Fwd: [council] Follow-up on GNSO Restructuring/Improvements
Robin Gross
robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG
Wed Oct 15 23:26:05 CEST 2008
Below please find new information on the ICANN Board's plans for the
transition into the new GNSO with 4 stake-holder groups and various
constituencies. It includes 4 phases of implementation with the new
GNSO Counsel seated at the June 2009 Asia-Pacific mtg. Anyone who is
interested in this restructuring process and especially those
interested in creating constituencies should read the below info for
guidance.
Robin
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Denise Michel" <denise.michel at icann.org>
> Date: October 15, 2008 2:01:38 PM PDT
> To: "council at gnso.icann.org" <council at gnso.icann.org>, liaison6c
> <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>, "Cheryl Langdon-Orr"
> <cheryl at hovtek.com.au>, "Janis Karklins"
> <janis.karklins at icann.org>, "Alan Greenberg"
> <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>, "Bertrand de La Chapelle"
> <bdelachapelle at gmail.com>
> Subject: [council] Follow-up on GNSO Restructuring/Improvements
> Reply-To: denise.michel at icann.org
>
> Dear Community Members:
>
> In advance of the 16 Oct. GNSO Council meeting, I wanted to provide
> everyone with the follow-up action items from the Board's most
> recent draft GNSO Restructuring Resolution (see draft resolution
> below and at <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-
> report-01oct08.htm>). I'd be happy to elaborate on these during
> the Council call, or feel free to email questions to <policy-
> staff at icann.org>.
>
> 1) COUNCIL CHAIR -- The Board adopted the WG-GCR recommendation
> that the GNSO Council Chair be elected by a vote of 60% of both
> voting houses and each voting house has the flexibility to create a
> process for selecting its own Vice Chair. To address questions on
> whether a "back-up" process was needed in the event that a vote did
> not yield a Chair, the Board decided to ask the Council to consider
> this matter. "The Board directs the Council to develop a process
> for subsequent balloting, if needed, until a Council Chair is duly
> elected. This process should be developed before the first Chair
> election of the newly structured Council."
>
> *ACTION: As the Council moves forward with GNSO Improvements
> implementation, this should be addressed and provided to the Board.
>
> 2) BOARD SEATS -- "The Board and General Counsel have outstanding
> questions about the WG-GCR recommendations regarding Board seat
> elections and directs Staff to share these with the community and
> seek additional input."
>
> *ACTION: Staff will post outstanding questions and solicit input
> shortly.
>
> 3) VOTING THRESHOLDS -- The Board adopted all voting thresholds
> proposed by the WG-GCR Report. Concerns that implementation of GNSO
> Improvements (e.g. new PDP, working group model, etc) might
> necessitate additions to, or clarifications of, thresholds, the
> Board requested that "the GNSO develop any additional voting
> thresholds or categories that may be needed as part of its proposed
> GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan to be submitted to the Board
> for approval." (Note: this draft wording likely will be changed to
> avoid confusion; the Board expects to receive an overall plan for
> implementing restructuring; this is separate from the GNSO's effort
> to create a structure of committees and teams to start the GNSO
> Improvements implementation work.)
>
> *ACTION: As the Council moves forward with GNSO Improvements
> implementation, this should be addressed and, if changes or
> additions are deemed necessary, they should be provided to the Board.
>
> 4) NEW/EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES -- The Board acknowledged Staff
> development of a "Notice of Intent" document for potential new
> constituencies (*see attached) and directed Staff "to develop a
> formal petition and charter template that will assist applicants in
> satisfying the formative criteria (consistent with the ICANN
> Bylaws) to facilitate the Board's evaluation of petitions to form
> new constituencies. Staff also is directed to work with the
> existing GNSO constituencies to design and develop a streamlined
> process along with appropriate mechanisms that will assist with the
> Board's timely recognition and approval of existing constituencies".
>
> *ACTION: Attached is a "Notice of Intent" to solicit and publicly
> share information on entities interested in forming new
> constituencies, along with a proposed petition and charter
> template. Staff would appreciate receiving any input you may have
> by 28 Oct. Staff also is developing for your consideration a draft
> template for constituencies to use to enable the Board to "renew"
> constituencies. Since this is a new endeavor, Staff is offering a
> draft as a starting point for discussion. Staff will collect and
> share input with the community during the Cairo ICANN meeting.
