This just in. Thanks the the NCUC members who participated in the survey. (NCUC had the most number of people participate of any constituency). But I have to say, this survey seemed largely designed to produce the result that its funders wanted: ICANN expanding its role into new functions and micro-management of the GNSO. Robin Begin forwarded message: > From: Robert Hoggarth <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 30, 2009 12:51:53 PM PST > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, "gnso- > [log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, Jonathon Nevett > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [gnso-osc] GNSO Constituency Survey - Final Report > > > Dear GNSO Council, Constituency Leaders and Operations Steering > Committee Members; > > As you will recall, we launched a GNSO Constituency Survey at the > start of the Cairo Meeting and concluded it, after a two week > extension, on 14 December 2008. The survey was designed to collect > constituency input in the following four specific areas highlighted > in the Board’s Report on GNSO Improvements: > > (1) Developing a standardized "Toolkit" of services; > > (2) Creating a centralized membership registry or database; > > (3) Knowledge/skill training for leaders and members; and > > (4) Recruiting/outreach programs associated with constituency > growth and expansion. > > Attached, as promised, is a comprehensive final report of the > survey’s findings which covers who, what, when, why, and how as > well as summarizing each question and an initial set of > observations/conclusions that can be drawn from participant responses. > > Our original intention was to provide this input to the Operations > Steering Committee’s (OSC) Work Team chartered to develop > recommendations in these disciplines. We hope the team will find > the materials helpful in their deliberations. Thanks to > everyone’s active engagement in this effort, especially those who > helped with testing and many of you who personally participated in > the survey. The planning worked out well in that we hoped to have > this product available on or about the time that the Work Team > commenced deliberations. Many thanks to Ken Bour for leading the > effort to develop the survey, marshalling it forward and preparing > the final report. > > We will post the report on the GNSO Improvements Information Web > Portal ( http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/ ) as well as the > OSC’s Wiki page ( https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi? > operations_steering_committee_osc ). A courtesy copy of this > report will also be sent to the survey respondents not on this > circulation list along with our “thanks” for their participation. > > If you have any questions about this report or any other aspect of > the survey, please email me. > > Regards, > > Rob Hoggarth > > Senior Policy Director > ICANN > > >  IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]