Dear Keith, All - 

I find in particular risk related points raised on page 15 (ICANN’s governance) and 24 (Geopolitics) are not fully appropriate. 

ICANN’s Governance (page 15)
Strategic risks:
• Unclear community and organizational priorities compete for scarce resources.
• The cost to implement ICANN’s multistakeholder model becomes unaffordable.
• Polarized positions or agendas that do not represent the collective interest impede progress and waste resources.
• Increased workload for the ICANN community, Board, and org impact the ability to effectively support ongoing work, resulting in community fatigue or stakeholder disengagement.
• Process complexity impedes ICANN’s ability to keep pace with the speed of external events that impact its future.
• Perceived or actual delays in decision-making fuel doubts about ICANN’s ability to address serious global issues in a timely fashion. 

Geopolitics (page 24) 
Strategic risks:

• ICANN’s inability to establish itself as a key player in Internet governance results in increased external interventions by nation states or other entities.
• Failure to anticipate legislative efforts force ICANN into a reactive mode

Best,
Erika 


Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 17, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Drazek, Keith via council <council@gnso.icann.org> wrote:

Hi all,

 

The attached notice, dated 2 July 2019, concerns the GNSO’s obligations as a decisional participant in the Empowered Community vis-à-vis approval of the FY21-25 Strategic Plan.  This notice triggered the bylaw-mandated 21-day period for decisional participants to consider initiating a Rejection Action Process (RAP).

 

Here’s the relevant language from the letter:

 

“This Board Notice triggers the Empowered Community Rejection Action Process as set out at

Annex D, Section 2 of the ICANN Bylaws. The timeline for the Empowered Community’s

exercise of this Rejection Action Process will be tracked, including the associated deadlines, at

https://www.icann.org/ec. The first deadline is a 21-day period for Decisional Participants to

each consider if it will raise a petition.”

 

As such, we have until 24 July 2019 to take action if needed.

 

(NOTE: This original email was sent by ICANN the day I went on vacation and I only got to it upon my return. Procedurally, we are working to address this situation to avoid single-threaded communications on such important matters, and/or to ensure Staff have a standing action to forward such communications to the full Council list. I apologize for the delay in forwarding this.)

 

We can discuss further on the Council call this week.

 

Best,
Keith

 

From: Drazek, Keith
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 11:27 AM
To: gnso-chairs@icann.org; gnso-secs@icann.org
Subject: FW: Secretary's Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25

 

Just catching up on email. This may have already been forwarded, but this is formal notice concerning the GNSO’s obligations w/r/t the RAP and a deadline of 23 July.

 

Keith

 

From: Peg Rettino <peg.rettino@icann.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2019 10:27 PM
To: ecadmin@icann.org; chair@nro.net; Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>; katrina@nic.lv; Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com>; Manal Ismail <manal@tra.gov.eg>
Cc: Goran Marby <goran.marby@icann.org>; Cherine Chalaby <cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Secretary's Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25

 

Greetings,

 

Attached please find the Secretary’s Notice to Empowered Community of Board Approval of Five-Year Strategic Plan for FY21-25 sent on behalf of John Jeffrey.

 

 

Best,

Peg

 

 

-- 

Peg Rettino

Project Specialist & Executive Assistant to John Jeffrey

General Counsel and Secretary

ICANN 

12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90094

peg.rettino@icann.org

Skype: peg.rettino

Direct: 310-301-3868

 

 

<July 2019 Notice to EC re Approval of Five Year Strat Plan for FY21-25.pdf>
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