advisory Council. Before taking any action, the
> > EC agreed that it would be wise to consult with you first about
> > your experience on the Advisory Council. Can you please
> > communicate with the EC members about the following:
>
> I want to share my PIR experience with you.
> I attached the recent PIR AC meeting presentation ppt
> that can explain most AC activities with details.
>
> At this moment, AC activities nailed down to committee works.
> There are five committees within AC.
> Policy (Barbara) Editorial(Adam) New Services(Vany) Web resource
>
> So far three AC council teleconferences.
> The next AC meeting is in March in Washington DC.
>
> > What kind of person should we appoint?
>
> If possible, I recommend someone who is willing to work on
> the following committee tasks. Since I am on the research and
> outreach committee, my successor is going to be sit on this committee.
>
> The committee I am on is Research and Outreach Committee.
> Two committee teleconferences. (It can depend on committees)
> It aims at monthly teleconference to move forward. Next
> committee teleconference is set on Dec 15th.
> The current stage is to develop survey form for .ORG.
>
> > What kind of actions are expected of the representative?
>
> At this moment, most coordination is done between PIR staff and
> committee chair first and then PIR and committee as a whole and
> then PIR staff and AC as a whole. Good coordination.
>
> Therefore, I would recommend someone who can have better
> access to PIR staff or CEO if NCUC wants to establish good
> relations with PIR.
>
> > What benefit can participation on this council bring to NCUC?
>
> Actually the Research and Outreach committee is a very good slot
> for NCUC. If RO committee can make recommendations that
> can support NCUC activities, it can definitely help NCUC for sure.
> i.e.
> Research project on NCUC participation and outreach
> Research project on civils society participation in ICANN and WSIS
> Research project: Civil Society Participation in Global Policy making
> Outreach program: ICANN/NCUC/ORG workshop
>
> The challenge of AC role in this context is how effective the AC
> member can negotiate this proposal with PIR staff. In this context,
> I recommend AC should strategically contact Marc, Board member,
> first to get support in the final decisions. Lobby is needed.
>
> > Other EC members may have additional questions that
> > they can ask.
>
> Please, feel free to ask additional questions.
> YJ