[ALAC] Consensus Call: EDPD - Proposed way forward

Mon Jul 9 11:53:21 UTC 2018

Agree

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From: ALAC [mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of asoto at ibero-americano.org
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To: Maureen Hilyard
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Subject: Re: [ALAC] Consensus Call: EDPD - Proposed way forward

OK.

El 2018-07-07 20:32, Maureen Hilyard escribió:
> +1
> 
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 11:38 am Jonathan Zuck
> <JZuck at innovatorsnetwork.org> wrote:
> 
>> Ideally, there’s a phase where the ALAC forms some consensus on
>> positions to carry to the EPDP
>> 
>> FROM: ALAC [mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] ON BEHALF
>> OF Alan Greenberg
>> SENT: Saturday, July 7, 2018 11:54 AM
>> TO: ALAC <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>> SUBJECT: Re: [ALAC] Consensus Call: EDPD - Proposed way forward
>> 
>> In #6, it should be "EPDP Members and Alternates" instead of "ALAC
>> Members and Alternates". Thanks to Sebastien for catching this.
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> At 07/07/2018 12:41 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>> 
>> There have been no further comments to the message I sent to the
>> ALAC yesterday (modified to correct two issues identified by
>> Ricardo) on the process associated with the selection of the GNSO
>> Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) to put policy in place
>> to replace the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data
>> adopted by the ICANN Board effective 25 May 2018.
>> 
>> I therefore am recommending, with the full support of the ALT, to
>> use the following process:
>> 
>> 1. Very shortly, we will send out an request for Expressions of
>> Interest with a very short window (48-72 hours). The EoI will be an
>> online GoogleDocs Form and will ask for information on the
>> candidates past involvement/knowledge with WHOIS issues, the ability
>> and willingness to participate, and understanding of the EPDP
>> participation criteria. Membership and participation will be on
>> behalf of the ALAC and not representing personal views.
>> 
>> 2. The ALAC will have access to the EoI and all Members are expected
>> to review the EoIs and ranks them. This is review is CONFIDENTIAL
>> and neither the contents of the EoIs nor the ALAC comments may be
>> discussed/presented outside of this group. ALAC Members will have a
>> very short time to review these EoI, likely 48 hours.
>> 
>> 3. The ALAC Chair, in conjunction with the ALT will summarize the
>> evaluations and make a final selection, ordered to allow for changes
>> in the final charter, ensuring that the final selection meets the
>> overall criteria and ensures a reasonable level of diversity and
>> balance.
>> 
>> 4. The ALAC Chair will transmit the final selection to the GNSO
>> Council or GNSO Chair as appropriate as well as to the ALAC, in
>> sufficient time to meet the GNSO requested timeline. [CORRECTION:
>> cc: ALAC]
>> 
>> 5. At the time of the transmittal, the Chair will announce the
>> number and demographics of the applicants.
>> 
>> 6. Once the proposed ALAC Members and Alternates are selected, a
>> meeting will be convened of the Members and Alternates prior to the
>> EPDP's first meeting to ensure that everyone has the same
>> understanding of what we will be doing.
>> 
>> Barring issues that elongate this process, the proposed timeline is:
>> - EoI issued Monday, 09 July;
>> - ALAC evaluation of responses begins Thursday, 12 July;
>> - ALT synthesis of evaluation and final selection Saturday, 14 July
>> - Monday, 16 July;
>> - Announcement and scheduling of EPDP prospective Members/Alternates
>> Tuesday, 17 July.
>> 
>> WITH THIS MESSAGE, I AM INITIATING A CONSENSUS CALL OF THE ALAC to
>> ratify the above recommendation.
>> 
>> Due to tight time constraints, this Consensus Call will end at 23:59
>> UTC on Wednesday, 11 July 2018. The call for EoIs will run in
>> parallel with this Consensus Call, but no further action will be
>> taken before ratification.
>> 
>> If there are any questions of comments, please direct them to either
>> this list or to me directly.
>> 
>> Although messages indicating support are welcome, they are not
>> necessary. This Consensus Call will be deemed to have succeeded in
>> the absence of significant opposition (greater than 20% as specified
>> by ALAC RoP 12.3.3.1).
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:46:04 -0400
>> To: ALAC <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>> From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>> Subject: URGENT: EDPD - Proposed way forward
>> 
>> As you all know, the GNSO is chartering an Expedited Policy
>> Development Process (EPDP) to put policy in place to replace the
>> Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data that the Board
>> adopted. Since the temporary specification must be replaced by 25
>> May 2019, the EPDP will have to proceed VERY quickly, with a draft
>> policy published by ICANN 63 in Barcelona (about 3 months from now).
>> 
>> The GNSO is expected to adopt the EPDP Charter on 19 July and
>> convene the EPD very soon after. That is 2 weeks from today.
>> 
>> At this point, it looks like each sub-group of the GNSO and other
