The line item for a mediator/facilitator ($100K) represents over 20% of the total supplemental budget (excluding contingency), which strikes me as quite high. Considering there are 30+ policy/legal experts working on the EPDP Team as volunteers, I am curious whether there might be retired judges, lawyers, mediation/arbitration experts out there who are suitably qualified and willing to "volunteer" as a mediator. Perhaps it can be tested by putting our a call for expression of interest? Also, maybe worthwhile to explore the idea of a standing panel of paid or non-paid mediators as part of PDP 3.0? Kind regards, Pam ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sender:Darcy Southwell <darcy.southwell@endurance.com> Sent at:2018 Aug 9 (Thu) 01:40 To:Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com> Cc:Kurt Pritz <kurt@kjpritz.com>; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org> Subject:Re: [council] Fwd: [Board-Ops-Team] [CORRESPONDENCE] Letter from Cherine Chalaby to the GNSO Council Leadership on the Request of EPDP Resources This is good news. The EPDP Team can use the extra support. I'm happy to see the references to the PCST work. This sort of planning and reporting will hopefully provide valuable information as we look ahead to the PDP 3.0 improvements. Best, Darcy On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 7:13 AM Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Council colleagues, Kurt, Please find below and attached a positive reply to the GNSO Council's request for additional resources in support of the EPDP. Best wishes, Heather ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wendy Profit <wendy.profit@icann.org> Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [Board-Ops-Team] [CORRESPONDENCE] Letter from Cherine Chalaby to the GNSO Council Leadership on the Request of EPDP Resources To: Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com>, "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> Cc: Secretary <secretary@icann.org>, Correspondence <Correspondence@icann.org>, Board Ops Team <board-ops-team@icann.org>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, David Olive <david.olive@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, "gnso-chairs@icann.org" <gnso-chairs@icann.org>, Cherine Chalaby <cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org> Resending, with attachment! From: Board-Ops-Team <board-ops-team-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Wendy Profit <wendy.profit@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 5:30 PM To: Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com>, "Austin, Donna" <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> Cc: Secretary <secretary@icann.org>, Correspondence <Correspondence@icann.org>, ICANN Board Ops <board-ops-team@icann.org>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, David Olive <david.olive@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, "gnso-chairs@icann.org" <gnso-chairs@icann.org>, Cherine Chalaby <cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org> Subject: [Board-Ops-Team] [CORRESPONDENCE] Letter from Cherine Chalaby to the GNSO Council Leadership on the Request of EPDP Resources Dear GNSO Council Leadership, Please find the attached letter from Cherine Chalaby with regard to the request for EPDP resources. You may expect the letter to be posted shortly to the ICANN Correspondence page: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/correspondence. Best regards, Wendy Profit ICANN – Senior Manager, Board Operations 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094 _______________________________________________ council mailing list council@gnso.icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/council