Councillors, Please see the emails below. I wanted to make sure you are aware of this conversation and the issues being raised in it. FYI, I had replied to Olivier's email (my response is not in this thread) asking Karla for a break-down of the level of support afforded to the JAS WG, including which staff members are doing what, in order to attempt to ascertain exactly in what way the JAS WG lacks support, and why. I suppose Kurt's email was sent partly in response to this. Stéphane Début du message réexpédié :
De : Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz@icann.org> Objet : Rép : Update on JAS WG staff support Date : 27 juillet 2011 19:58:51 HAEC À : Olivier Crepin-LeBlond <ocl@gih.com>, Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com>, Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@gmail.com>, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> Cc : Carole Cornell <carole.cornell@icann.org>, Karla Valente <karla.valente@icann.org>
Hi all:
Seeing Karla's email below, I thought i would provide an update on support. We assigned three staff members to oversee the three task requests made by the JAS.
1) Final report - Seth. We discussed carefully with Seth to ensure he could meet existing ALAC obligations and do this work in addition. Seth has been attending JAS calls and possesses excellent writing skills so is an excellent candidate for this position. He will be supported by other ICANN staff in this regard.
2) Process flow - Dane Suenga of the new gTLD Program Office. Dane has already led two meetings attending by several ICANN new gTLD staff to take the JAS provided chart and added additional detail. This draft flow is nearly ready to be shared with the JAS group for discussion.
3) Guidebook-like Guide for applicants of support - Lynn Lipinski of the Communications staff. Lynn also has excellent written skills and we are fortunate that Scot Pinzon and Barbara Clay agreed that she be reed up for this effort. I think Lynn's effort will start as the Final Report and Flow Chart are close to being closed.
Our staff assistant, Wendy Profit has been made available to aid in any of these tasks. Anand Mishra, from Carole Cornell's Project Management team, is constructing a "backwards pass" schedule to ensure we can meet our goals. I am sorry you are not aware of these assignments but this team and others have been working hard the past couple weeks on this. Karla is coordinating and managing the entire effort. She and I are attending each of the staff working meetings on all three topics.
Please reply with any questions you might have. I hope this is helpful.
Kurt
On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Karla Valente wrote:
fyi
Karla Valente Director, gTLD Registry Programs Mobile: +1 310 936 4639
-----Original Message----- From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond [mailto:ocl@gih.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:16 PM To: Stéphane Van Gelder Cc: Carlton Samuels; Rafik Dammak; ALAC EXCOM; Karla Valente Subject: Update on JAS WG staff support
Dear Stéphane,
on Friday 15th July, Kurt Pritz attended the regular JAS call and was asked by the Working Group's co-Chairs, to urgently allocate further staff resources to help the WG in reaching its intended goals in time.
I have now received confirmation that Seth Greene will dedicate 8-10 hours per week on the JAS WG report, starting from this week. This was a rather abrupt announcement.
Whilst I do not know if any other additional staff members have been allocated to the JAS WG to satisfy their other skill needs, I will emphasize that these 8-10 hours will be taken from time previously allocated to ALAC support. JAS WG deadlines being what they are, there is likely to be pressure for Seth to spend more than 8-10 hours per week on JAS WG work. However, his first priority is to ensure that the At-Large Improvements Report is submitted to the SIC in time for consideration at their August meeting, with subsequent passage on to the Board.
Seth is therefore unlikely to be able to furnish more than a maximum of 8-10 hours per week on JAS work and I leave it to the co-Chairs of the WG to estimate if this time allocation is reasonable for the amount of work they envisage will be required by the end of August, taking into account the reduced volunteer activity in the summer months. I trust that neither of us wish the JAS WG to miss its important deadlines.
Warm regards,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond ALAC Chair