>> AC/SOs will each have three Members and three Alternates (the
>> Alternates can "listen/read" but can only actively participate in
>> the absence of a Member). The current details can be found at
>> 
> https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/proposed-epdp-membership-structure-temp-spec-27jun18-en.pdf
>> [1] . This is subject to change before the Charter is adopted, but
>> at this point it is a major victory that they are discussing parity
>> with the GNSO groups. If this comes to be, there are a few people to
>> whom we will owe a huge debt of gratitude. Without doubt we will
>> have SOME formal presence on the EPDP which was not a certainty just
>> a few days ago.
>> 
>> Membership in the EPDP is expected to require up to 30 hours per
>> week, starting immediately and at least for the first 4 months, and
>> probably a lower but still significant commitment until mid-2018
>> [CORRECTION: 2019]. The GNSO is also setting some very specific
>> criteria for participation. Although the list may change, the
>> current requirements are appended to this message.
>> 
>> You will recall that in Panama, we decided that the evaluation of
>> possible candidates is sufficiently important that it should be done
>> at the first level by the ALAC, but clearly we do not have a lot of
>> time to do so. Moreover, we will have to ensure that the selected
>> candidates balance skills, availability and an understanding of user
>> issues.
>> 
>> The ALT discussed this at our meeting on Friday and are proposing
>> the following path forward:
>> 
>> 1. Very shortly, we will send out an request for Expressions of
>> Interest with a very short window (48-72 hours). The EoI will be an
>> online GoogleDocs Form and will ask for information on the
>> candidates past involvement/knowledge with WHOIS issues, the ability
>> and willingness to participate, and understanding of the EPDP
>> participation criteria. Membership and participation will be on
>> behalf of the ALAC and not representing personal views.
>> 
>> 2. The ALAC will have access to the EoI and all Members are expected
>> to review the EoIs and ranks them. This is review is CONFIDENTIAL
>> and neither the contents of the EoIs nor the ALAC comments may be
>> discussed/presented outside of this group. ALAC Members will have a
>> very short time to review these EoI, likely 48 hours.
>> 
>> 3. The ALAC Chair, in conjunction with the ALT will summarize the
>> evaluations and make a final selection, ordered to allow for changes
>> in the final charter, ensuring that the final selection meets the
>> overall criteria and ensures a reasonable level of diversity and
>> balance.
>> 
>> 4. The ALAC Chair will transmit the final selection to the GNSO
>> Council or GNSO Chair as appropriate as well as the ALAC, in
>> sufficient time to meet the GNSO requested timeline. [CORRECTION:
>> cc: ALAC]
>> 
>> 5. At the time of the transmittal, the Chair will announce the
>> number and demographics of the applicants.
>> 
>> 6. Once the proposed ALAC Members and Alternates are selected, we
>> will need to convene a meeting of them prior to the EPDP's first
>> meeting to ensure that everyone has the same understanding of what
>> we will be doing.
>> 
>> Barring issues that elongate this process, the proposed timeline is:
>> - EoI issued Monday, 09 July;
>> - ALAC evaluation of responses begins Thursday, 12 July;
>> - ALT synthesis of evaluation and final selection Saturday, 14 July
>> - Monday, 16 July;
>> - Announcement and scheduling of EPDP prospective Members/Alternates
>> Tuesday, 17 July.
>> 
>> This process will be the subject of a short ALAC Consensus Call most
>> likely starting Friday (tomorrow for me). The Consensus call will
>> overlap with the EoI submission process.
>> 
>> Alan
>> 
>> ========================
>> 
>> EPDP Charter Membership Criteria
>> 
>> * Have sufficient and appropriate motivation, availability and
>> expertise to participate in the substance of the work of the EPDP
>> Team. Appropriate experience could, for example, include experience
>> with the previous RDS/WHOIS policy development processes, task
>> forces, or implementation review teams, or participation in EWG
>> efforts;
>> * Commit to abide by the EPDP Team Commitment Statement, and to
>> accept the consequences of non-compliance as may be determined by
>> the EPDP leadership or appointing group;
>> * Commit to build consensus on issues within the scope of this
>> EPDP;
>> * Commit to actively participate in the activities of the EPDP on
>> an on-going and long-term basis, for a period of no less than
>> one-year, with the highest intensity expected in the first six to
>> eight months;
>> * Solicit and communicate (where appropriate) the views and
>> concerns of individuals in the group that appoints them;
>> * Commit to abide to the charter when participating in the EPDP
>> Team;
>> * Understand the needs of the Internet communities that ICANN
>> serves (standards, domains and numbers);
>> * Commit to attend any provided introductory training courses,
>> e.g., privacy, trademarks, registrar operations, DNS, etc.
>> * Understand the broader ecosystem (the Internet Community) in
>> which ICANN operates and the needs of those working on other aspects
>> of the Internet industry.
>> 
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