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Thanks Liz for these thoughts. It is
hard for me to imagine anyone complaining if ‘pre-defined requirements
for conducting public comments’ are simply extended to provide greater
time. I echo the concerns about the 3x-yearly document
drop on Councilors. But I am more concerned to keep moving forward on
policy development rather than focusing such immense amounts of time on
restructure and process. Policy development is our primary job, and the
ICANN community and broader public expects it from us, in particular to help deal
with immense harms enabled by abusive domain registrations. For many
months there has been relatively little policy development discussion on
Council, and a large imbalance towards process issues. This is
frustrating for those of us elected and intending to push for policy
development. We should spend at least an equal amount of time on policy
development than on process, preferably the vast majority of our time, even
during this big structural and procedural transition. Thanks, Mike From:
owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liz Gasster All, The
ICANN staff recognizes the intent behind this resolution and we will begin to
think through any implications associated with this recommendation. As a
threshold matter, it may be helpful to mention that many structures within
ICANN have pre-defined requirements for conducting public comments, including
the time frames required for soliciting public comment. These differ
today by entity, many requirements are specified in various bylaws provisions applicable
to various structures, including requirements applicable to Board-initiated
solicitations for public comment. The current bylaws provisions
applicable to GNSO Council-related solicitations for public comment are
specific to the GNSO Council. Staff
has also heard concerns from some Council members about the volume of reports
and materials produced by ICANN staff (and possibly working group reports as
well) just prior to and during ICANN meetings, because of the challenges
associated with reviewing and being prepared to comment on late-breaking
documents and reports. For example, staff was directed to complete
the registration abuse issues report prior to the Cairo ICANN meeting
specifically so that the report could be discussed in Staff
looks forward to discussing all this further with Council members. Thanks,
Liz |