Hello Evan, thanks for your kind suggestion. However, I believe that we are not actually at "phase one" of the At-Large Improvements. The whole process started with the external review report, a few years ago -- and I am not sure what phase we are in since I've not tracked exactly what constitutes a "phase". "Phase one" would convey the wrong idea that we're actually at the very beginning of the process when we're actually closer to its conclusion. IMHO "Milestone" is more neutral. Warm regards, Olivier On 09/10/2011 23:02, Evan Leibovitch wrote :
Just one suggestion.
Perhaps, rather than calling this an interim or milestone report, the one we submit could be called "phase one". This brings across the point that some of the Improvements have been completed and some are still in progress.
A milestone or interim report suggests that none of what was started had been completed. This way we can say that "phase one" (which includes the bylaw revisions) had been completed.
Comments?
- Evan (on my mobile)
On Oct 9, 2011 12:53 PM, "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl@gih.com <mailto:ocl@gih.com>> wrote:
Dear ALAC members,
I want to inform you of some changes to the Improvements report based on information Heidi and Seth received. After consulting with ICANN Legal, it has been suggested that the only "final report" appropriate for Board approval would come once the ALAC can report having implemented *all* the recommendations of the ALAC Review WG.
At this stage, however, we could report that the ALAC has completed a substantial amount of ALAC Improvements work, including developing specific proposals for the implementation of the ALAC Review WG recommendations. Consequently, it was suggested that the current status report – which need only be submitted by staff (not by the ALAC) – not be called a “final report”’; we are thinking of calling it the "ALAC/At-Large Improvements Project Milestone Report."
Still, an endorsement of this Milestone Report by the ALAC would send a strong message to the Board. So I have instructed Staff to start a vote endorsing the report on Sunday.
The next steps in the At-Large Improvements Project will be for the ALAC to discuss the implementation of the remaining ALAC Review recommendations and WT proposals in Dakar, including allocating them to existing At-Large Working Groups, creating timelines for their completion, and determining potential resource implications.
I would like to be able to submit these details to the Board as soon as practical but hopefully no later than the meeting in Costa Rica (11-16 March 2012). The ALAC could then aim to submit the actual final Final Report -- marking the completion of the implementation of all Improvements recommendations -- to the Board in Prague (24-28 June 2012).
Comments/Questions are welcome.
Seth and others are working to convert the report into a "Milestone" report as we speak.
Best regards,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair
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