On 06-Feb-14 11:40, Jonathan Robinson wrote:
You weren't. Not by me at least!
Ok, I did not think I saw that. I must have misunderstood what Mikey was saying. But am glad for my mistake, for I was missing the point about offering an opinion on MSI Panel / GNSO interaction while I was probing one of Mikey points.
I only intended to ensure that we didn't drop the original topic relating to the work of the MSI panel and our interaction / engagement with that.
I think we need to treat it as possible input for our own continuing improvement path. with ICANN spending oodles of bucks on this process, we shouldn't disregard the possibility that they do say something useful. Despite the 'neoclassical style' of their prose. While reading it, and listening to the presentation, it put me in mind of a infomercial for a Branded social improvement product. Nonetheless, I think that many of the the techniques they suggest are things we could consider and possibly even build in pilot projects on some of our processes. But we need to understand them as tools for the purposes of the GNSO and not as solutions in search of a problem. I think it is important that we do not make the mistake they appear to be making, and missing out on the pony because it is hard to find ones way through hay (or something like that). I think a good conversation with them, or those of the MSI panel who are about in Singapore, is a good idea. It also might be good to organize ourselves (a drafting team?) to offer a critical analysis of their output. avri
Jonathan