Hi,

Thanks for passing this along Rafik. I am willing to draft a response based on discussions that take place on this list. I hope folks could take some time to look at the document attached to Rafik’s email. It contains four flowcharts; one that would help determine when on of four processes would be used for the GNSO to provide input to policy discussions, then the other three illustrating three of the processes leaving out the already existing PDP.

These are meant to be frameworks for processes that will help the GNSO address situations where formal and long PDPs are not necessarily required. They are not the final product of the WG, but the WG members think it would be a good idea to get input from the various GNSO SGs/Cs before proceeding further.

I’d be happy to answer any questions too. Just take a look and share your thoughts. We do have a number of NCSG members who are on the WG and some who were also involved in the charter drafting. Input from them would be great, but it would also be extremely valuable to hear from others too.

Also, it may be worth mentioning that this is not really a working group of a combative nature with conflicting interests between different stakeholders. All the WG members are working together to try to figure out detailed processes (frameworks and criteria) that can be agreed to by all to help the GNSO function more efficiently.

Thanks.

Amr

On Aug 28, 2014, at 4:15 PM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I received request for NCSG input for the ongoing work in the Policy & Implementation Working group. if some of you may recall correctly , Avri gave us a heads-up weeks ago sharing some documents. you will find attached charts of new processes under discussion, aimed to improve the work of GNSO.
it will be helpful to get some explanation and briefing from the NCSg members of that working group and getting a volunteer to collect comments to draft a NCSG input.

Thanks,

Best Regard,

Rafik


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From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 2014-08-28 0:33 GMT+09:00
Subject: Feedback Request: Policy & Implementation Working Group (PIWG)
To: 

 

 

 

Dear Rafik,

 

One of the questions that the Policy & Implementation Working Group (PIWG) was tasked to consider is: “Under what circumstances, if any, may the GNSO Council make recommendations or state positions to the Board on matters of policy and implementation as a representative of the GNSO as a whole?”  In consideration of this question, the PIWG is currently developing possible recommendations for new processes in addition to the existing Policy Development Process (PDP) by which the GNSO Council can provide input on behalf of the GNSO community on policy and related questions brought to its attention by the ICANN Board, other ICANN Supporting Organizations and/or Advisory Committees (SO/ACs) and by GNSO participants. As these proposed mechanisms are likely to be of great interest to the GNSO community, the PIWG would very much like to seek your group’s feedback on the attached flow charts outlining these potential processes.  We have not yet developed detailed descriptions of these processes so we are not looking for feedback at that level (although that would be accepted) but rather, we would like to know whether or not you think we are headed in a constructive direction in considering new processes like these.

 

Attached are flow charts that show the two additional processes: a proposed GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) and a proposed GNSO Input Process (GIP). They are intended to supplement the existing mechanisms by which the GNSO Council performs its work and manages that of the GNSO community.  The processes are intended to add to the flexibility and responsiveness of the GNSO and the Council. They represent our attempt to balance the need for such nimbleness with the need for codified processes that will allow the GNSO and the Council to deal with requests other than on an ad-hoc basis. The possibility of a “fast track” PDP is also included in some of the flow charts to try to address situations where policies already adopted by the ICANN Board may need clarification or updating.

 

The flow charts are organized as follows:

1.     An overview of the GNSO Process Options including the new processes

2.     An outline of the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) without a Fast Track PDP option and with voting thresholds as follows: i) to initiate a GGP, the same as required to initiate a PDP; ii) to approve GGP recommendations, supermajority as currently defined for the GNSO Council

3.     An outline of the GNSO Guidance Process (GGP) with a Fast Track PDP option and with voting thresholds as follows: i) to initiate a GGP, supermajority as currently defined for the GNSO Council; ii) to approve GGP recommendations, supermajority as currently defined for the GNSO Council

4.     An outline of the GNSO Input Process (GIP).

 

Note that flowcharts 2, 3 & 4 contain boxes that are colored in orange.  These indicate that those are specific areas that the WG will further review and discuss once a more detailed description of these processes is available. If you already have any specific input you would like to provide on these areas (or any other), you are more than welcome to do so, but please note that there will of course be further opportunities to provide input as further details are developed by the WG.

 

The PIWG will be grateful if your group could provide its feedback to us by Friday 12 September 2014. At a minimum we would like to know whether you think the PIWG is heading in the right direction with regard to its consideration of recommending two new processes similar to the GGP and GIP shown in the flowcharts.  In addition, feedback would also be welcome at your option regarding the orange colored boxes in the flow charts.

 

We will be happy to address any questions that your members may have in the meantime.  Your questions and your feedback may be provided via your WG representative(s) or via email in response to this message.

 

Best regards,

 

J. Scott Evans & Chuck Gomes (Co-Chairs), Michael Graham & Olevie Kouami (Co-Vice-Chairs)


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