[NCUC-DISCUSS] Questions and talking points for ICANN CEO

[Michael Karanicolas]

Ayden - you're wrong on your transparency complaints. The entire
conversation took place on the EC list, and is open for review. There are *no
communications* that are not documented there.

As to the question of consultation... I think there's room for reasonable
disagreement as to when and how often we should be polling the members. I
think Farzi raised an interesting point earlier, insofar as this is
something that only the leadership go to, so they're probably better placed
to make the decision about its utility than the members. Obviously the EC
want to act in a way that's consistent with the wishes of the membership -
but I don't think it's part of our procedures to go back to the members
every time a decision needs to be made. That's not how a representative
democracy works.


On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:13 AM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
wrote:

> How I would like to see the Intersessional evolve is not the topic of this
> thread. The topic of this thread is why did the NCUC Executive Committee
> propose eliminating the Intersessional without first consulting with NCUC
> members.
>
> This comes down to how the EC is making decisions, which, as has been well
> documented on our list for months now, is not transparent and not in
> keeping with our values.
>
> Renata is going to the CEO asking for capacity building resources, while
> the EC is busy rejecting the resources that we already have and could
> re-purpose with a little imagination.
>
> And this is happening without membership consultation.
>
> Do you think this is acceptable? Because I don’t.
>
> —Ayden
>
> On 28 Aug 2018, at 16:05, Michael Karanicolas <mkaranicolas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:56 AM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> No, I am not describing the Leadership Program, which from what I
> understand (I have not participated in it), focuses more on soft skills.
>
> What I would like is for us to re-think what should be the purpose of the
> Intersessional, and to turn it more into a policy bootcamp whereby we get
> members up to speed every year on key topics, strategise for the year
> ahead, and work with other Stakeholder Groups to understand their
> perspectives.
>
> And I don’t think we necessarily need all of our leaders at the
> Intersessional to do this. Some leaders yes, some veterans yes, some rising
> stars yes.
>
> That’s my view,
>
> Ayden
>
>
> Ok. So now it sounds like you're describing a slightly revised version
> of the Leadership Program, with a bit more of a policy component, and
> a breakout session for members to strategize.
>
>
>
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