[EURO-Discuss] Fwd: Re: Action Items: 2017-02-28 EURALO Monthly Teleconference"

Thu Nov 16 09:02:35 UTC 2017

Dear Stéphane,

thanks for your kind follow-up. Re: Treasurer, that is not a position
that was considered as EURALO does not have its own funds/account as
such. In fact, the "Treasurer" position is being deleted from the bylaws
update.
Re: Chair & Vice Chair, these are points to discuss. Currently the
EURALO Chair & Secretariat are members of the Board, ex-officio.
Re: Outreach - yes that's a good point, as we already have a proposal
for someone to do inreach. Should it be a different person for outreach?
Kindest regards

Olivier

On 16/11/2017 09:24, svg at milathan.ltd wrote:
> Hi Olivier,
>
> Seems to me you would obviously want to add chair and vice chair
> positions, but perhaps those are already baked into your proposal?
> Also a Treasurer? And perhaps someone tasked with Outreach outside of
> at large?
>
> Best,
>
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Chairman and Managing Director
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>> Le 16 nov. 2017 à 01:50, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com
>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> a écrit :
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> as we are reaching another cycle of appointments, with a new EURALO
>> Board ( https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/euralo ) needing to be
>> selected and seated by the end of year, I am following up on the
>> thread below.
>> This is a public discussion between Jean-Jacques Subrenat and me,
>> regarding the consideration to assign specific responsibilities to
>> EURALO Board members.
>>
>> I have passed this by the current (outgoing) EURALO Board and
>> received little response. Thus I am turning to you, the community
>> that will select the next EURALO Board, to define the positions of
>> future EURALO Board members.
>>
>> At present, the following positions are suggested:
>>
>> 1. Legal Reference Point
>> 2. Primary Contract point for ALSes (Inreach Lead)
>> 3. Policy Development Lead
>> 4. ?
>> 5. ?
>>
>> Suggestions welcome, ahead of next week's conference call, where we
>> shall be discussing this.
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>> On 02/03/2017 18:46, Jean-Jacques Subrenat wrote:
>>> Dear EURALO Colleagues,
>>>
>>> below, please find an exchange of messages between Olivier
>>> Crépin-Leblond, Chair of EURALO, and myself. I appreciate Olivier’s
>>> quick reaction, the corrections he brought to my message (number of
>>> seats on EURALO Board), and his helpful comments.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jean-Jacques.
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 2 mars 2017 à 18:23:09, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond (ocl at gih.com
>>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>) a écrit:
>>>
>>>> Dear Jean-Jacques,
>>>>
>>>> thank you for your follow-up. First, a quick correction to Silvia's
>>>> email address, as you appear to have it as no-reply at icann.orgwhich
>>>> is when one updates WIKI pages. I have amended Silvia's address
>>>> accordingly.
>>>> Please find my comments interspersed in your text.
>>>>
>>>> On 02/03/2017 17:49, Jean-Jacques Subrenat wrote:
>>>>> Dear Silvia & All,
>>>>>
>>>>> here is my contribution on the action item under reference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently, and unless I’m mistaken, the EURALO Board has 11
>>>>> members. In the past twelve months, about a third of these members
>>>>> have intervened in EURALO monthly meetings (audio, chat or emails).
>>>>
>>>> The EURALO Board actually has only 5 members:
>>>>
>>>>  *
>>>>
>>>>     Olawale (‘Wale) Shakiru BAKARE - United Kingdom
>>>>
>>>>  *
>>>>
>>>>      Yrjö Länsipuro - Finland
>>>>
>>>>   * * *Eric Schweighofer - Austria
>>>>   *  Annette Mühlberg - Germany
>>>>   *  Matthieu Camus - France
>>>>
>>>> All other "members" - ie. ALAC representatives, Secretary & EURALO
>>>> Chair are ex-officio.
>>>>
>>>> Originally I asked each member of the EURALO Board to share with
>>>> others what they goals were during their tenancy. These are
>>>> reflected on https://community.icann.org/x/0QB1Aw . *I gather that
>>>> these should be updated since Mikhail Medrish and Jordi Iparraguire
>>>> have been replaced.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest we consider the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> What are the essential functions the EURALO Board must undertake
>>>>> or uphold? Each item is followed by a recommendation.
>>>>>
>>>>> _1) Ensure conformity of EURALO procedure and actions with
>>>>> existing legal or structural obligations_ (ICANN, ALAC and EURALO
>>>>> By-laws, Rules of procedure, Accepted standards in meetings,
>>>>> etc.). This applies, but is not limited to: membership, quorum,
>>>>> elections, rough consensus.
>>>>> *Recommendation 1*: a Board member with experience in these areas,
>>>>> and perhaps with a legal background, should be appointed as the
>>>>> « Legal reference point ».
>>>>
>>>> Excellent idea.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _2) Consolidate relations with ALAC and other parts of ICANN_. As
>>>>> in most ACs and SOs, the Chair of EURALO does this, and does it
>>>>> well (good visibility, good inter-personal skills, deep knowledge
>>>>> of the issues).
>>>>> *Recommendation 2*: no change.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to see our ALAC members take an extra care in
>>>> fostering the link between ALAC and EURALO. They are our
>>>> ambassadors on the ALAC. I would also like to see them take a
>>>> leadership role on the ALAC, like Chairing a working group. As for
>>>> the EURALO Board members, ideally they could chair a EURALO working
>>>> group.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _3) Enhance cooperation between EURALO and its ALSs_. Over the
>>>>> years, this function has been carried out mainly by the Chair
>>>>> and/or Secretary. But with the gradual growth in the number of
>>>>> ALSs, this now requires a dedicated approach. Among other areas
>>>>> where cooperation would be appreciated: help in launching ALS
>>>>> surveys, help in participating in ICANN events, travel and
>>>>> accommodation support, etc.
>>>>> *Recommendation 3*: designate a Board member who, with the help of
>>>>> Support Staff, would be the prime contact point for all EURALO ALSs.
>>>>
>>>> Would this be an "inreach" officer? I would really support this too.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _4) Consolidate EURALO contributions to ALAC and ICANN policy
>>>>> development_. 
>>>>> One of the current tasks is the appraisal of the At-Large Review:
>>>>> because of its complexity, but even more because of the
>>>>> implications of some of the recommendations in that Review, it is
>>>>> necessary to make sure that contributions are made on time, and
>>>>> that they are relevant.
>>>>> *Recommendation 4*: designate a Board member who is familiar with
>>>>> Policy development in the ICANN ecosystem, and who has a track
>>>>> record of making trains depart and arrive on time, at the right
>>>>> station.
>>>>
>>>> Excellent.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this is useful.
>>>>
>>>> This is **very** useful.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Silvia,
>>>>> if Olivier agrees, may I suggest that you send this out to the
>>>>> EURALO list? Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Please do so. Jean-Jacques, please email the EURALO list yourself,
>>>> so we can follow-up directly.
>>>>
>>>> Kindest regards
>>>>
>>>> Olivier
>>>>
>>>
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