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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "YJ Park" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Milton Mueller" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> 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