[] Public Comment: GNSO Council Requests Your Input on Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidel

[Brenden Kuerbis]

Thanks Avri,

On pg. 8


2.1.4.2. Election of the WG Leaders

Unless a Chair has already been named by the Chartering Organization,
normally a

Chair will be selected at the first meeting of the WG. Until that time, the
Chartering

Organization’s liaison may fulfill the role of interim Chair.


It seems to me that a Working Group Chair should _always_ be determined by
agreement of the entire WG. Such a requirement wouldn't prevent the
Chartering Organization (CO) from providing an Interim Chair until such an
agreement was found. It would just prevent a CO from unduly influencing WG
activities by virtue of controlling the Chair position from the start.


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Brenden Kuerbis
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org


On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Avri Doria <avri at ltu.se> wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> > Date: 19 January 2011 10:26:09 EST
> > To: liaison6c <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> > Subject: [liaison6c] Public Comment: GNSO Council Requests Your Input on
> Proposed GNSO Working Group Guidel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18jan11-en.htm
> > Public Comment: GNSO Council Requests Your Input on Proposed GNSO Working
> Group Guidelines
> >
> > 18 January 2011
> >
> > As part of the GNSO Improvements Process, which has as its objective to
> improve the structure and operations of the Generic Names Supporting
> Organization (GNSO), the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) has now
> submitted to the GNSO Council the proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines
> (see
> http://gnso.icann.org/improvements/gnso-working-group-guidelines-final-10dec10-en.pdf[PDF, 626 KB]). Prior to considering the proposed GNSO Working Group
> Guidelines, the GNSO Council is seeking your input. Comments on the proposed
> GNSO Working Group Guidelines [PDF, 626 KB] can be submitted until 8
> February 2011 (see details below). Following the public comment period, the
> GNSO Council will review the comments received and determine whether
> additional modifications need to be made to the document or whether the
> document is ready for adoption following which it will be incorporated in
> the GNSO's Operating Procedures and become applicable to all new GNSO
> Working Groups.
> > Background
> >
> > In the past, the GNSO decided policy mainly through small legislative
> bodies called "Task Forces." Intentionally, it is moving towards a more
> inclusive, representative model where key parties tackle an issue together
> as a "Working Group". This Working Group Model should become the focal point
> for policy development and enhance the policy development process by making
> it more inclusive and representative, and - ultimately - more effective and
> efficient.
> >
> > The PPSC tasked a Working Group Work Team (WG WT) to define this new
> Working Group model. The WG WT prepared a first draft that was put out for
> public comment, following which it reviewed the comments and modified [DOC,
> 188 KB] the document accordingly. In addition, the PPSC identified a number
> of issues that were subsequently addressed [DOC, 48 KB] by the WG WT.
> >
> > The proposed GNSO Working Group Guidelines, as approved by the PPSC,
> bring together all the different elements of the Working Group process; it
> addresses what should be considered in creating, chartering, staffing, and
> instructing/guiding a WG to accomplish the desired outcome, and; secondly,
> what guidance should be provided to a WG on elements such as structure,
> decision-making, tasking, reporting, and delivering the outcome(s) as
> chartered.
> > Background documents / links
> >
> >    * GNSO Working Group Guidelines, as approved by the PPSC [PDF, 626 KB]
> >    * The GNSO Improvements Web Site
> >    * PPSC Workspace
> >    * WG WT Workspace
> >
> > Staff responsible: Marika Konings
> > Deadline and how to submit comments
> >
> > Comments are welcome via e-mail to gnso-wg-guidelines at icann.org until 8
> February 2011.
> >
> > Access to the public comment forum from which comments can be posted can
> be found at
> http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201102-en.htm#gnso-wg-guidelines
> .
> >
> > An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-wg-guidelines/.
> >
> >
> > Glen de Saint Géry
> > GNSO Secretariat
> > gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> > http://gnso.icann.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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