Help Build The New GNSO

Sat Jan 10 12:32:24 CET 2009

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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: January 10, 2009 12:47:59 AM GMT+01:00
> To: Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza <caffsouza at gmail.com>, William  
> Drake <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>
> Cc: "MWong at piercelaw.edu" <MWong at piercelaw.edu>, Glen de Saint Géry <gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org 
> >
> Subject: FW: Help Build The New GNSO
>
> Dear Carlos and Bill,
>
> This is the message that Rob Hoggarth mentioned in the meeting  
> yesterday, please distribute widely.
> Many thanks,
>
> Glen
> [To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
> [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org]
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jan09-en.htm
> Help Build The New GNSO
>
> Volunteers Are Now Being Accepted To Join Work Teams That Will  
> Develop GNSO Improvement Implementation Plans
>
> 9 January 2009
>
> The GNSO is creating five new Work Teams to be the incubators  
> through which implementation plans for ICANN Board approved GNSO  
> improvement recommendations can be developed and proposed by members  
> of the ICANN community. Each Work Team will be made up of community  
> volunteers who have interest in and expertise in one of five main  
> focus areas:
>
> Constituency/Stakeholder Group Operations
> GNSO Operations
> New Working Group Model.
> New GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP)
> Community Communications and Coordination
> We encourage you to participate in one of the Work Teams.
>
> If you do have an interest in participating, please send a message  
> to gnso.secretariat at icann.org indicating which Work Team you want to  
> join. Please include in the message your name, affiliation  
> (constituency or individual), company/organization, position/title,  
> email address, time zone, telephone numbers, and describe your  
> specific interest (professional and/or personal) in joining the  
> team. All personal information will be kept confidential.
>
> The Work Teams are open to all interested volunteers. Work Team  
> meeting times will probably overlap, so please consider joining only  
> one Work Team.
>
> Background information and the scope of each newly chartered team  
> are summarized below.
>
> Background Information
>
> The ICANN Board announced sweeping recommendations for improving the  
> GNSO last June at their meeting in Paris. The implementation work of  
> the GNSO Improvements effort is underway and there are many exciting  
> opportunities available for ICANN community input and support to  
> help achieve the goals and objectives adopted by the Board. The  
> effort is progressing on four parallel tracks:
>
> The GNSO Council is working to develop the transition to a newly  
> structured GNSO Council by June 2009.
> Existing GNSO constituencies are preparing to submit their re- 
> confirmations to the ICANN Board.
> New Stakeholder Groups are developing petitions and charters for  
> ICANN Board recognition, and
> The GNSO is creating five special Work Teams to develop specific  
> proposals, processes and mechanisms for implementing the ICANN  
> Board's Recommendations.
> All four areas require significant investments of time and  
> brainpower from members of the ICANN community, but the Work Team  
> efforts, in particular, need an infusion of enthusiasm, passion,  
> expertise and fresh ideas from the entire community to move the  
> implementation forward.
>
> Scope of the Work Teams
>
> Constituency Operations Team (COT)
>
> This team will develop guidelines and mechanisms to help GNSO  
> constituencies and stakeholder groups operate in ways that ensure  
> transparency, accountability and accessibility, including outreach  
> efforts to encourage broader participation within the GNSO by  
> explaining the added value of membership in these groups.
>
> In its Paris recommendations, the Board directed GNSO constituencies  
> to develop participation rules and operating procedures that set  
> certain minimum standards regarding transparency and accountability.  
> The Board emphasized that criteria for participation in any ICANN  
> constituency should be objective, clearly stated, and standardized.  
> In addition, the Board directed constituencies to develop global,  
> targeted outreach programs aimed at increasing participation and  
> interest in the GNSO policy process, including information on the  
> option to self-form new constituencies.
>
> Some of the specific recommendations approved by the Board include:
>
> Develop a global outreach program to broaden participation in  
> current constituencies.
> Enhance existing constituencies by developing recommendations on the  
> following:
> Develop a set of top-level participation guidelines based on the  
> principles as defined in the GNSO recommendations, while recognizing  
> differences between constituencies and that one size may not fit all  
> constituencies; and
>
> Develop a "tool kit" of basic administrative, operational and  
> technical services available to all constituencies
>
> Please refer to the draft COT Charter for more information: https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?constituency_operations_team 
> .
>
> Communication and Coordination Team (CCT)
>
> This team will develop tools for increased communication  
> effectiveness and efficiency within the GNSO and improve GNSO  
> communication and coordination with other ICANN structures,  
> including members of the ICANN Board, other Supporting Organizations  
> (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs).
>
> The Board stated that the Council as well as the GNSO constituencies  
> should consider additional ways in which the GNSO can further  
> improve communication, cooperation and coordination with other ICANN  
> structures. The Board added that there should be more frequent  
> contact and communication between the GNSO Council, GNSO  
> constituencies and the members the Council elects to the Board, and  
> among the Chairs of the GNSO, other Supporting Organizations and  
> Advisory Committees especially in advance of each ICANN Meeting.
>
> Some of the specific recommendations approved by the Board include:
>
> Improve the GNSO's:
