[ALAC] Fwd: [council] Fadi Chehade meeting with the GNSO

[Alan Greenberg]

>From: Jonathan Robinson <jrobinson at afilias.info>
>To: <council at gnso.icann.org>
>Subject: [council] Fadi Chehade meeting with the GNSO
>Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:56:04 +0100
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>From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jonathan.robinson at ipracon.com]
>Sent: 21 June 2014 17:06
>To: fadi.chehade at icann.org
>Cc: Cassia Oliveira (cassia.oliveira at icann.org); Theresa Swinehart 
>(theresa.swinehart at icann.org)
>Subject: Meeting with the GNSO
>Importance: High
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>Hello Fadi,
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>Facilitated by the Council, the GNSO has today discussed our planned 
>meetings with Theresa, you, the GDD and the ICANN Board tomorrow.
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>We will be meeting with you immediately ahead of our meeting with 
>Theresa and you have been copied into the note describing the 
>desired scope of the discussion and issues arising.
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>What we would like to cover with you is anything you may wish to 
>pick up on what we have discussed with Theresa on but specifically, 
>three issues:
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>1.       ICANN  "Community Issues"
>a.       Undue pressure being placed on the community e.g. 
>timeframes being set too fast for public comment
>b.      This is connected with a pervasive sense of Workload / 
>Burnout combined with a concern for lack of volunteer recognition / 
>support / reward
>c.       The above points lead to a concern about the effective 
>current functioning of "the model" and the associated consequences 
>of such failings
>2.       ICANN Organisational Performance / Operational Excellence
>(Gap between community expectations and actual experience)
>a.       From - Registries & NTAG
>b.      From - Registrars (inc ICANN Website, RADAR DB)
>c.       N.B. This is perceived to be not only a GNSO issue but one 
>that impacts everything that ICANN does
>Operational excellence and perceived excellence will affect our 
>ability to provide the critical "defence" of the organisation
>3.       A letter has been sent to a 3rd party dispute resolution 
>provider (ICDR).
>a.       What's the rationale?
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>b.      Concern is that it is a form of political expediency 
>overriding accountability?
>Thank-you for agreeing to meet with us and for considering this 
>detailed input.
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>Best wishes,
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>Jonathan
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