Begin forwarded message: > From: "Ray Fassett" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: August 18, 2009 10:06:11 AM PDT > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: "'Julie Hedlund'" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: FW: GCOT request for input from NCUC members > Dear Robin: > > We are in receipt of your input to the attached document. If > additional members have input (background information below), our > request from the Work Team is to submit these comments to > [log in to unmask] by end of business day Friday, August 21. > Thank you in advance for your cooperation. > > Sincerely, > > Ray Fassett > > Chair > > GCOT > > From: Ray Fassett [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:45 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: GCOT request for input from NCUC members > > Dear Robin: > > The GNSO Council Operations Work Team (GCOT) is requesting feedback > from you and your members with regards to the attached document. > While we are asking one question as noted below, all comments are > welcome as our goal is for broader community feedback at this > time. In this light, our aim is for individual feedback vs. formal > Constituency statement. Our request is to distribute to your > members. All replies should be to Julie Hedlund at > [log in to unmask], assisting our Work Team in an > administrative position. Julie will then forward all comments > received to our Work Team discussion list. > > The Operating Steering Committee GNSO Operations Work Team (“Work > Team”) has been tasked with determining high-level operating > principles for the GNSO. In line with this mandate, the Work Team > has been considering how to establish a stronger, more effective GNSO. > > > > This document describes a Generic Name Supporting Organization with > two separate, functional bodies (as opposed to our existing single > body known as the Policy Council), which we think may achieve the > goal stated above. > > > > THE WORK TEAM WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD NOT BE > VIEWED AS A FIRM RECOMMENDATION. NEITHER SHOULD IT BE ASSUMED THAT > THERE IS CONSENSUS FOR THIS APPROACH WITHIN THE WORK TEAM. > > > > We feel that it is appropriate to seek broader input from the ICANN > Community on an approach that would fundamentally change the GNSO > structure and working arrangements of the GNSO through the > separation of its core functions, i.e. creating separate bodies: > one for policy development management and one for the > administration of the SO. > > > > THEREFORE, TO BE CLEAR, THE WORK TEAM IS ASKING YOU ONE QUESTION ONLY: > > > > Do you think that the establishment of a new, additional body to > address specific responsibilities – as described herein – would > better serve the stakeholder groups that make up the GNSO, or not? > > > > The feedback received from the ICANN Community will establish the > way forward for the Work Team regarding our work on this high-level > GNSO operating principle. Any additional comments or questions you > may have are welcomed. > > > > Please reply to: [log in to unmask] > > > > We take this opportunity to thank you in advance for providing our > Work Team with this much needed direction. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Ray Fassett > > Chair > > GCOT > > 1-216-426-1500 Ext 3 > > >  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]