RE: [council] Preparing A Restructured GNSO Council Implementation Plan
Title: Preparing A Restructured GNSO Council Implementation Plan
Thank you very much Rob.
Considering the very short timeframe we have to submit the
GNSO Restructuring Plan (prior to the 11 December Board meeting and ideally with
some lead time before that meeting), it doesn't seem to me that there is
sufficient time for "each
constituency would make efforts to assign/volunteer an individual or individuals
to help develop the plan/report". By the time we get a group formed
and functioning, the deadline would be upon us. Also, I am not sure that
our task is so complicated that we could not do it via our list and in the 20
November meeting. Unfortunately, I may only be able to particiapte in
a portion of the 20 November meeting and may not be able to participate at all,
so I am submitting my input now and will participate in discussions on the
list.
My recommendation is that we take your strawman document
and do the following:
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For each of the elements of the "Key Process and Implementation Decisions to Effectuate
Transition to Restructured GNSO Council" identify any
subtasks that might be needed to accomplish the main task; my initial ideas on
this are highlighted in the attached file.
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Assign estimated target dates for each of the subtasks and primary
tasks from step 1 above.
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Integrate the results of step 2 into the "Potential Calendar of Timelines/Deadlines for Transition
to/Implementation of Restructured GNSO Council
".
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Add a comment to the effect that the plan should be a 'living' document
that is modified and improved as needed throughout the implementation
process.
Note that I added a few additional comments and edits that
may be helpful toward turning your Strawman into a final plan. Because I
likely will not be able to participate in discussion about this on 20 November,
let me say that I am fairly flexible about the ideas I suggested and don't
present them in a hard and fast manner.
Chuck
Dear
Council Members;
At the Thursday 6 November Council Recap and
Planning meeting in Cairo, the attending Council members discussed the need to
respond to the Board’s directive to submit a GNSO Council Restructuring
Implementation Plan for Board Review in advance of the 11 December Board
meeting.
There was general consensus that given the short time
available, that the best course of action was to develop a plan that
highlighted the key benchmarks, deadlines and decisions that the Council would
need to address in the coming months. It was further agreed that each
constituency would make efforts to assign/volunteer an individual or
individuals to help develop the plan/report.
To help get the ball
rolling, Avri has asked me to prepare a draft outline of what the report/plan
might look like, including the key decisions that the Council would need to
address in the short and long term to achieve the June 2009 goal of seating
the new Council.
Set forth in the attached document I have
drafted an outline, sample calendar/timeline and a list of potential key
transition/implementation decisions that, collectively could be used to
develop the report/plan. I hope the material sparks further discussion
and deliberations prior to and during the upcoming Council meeting on 20
November. In the meantime, feel free to red-line and circulate the
document with your thoughts and ideas.
I look forward to supporting the
Council’s efforts to develop and submit the plan/report to the
Board.
Best regards,
Rob
Hoggarth
Robert L. Hoggarth,
Esq.
Senior Policy Director
ICANN
424 558 4805
robert.hoggarth@xxxxxxxxx