>
> 5) STAKEHOLDER GROUPS — The Board "reinforced its support for the
> following principles pertaining to the formation of the new
> Stakeholder Groups, and requests that all constituency members and
> other relevant parties comply with the principles included in the
> BGC Working Group's GNSO Improvements Report approved by the Board
> in establishing the newly formed structures, including: the need to
> better represent the wide variety of groups and individuals that
> compose the global ICANN community, in a structure that can change
> more easily with the gTLD environment and stakeholders; and the
> inclusion of new actors/participants, where applicable, and the
> expansion of constituencies within Stakeholder Groups, where
> applicable." Further, Staff was directed to work with the GNSO
> community to develop "a set of streamlined processes (along with
> appropriate templates, tools, or other mechanisms) that will assist
> in the formation of these new Stakeholder Groups and also
> facilitate the Board's subsequent review and approval of those
> structures." The Board directed that plans for each of the four
> new Stakeholder Groups be submitted to the Board for consideration
> at the ICANN Mexico City Board meeting, and the plans "must be
> reviewed and approved by the Board before a newly structured GNSO
> Council is seated in June 2009. The Board will consider the need
> for interim action to fill Council seats in the event that it finds
> any Stakeholder Group plans to be deficient or delayed."
>
> *ACTION: Staff will provide some initial draft material shortly to
> support community consideration and discussion.
>
> 6) ROLE/REPRESENTATION OF USERS — The Board requested additional
> community "dialogue and input on the appropriate role and
> representation of individual Internet users, including individual
> commercial and non-commercial Internet users, in the GNSO. Input
> from the GNSO, the ALAC and At-Large community, and any relevant
> applicants for new constituencies, would be particularly helpful
> and should address the inclusion of registrants and individual
> users in the GNSO in a manner that compliments the ALAC and its
> supporting structures, and ensures that registrants' and individual
> Internet users' gTLD interests are effectively represented within
> the GNSO."
>
> *ACTION: Staff will post a public comment solicitation and will
> provide background information to encourage community consideration
> and input to the Board.
>
> 7) IMPLEMENTATION TIMETABLE — The Board amended its previous
> implementation timetable and directs that the transition to a new
> bicameral GNSO Council voting structure take place over a phased
> implementation schedule that begins immediately and ends in June
> 2009 with the seating of the new Council. The implementation phases
> will be as follows:
>
> -Phase 1 - GNSO Council restructuring implementation plan
> submitted in
> advance of the December 2008 Board Meeting;
>
> - Phase 2 - Existing Constituencies submit confirmation documents
> to the
> Board for review in advance of the February 2009 Board Meeting;
>
> - Phase 3 - Stakeholder Groups submit formal plans for Board
> approval for
> consideration at the ICANN Mexico City Board meeting; and
>
> - Phase 4 - Stakeholder Groups with plans approved by the Board select
> Council representatives, and the newly structured GNSO Council is
> seated
> by the June 2009 Asia-Pacific ICANN Meeting.
>
> *ACTION — Staff will assist the GNSO in developing a restructuring
> implementation plan that the Board expects to receive later this year.
>
> ===================
>
>
> -- GNSO Restructuring -- (Membership and Leadership Selection:)
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.06), as recommended by the WG-GCR, the
> Board
> authorizes a third Council-level non-voting Nominating Committee
> Appointee to serve on the Council whose presence could preserve an
> independent aspect on the Council and could provide useful management
> support as the Council moves toward a working group management
> function.
>
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.07), the Board authorizes the GNSO Council
> to elect a Chair consistent with the recommendation of the WG-GCR -
> that
> the GNSO Chair be elected by a vote of 60% of both voting houses and
> each voting house has the flexibility to create a process for
> selecting
> its own Vice Chair. The Board directs the Council to develop a process
> for subsequent balloting, if needed, until a Council Chair is duly
> elected. This process should be developed before the first Chair
> election of the newly structured Council.
