Hi All

The GNSO needs to develop a clear operational and strategic plan that help guide our priorities as well as assist the ICANN Board in developing the ICANN Strategic Plan. I agree, it's essential.

Do we have any volunteers to develop an operational plan for the GNSO for the next 12 months - that identifes major policy areas, as well as steps to follow up on the recommendations from the GNSO Council review?

Now that we have staff support, I believe it is time to make a change in the way we undertake council work. I believe that staff should run this as a project, with terms of reference, a project plan, a project manager (staff), and with the bulk of the plan produced by staff. Council, or a Strategic Planning Subcommittee or Task Force should review and approve the work done by staff, including providing input as appropriate. Put in its simplest form, staff should plan and manage the project and do the work. Council should make policy and organisational decisions based upon this work. I believe we need to discuss this in the context of Administrative planning and coordination Council/Staff working sessions. Thanks, Alick -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2005 12:55 p.m. To: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] Names Council business plan - 8 Jan 2001 Hello All, The GNSO needs to develop a clear operational and strategic plan that help guide our priorities as well as assist the ICANN Board in developing the ICANN Strategic Plan. For historical interest. Here is a "business plan" for the Names Council dated 8 Jan 2001: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/2001-02.v4.NCbusinessplan.html Do we have any volunteers to develop an operational plan for the GNSO for the next 12 months - that identifes major policy areas, as well as steps to follow up on the recommendations from the GNSO Council review? Regards, Bruce Tonkin