>
> Web site
> Document management capacity
> Ability to solicit meaningful public comments on its work
> Coordination with other ICANN structures.
> Please refer to the draft CCT Charter for more information: https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?osc_communications_team 
> .
>
> GNSO Council Operations Team (GCOT)
>
> This work team will develop any changes needed to the Council's  
> operational procedures and role in response to the Board approved  
> GNSO structure including determining what steps are needed to  
> establish the role of the Council as a "strategic manager of the  
> policy process" and preparing clear rules for the establishment of  
> new constituencies within stakeholder groups, while recognizing that  
> differences exist between stakeholder groups and constituencies.
>
> The Board recommended that the Council move away from being a  
> legislative body concerned primarily with voting towards becoming a  
> strategic entity focused on overseeing and managing Working Groups,  
> which will be primarily engaged in developing policy for the GNSO.  
> The Council should adopt term limits and implement a training and  
> development curriculum for its members.
>
> The Board endorsed a new bicameral voting structure for the newly  
> reorganized Council comprised of four broad stakeholder groups. It  
> authorized the establishment of a "contracted party house" (made up  
> of registry and registrar stakeholder group representatives) and a  
> second "non-contracted party house" (made up of commercial and non- 
> commercial stakeholder group representatives) and set parameters for  
> their respective compositions. The Board also approved the presence  
> of a voting Nominating Committee Appointee (NCA) in each house and  
> subsequently authorized a third Council-level non-voting appointee.  
> The Board also approved a methodology for the GNSO Council to select  
> a Chair and approved various voting thresholds recommended by the  
> community.
>
> Some of the specific recommendations approved by the Board include:
>
> Determine what steps are needed to establish the role of the Council  
> as a "strategic manager of the policy process."
> Define and develop scope and responsibilities of any other standing  
> "committees" as recommended by the BGC WG (those suggested to date:  
> committee to analyze trends; committee to benchmark policy  
> implementation)
> Develop "Statement of Interest" and "Declaration of Interest" forms.
> Develop curriculum for training Council members, constituents,  
> facilitators and others.
> Prepare clear rules for the establishment of new constituencies  
> within stakeholder groups, while recognizing that differences exist  
> between stakeholder groups and constituencies.
> Review and recommend amendments as appropriate regarding methods for  
> encouraging, promoting and introducing new constituencies, while  
> recognizing that differences exist between stakeholder groups and  
> constituencies.
> Please refer to the draft GCOT Charter for more information: https://st.icann.org/icann-osc/index.cgi?gnso_operations_team 
> .
>
> Working Group Model Team (WGMT)
>
> This team will collaborate to develop a new Working Group model for  
> GNSO policy development and decision making.
>
> The ICANN Board recommended that Working Groups become the focal  
> point for GNSO policy development to enhance the process by making  
> it more inclusive and representative, and, ultimately, more  
> effective and efficient. The Board noted that this approach can be a  
> more constructive way of establishing areas of agreement than task  
> forces, where membership is limited and discussion can become  
> polarized along constituency lines. Working Groups also enable key  
> parties to become involved in the beginning and work together to  
> address complex and/or controversial issues. Appointing skilled  
> chairs and drafters, as well as proper scoping of the Working  
> Group's objectives, will be integral parts of a successful model.  
> The Board urged that steps be taken immediately to move to a Working  
> Group model for future policy development work, developing  
> appropriate operating principles, rules and procedures that can draw  
> upon expertise gained from other organization's successful policy  
> development efforts, as appropriate.
>
> Please refer to the draft WGMT Charter for more information: https://st.icann.org/gnso_transition/index.cgi?pdp_team 
> .
>
> Policy Development Process (PDP) Team (PDPT)
>
> This team will work to develop a more efficient and effective policy  
> development process for the GNSO community.
>
> The Board emphasized that the GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP)  
> needs to be revised to make it more effective and responsive to  
> ICANN's policy development needs. It should be brought in-line with  
> the time and effort actually required to develop policy and made  
> consistent with ICANN's existing contracts (including, but not  
> limited to, clarifying the appropriate scope of GNSO "consensus  
> policy" development).
>
> The Board stated that, while the procedure for developing "consensus  
> policies" will need to continue to be established by the Bylaws as  
> long as required by ICANN's contracts, the GNSO Council and Staff  
> should develop and propose new PDP rules for the Board's  
> consideration and approval that contain more flexibility. The new  
> rules should emphasize the importance of the preparation that must  
> be done before launch of a Working Group or other activity, such as  
> public discussion, fact-finding, and expert research in order to  
> properly define the scope, objective and schedule for a specific  
> policy development goal, and the development of metrics for  
> measuring success.
>
> Please refer to the draft PDPT Charter for more information: https://st.icann.org/gnso_transition/index.cgi?pdp_team
>
> For additional information about the GNSO Improvements  
> Implementation process please consult the GNSO Improvements  
> Information Page at http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/
>
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
>
>

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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks,
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