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.08), the Board and General Counsel have
> outstanding questions about the WG-GCR recommendations regarding Board
> seat elections and directs Staff to share these with the community and
> seek additional input.
>
>
> -- GNSO Restructuring -- (Operational/Voting Considerations:)
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.09), the Board adopts all voting
> thresholds
> proposed in the WG-GCR Report. The Board requests that the GNSO
> develop
> any additional voting thresholds or categories that may be needed as
> part of its proposed GNSO Improvements Implementation Plan to be
> submitted to the Board for approval.
>
>
> -- GNSO Restructuring -- (Stakeholder and Constituency Organizational
> Concerns:)
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.10), the Board acknowledges Staff's
> development of the "Notice of Intent" documentation for potential new
> constituencies and directs Staff to develop a formal petition and
> charter template that will assist applicants in satisfying the
> formative
> criteria (consistent with the ICANN Bylaws) to facilitate the Board's
> evaluation of petitions to form new constituencies. Staff also is
> directed to work with the existing GNSO constituencies to design and
> develop a streamlined process along with appropriate mechanisms that
> will assist with the Board's timely recognition and approval of
> existing
> constituencies.
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.11), the Board reinforces its support for
> the following principles pertaining to the formation of the new
> Stakeholder Groups, and requests that all constituency members and
> other
> relevant parties comply with the principles included in the BGC
> Working
> Group's GNSO Improvements Report approved by the Board in establishing
> the newly formed structures, including:
>
> - The need to better represent the wide variety of groups and
> individuals that compose the global ICANN community, in a structure
> that
> can change more easily with the gTLD environment and stakeholders.
>
> - The inclusion of new actors/participants, where applicable, and the
> expansion of constituencies within Stakeholder Groups, where
> applicable.
>
>
> It is, further Resolved (2008.10.01.12), that the Board further
> directs
> Staff to work with existing constituencies to develop a set of
> streamlined processes (along with appropriate templates, tools, or
> other
> mechanisms) that will assist in the formation of these new Stakeholder
> Groups and also facilitate the Board's subsequent review and
> approval of
> those structures.
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.13), the Board directs that plans for each
> of the four new Stakeholder Groups, that are consistent with the above
> principles, be submitted to the Board for consideration at the ICANN
> Mexico City Board meeting. The plans must be reviewed and approved by
> the Board before a newly structured GNSO Council is seated in June
> 2009.
> The Board will consider the need for interim action to fill Council
> seats in the event that it finds any Stakeholder Group plans to be
> deficient or delayed.
>
>
> -- GNSO Restructuring -- (The Role of Individual Internet Users in the
> GNSO:)
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.14), The Board requests additional
> community
> dialogue and input on the appropriate role and representation of
> individual Internet users, including individual commercial and
> non-commercial Internet users, in the GNSO. Input from the GNSO, the
> ALAC and At-Large community, and any relevant applicants for new
> constituencies, would be particularly helpful and should address the
> inclusion of registrants and individual users in the GNSO in a manner
> that compliments the ALAC and its supporting structures, and ensures
> that registrants' and individual Internet users' gTLD interests are
> effectively represented within the GNSO.
>
>
> -- GNSO Restructuring -- (Implementation Timing:)
>
> It is, Resolved (2008.10.01.15), the Board amends its previous
> implementation timetable and directs that the transition to a new
> bicameral GNSO Council voting structure take place over a phased
> implementation schedule that begins immediately and ends in June 2009
> with the seating of the new Council. The implementation phases will be
> as follows:
>
> Phase 1 - GNSO Council restructuring implementation plan submitted in
> advance of the December 2008 Board Meeting;
>
> Phase 2 - Existing Constituencies submit confirmation documents to the
> Board for review in advance of the February 2009 Board Meeting;
>
> Phase 3 - Stakeholder Groups submit formal plans for Board approval
> for
> consideration at the ICANN Mexico City Board meeting; and
>
> Phase 4 - Stakeholder Groups with plans approved by the Board select
> Council representatives, and the newly structured GNSO Council is
> seated
> by the June 2009 Asia-Pacific ICANN Meeting.
>
>
>

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