Our current speaker, David Olive, authored a recent paper on Implementation vs Policy. (link<http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/pdfrWzchoAdfH.pdf>) This could be relevant given Fadi's recent statement that the Strawman was a mistake in terms of process. --Steve Here is the email cover from David: Dear GNSO Council Members: As mentioned previously, I would like to share with you a staff paper concerning the topic of policy vs. implementation which outlines a draft framework for community discussion. In addition, the paper aims to identifya number of principles, questions as well as possible improvements that will hopefully facilitate further consideration of this issue. In addition to sharing this with you, we are also planning to circulate this to the other ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees for their consideration. Further to any steps the GNSO may want to take in relation to this issue, our idea would be to solicit volunteers from the different SO/ACs to set up a small organizing committee to plan a session in Beijing on this topic so further consideration can be given to possible next steps and/or recommendations. If you have any comments and/or questions, please feel free to share those with the list. This topic is also expected to be on the agenda for the nextGNSO Council meeting. Best regards, David -- David A. Olive Vice President, Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 1101 New York Avenue, NW - Suite 930 Washington, D.C. 20005 Office: 202.570.7126 Mobile: 202.341.3611