[NCUC-DISCUSS] Fwd: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Fwd: [council] Call for Volunteers: GNSO Review Working Group

Thu Aug 4 11:33:23 CEST 2016

Hi

An email from the SCI WG list. After the disbandment of the group in
Aug 14, members may join the GNSO Review WG which will take up its
procedures.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org>
Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:27 AM
Subject: [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] Fwd: [council] Call for Volunteers:
GNSO Review Working Group
To: "<gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org>" <gnso-improvem-impl-sc at icann.org>

Hi again,

Here is the call for volunteers. It should have gone out to all GNSO
SGs/Cs, so you may have already seen it.

I hope to see many (if not all) SCI members on the new WG.

Thanks again.

Amr

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From: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine at icann.org>
Subject: [council] Call for Volunteers: GNSO Review Working Group
Date: July 27, 2016 at 9:42:22 AM GMT+2
To: "council at gnso.icann.org" <council at gnso.icann.org>
Cc: "gnso-secs at icann.org" <gnso-secs at icann.org>

Call for Volunteers: GNSO Review Working Group

In Brief

The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council adopted the
Charter of the GNSO Review Working Group during its meeting on 21 July
2016. This Working Group is tasked to develop an implementation plan
for the GNSO Review recommendations which were recently adopted by the
ICANN Board. This is the Call for Volunteers to join this Working
Group. Anyone interested in the GNSO Review and contributing to the
development of the implementation plan and subsequent implementation
is encouraged to volunteer.

What This Working Group Will Do

Per the GNSO Review Working Group Charter the GNSO Review Working
Group will be responsible for developing an implementation plan,
containing a realistic timeline for the implementation, definition of
desired outcomes and a way to measure current state as well as
progress toward the desired outcome for the GNSO Review
recommendations adopted by the ICANN Board (thirty-four (34)
recommendations of the Final Report of the Independent Examiner (i.e.
all recommendations excluding recommendations 23 and 32). This
implementation plan is to be submitted for approval to the GNSO
Council, followed by consideration by the ICANN Board. Following the
approval of the implementation plan, the Working Group is also
expected to execute and oversee the implementation of the GNSO Review
recommendations unless specified differently in the implementation
plan.

The GNSO Review Working Group will also be responsible for considering
any new requests[1] by the GNSO Council concerning issues related to
the GNSO Council processes and procedures and to Working Group
guidelines that have been identified either by the GNSO Council, or a
group chartered by the GNSO Council, as needing discussion. However,
the first priority of the Working Group will be the development of an
implementation plan and the subsequent implementation of the GNSO
Review recommendations.

Timeline and Deliverables

The GNSO Review Working Group is expected to deliver the
implementation plan to the GNSO Council for consideration at the GNSO
Council meeting at ICANN57 at the latest in order to meet the Board
set objective of ‘an implementation plan, containing a realistic
timeline for the implementation, definition of desired outcomes and a
way to measure current state as well as progress toward the desired
outcome, shall be submitted to the Board as soon as possible, but no
later than six (6) months after the adoption of this resolution’[2]
i.e., December 2016.

How to Join

Each GNSO Stakeholder Group and/or Constituency will identify one
primary and one alternate member to serve on the GNSO Review Working
Group. In addition to these appointed members, anyone interested will
be able to join this working group as a participant or observer.
Please note that participants are expected to attend conference calls
and to actively participate in online discussions.  They also must
submit a Statement of Interest per Section 5.0 of the GNSO Operating
Procedures.  Observers can follow the group's work on the mailing list
but can neither send to the mailing list nor participate actively in
the calls.

Interested participants and observers are requested to complete the
sign-up sheet by Friday, 19 August 2016.

Next steps

It is anticipated that the GNSO Review Working Group will convene
online for the first time in the last week of August 2016. Following
that, regular online meetings will be scheduled in accordance with the
Working Group’s work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of
its first tasks.

Further information and preparation

For those interested in volunteering for this effort, you are
encouraged to review the following materials:
1.     GNSO Review Recommendations
2.     Independent Examiner Final Report
3.     Frequently Asked Questions

Background

The second independent review of the GNSO commenced in 2014.  The
Final Report of the independent examiner was published on 15 September
2015 (see https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gnso-review-final-15sep15-en.pdf)
and contained 36 recommendations in the areas of: participation &
representation, continuous development, transparency and alignment
with ICANN's future.  The GNSO Council adopted the GNSO Review
Recommendations Feasibility and Prioritization analysis
(see:http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/review-feasibility-prioritization-25feb16-en.pdf)
on 14 April 2016 with the modification of Recommendation 21, that the
council recommends staff working with the GNSO to institute methods of
information sharing of highly relevant research related to gTLDs to
help the GNSO community members increase their knowledge base (low
priority).

On 25 June, the ICANN Board accepted the Final Report from the
independent examiner, taking into account the GNSO Working Party's
Feasibility and Prioritization Analysis of the GNSO Review
Recommendations, adopted with modifications by the GNSO Council.  The
Board adopted thirty-four (34) recommendations of the Final Report
(i.e. all recommendations excluding recommendations 23 and 32).
Furthermore, the Board requested that the GNSO Council convene a group
that oversees the implementation of Board-accepted recommendations.

Per the motion adopted on 21 July 2016, the GNSO Council adopted the
Charter of the GNSO Review Working Group and directed staff to send a
Call for Volunteers for the Working Group.

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[1]For items that are submitted for review 'on request', the GNSO
Review WG expects to receive detailed input from the group affected by
theprocess/operational change concerned. See request template at:
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/14713135/GNSO-SCI-ReviewRequest-yyymmdd_template.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1469143165000&api=v2.
[2] The Board resolution was adopted on 25 June 2016