<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Olivier Kouami <<a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: REMINDER from GNSO Policy & Implementation WG : Request for input (NCUC)</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">May 6, 2014 at 8:56:51 PM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org">gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org">gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">FY reminder, please.<div>Cheers !</div><div>-Olevie-</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-02-18 4:02 GMT-03:00 Olivier Kouami <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olivierkouami@gmail.com" target="_blank">olivierkouami@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0cm"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4">Dear Rafik,</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0cm">
<span style="font-size:large">I wanted to take the opportunity to follow up with you concerning the request for input that your group received a while back from the Policy & Implementation Working Group (see below). The WG would be interested to know whether your group plans to submit a response, if so, when you estimate it will be sent.</span><br>
</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0cm"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4"><br>The P & I WG would also like to let you know that responses to just a few of the questions that are of special interest to your group would be welcome as are general statements of any concerns regarding the issues related to policy and implementation that are of particular interest to your group.</font></font></font></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0cm"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4"><br>Please kindly note that additional opportunities for feedback are expected to occur later on in the process, for example with the publication of the Initial Report for public comment.<br>
<br>Best regards<br><br>For the P&I WG,<br>Olevie KOUAMI<br>co-Vice Chair</font></font></font></p><div><br></div><div>=======================================</div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px">
Message to the NCUC</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;padding:3pt 0in 0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223)">
<div><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Glen de Saint Géry <<a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" target="_blank">Glen@icann.org</a>><br></div><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday 6 December 2013 11:35<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>>, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch" target="_blank">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><div>
<div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><div><div></div><div><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-policyimpl-chairs@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-secs@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[gnso-policyimpl-chairs] Policy & Implementation - Request for Input<br></div></div></div><div><div></div><div><div><br></div><div><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear SG/Constituency Chair:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We are the Chairs of the newly constituted Policy & Implementation Working Group. This Working Group (WG) has been tasked with providing the GNSO Council with a set of recommendations on the following issues:<u></u><u></u></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">A set of principles that would underpin any GNSO policy implementation related discussions, taking into account existing GNSO procedures;<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">A process for developing gTLD policy, perhaps in the form of “Policy Guidance,” including criteria for when it would be appropriate to use such a process (for a process developing something other than “Consensus Policy”) instead of the GNSO Policy Development Process;<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">A framework for implementation related discussions associated with GNSO Policy recommendations;<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Criteria to be used to determine when an action should be addressed by a policy process and when it should be considered implementation; and<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Further guidance on how GNSO Implementation Review Teams, as defined in the PDP Manual, are expected to function and operate.<u></u><u></u></span></li>
</ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">As part of the effort, the WG wants to reach out at the beginning of our efforts to the various GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies as we have already done to other Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to gain input to assist us in our efforts. In this regard, we would ask for your organization to consider the following questions which are set out in the WG’s Charter and provide us with your input on any of these issues by 31 January 2014.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What guidance do the ICANN core values (Bylaws Article 1, Sec. 2) directly provide with regard to policy development work and policy implementation efforts? (e.g., multi-stakeholder participation).<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"> What guidance do other ICANN core values provide that relate indirectly to policy development and policy implementation? (e.g., effective and timely process).<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">“Questions for Discussion” contained in the Policy versus Implementation Draft Framework prepared by ICANN staff. (See, <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/policy-implementation-31jan13-en.htm" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/policy-implementation-31jan13-en.htm</a>).<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What lessons can be learned from past experience?<u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="4" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm"><ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">
What are the consequences of action being considered “policy” vs. <br>“implementation”?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Does it matter if something is “policy” or “implementation”? If so, why?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Under what circumstances, if any, should 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?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">How do we avoid the current morass of outcome-derived labeling (i.e., I will call this “policy” because I want certain consequences or “handling instructions” to be attached to it?)<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Can we answer these questions so the definitions of “policy” and “implementation” matter less, if at all?<u></u><u></u></li></ol></ol><ol start="5" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What options are available for policy (“Consensus Policy” or other) and implementation efforts and what are the criteria for determining which should be used?<u></u><u></u></li>
</ol><ol start="5" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm"><ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Are “policy” and “implementation” on a spectrum rather than binary?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What are the “flavors” of policy and what consequences should attach to each “flavor?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What happens if you change those consequences?<u></u><u></u></li>
</ol></ol><ol start="6" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Who determines the choice of whether something is “policy” or “implementation”?<u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="6" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm">
<ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">How is policy set/recommended/adopted and do different paths lead to different “flavors”?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">
How is the “policy” versus “implementation” issue reviewed and approved?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What happens if reviewing bodies come to a deadlock?<u></u><u></u></li></ol></ol><ol start="7" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What is the process by which this identification, analysis, review and approval work is done?<u></u><u></u></li></ol><ol start="7" type="1" style="margin-top:0cm"><ol start="1" type="a" style="margin-top:0cm">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">How are “policy and implementation” issues first identified (before, during and after implementation)?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">What is the role of the GNSO in implementation?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">In order to maintain the multi-stakeholder process, once policy moves to implementation, how should the community be involved in a way that is meaningful and effective?<u></u><u></u></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Should policy staff be involved through the implementation process to facilitate continuity of the multi-stakeholder process that already occurred?<u></u><u></u></li></ol></ol><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alternatively, if you would prefer to set up an exchange of views by teleconference, the Working Group would welcome such an approach as well.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Finally, we would like to remind you that the WG is open to the full community and we welcome any additional members from your organization that my wish to participate in this work. To review the current membership, please see <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/81V-Ag" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/81V-Ag</a>.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your consideration. Please do not hesitate to reach out to either of us if you have any questions or if you require any additional information.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chuck Gomes (<a href="mailto:cgomes@verisign.com" target="_blank">cgomes@verisign.com</a>)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">J. Scott Evans (<a href="mailto:jscottevans@outlook.com" target="_blank">jscottevans@outlook.com</a>)</p></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">
Olévié (Olivier) A. A. KOUAMI<br>
Membre de ISoc (<a href="http://www.isog.org/" target="_blank">www.isog.org</a>) & du FOSSFA (<a href="http://www.fossfa.net/" target="_blank">www.fossfa.net</a>) <br><div>DG Ets GIDA-OKTETS & CEO de INTIC4DEV (<a href="http://www.intic4dev.org/" target="_blank">http://www.intic4dev.org</a>)<br>
PC Vice Chair for Francophone Africa ICANN-NCSG/NPOC (<a href="http://www.npoc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.npoc.org/</a>)<br>SG de ESTETIC (<a href="http://www.estetic.tg/" target="_blank">http://www.estetic.tg</a>)<br>
</div><div>Po Box : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 928 512 41 / (228) 224 999 25<br>Skype : olevie1 Facebook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo<br><br></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Olévié (Olivier) A. A. KOUAMI<br>Membre de ISoc (<a href="http://www.isog.org/" target="_blank">www.isog.org</a>) & du FOSSFA (<a href="http://www.fossfa.net/" target="_blank">www.fossfa.net</a>) <br>
<div>DG Ets GIDA-OKTETS & CEO de INTIC4DEV (<a href="http://www.intic4dev.org/" target="_blank">http://www.intic4dev.org</a>)<br>PC Vice Chair for Francophone Africa ICANN-NCSG/NPOC (<a href="http://www.npoc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.npoc.org/</a>)<br>
SG de ESTETIC (<a href="http://www.estetic.tg/" target="_blank">http://www.estetic.tg</a>)<br></div><div>Po Box : 851 - Tél.: (228) 90 98 86 50 / (228) 928 512 41 / (228) 224 999 25<br>Skype : olevie1 Facebook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo<br>
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