May 2025 - Gnso-board-readiness-smallteam

Board readiness - Revised interviewee packet
by kurt kjpritz.com June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025

Hi All: You might remember that, after a trial interview with Susan, we thought that the questions should be amended in some way. The amendments I am suggesting here, apply to the first question about “surprise.” Under the initial brand question, I ask the interviewee to consider if s/he was surprised about pended or rejected recommendations for different “categories” of rejection: cost, Bylaw violation, need to consult with the GAC, wording clarification. I also slightly recorded some of the other questions to make them more germane to SubPro. Please read the page of questions and see if this makes sense to you. Staff comments very welcome. Thanks very much. Kurt

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**REMINDER** Meeting Invitation | Board Readiness Small Team | Monday, 02 June 2025 12:30 UTC
by Julie Bisland May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025

**If you are unable to attend, please email gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> to note your apology (avoid sending to the team mailing list). Dear all, Please see the join information below for the Board Readiness Small Team call taking place on Monday, 02 June 2025 at 12:30 UTC for 60 minutes Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/96611661142?pwd=K2VpaHlzNkNuY1J6YzRYcW1sd0VjUT09 Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: Z4B3SUR!U& One tap mobile +16699006833,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: 0505103780 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/actl7q9Q9B Wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/dAAGG Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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Agenda and Draft Interview Schedule for Board Readiness Meeting 2 June
by John Emery May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025

Dear Board Readiness Small Team, Thank you for filling out your availability in the Doodle poll. We have scheduled the upcoming Board Readiness Small Team meeting for Monday, 2 June 2025 at 12:30 UTC. The proposed agenda is as follows: 1. Welcome 2. Timeline * Interview schedule * Report compilation 1. Discussion of findings 2. Council update Attached is a rough timeline that staff has compiled to optimistically aim to present the findings and recommendations to the GNSO Council on its 14 August meeting. There are a number of interviews to complete for SubPro prior to the report and recommendation completion. Given ICANN83 and subsequent summer holidays, scheduling may be tricky. (Obviously it will be dependent on interviewee schedules and the availability of Small Team members and staff). However, this is an proposed timeline to show what would need to be accomplished in order to meet this deadline to allow time to interview, discuss findings, draft and finalize recommendations, and prep a presentation for the August Council meeting. Thank you all, John R. Emery, Ph.D. Policy Development Support Senior Specialist Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>

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Meeting Invitation | Board Readiness Small Team | Monday, 02 June 2025 12:30 UTC
by Terri Agnew May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025

**If you are unable to attend, please email gnso-secs(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org> to note your apology (avoid sending to the team mailing list). Dear all, Please see the join information below for the Board Readiness Small Team call taking place on Monday, 02 June 2025 at 12:30 UTC for 60 minutes Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/96611661142?pwd=K2VpaHlzNkNuY1J6YzRYcW1sd0VjUT09 Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: Z4B3SUR!U& One tap mobile +16699006833,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: 0505103780 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/actl7q9Q9B Wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/dAAGG Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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Board Readiness Small Team call
by ICANN Policy Calendar May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025

Meeting: Board Readiness Small Team call Date/time: Monday, 02 June 2025 at 12:30 UTC for 60 minutes Join Zoom Meeting https://icann.zoom.us/j/96611661142?pwd=K2VpaHlzNkNuY1J6YzRYcW1sd0VjUT09 Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: Z4B3SUR!U& One tap mobile +16699006833,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,96611661142#,,,,*0505103780# US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 966 1166 1142 Passcode: 0505103780 Find your local number: https://icann.zoom.us/u/actl7q9Q9B Wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/dAAGG

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3rd REMINDER | Action needed | Doodle | Board Readiness Small Team
by Terri Agnew May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025

REMINDER: Please complete the doodle. The following have completed it: Justine, Kurt, Jennifer. Dear all, Please complete the doodle for the next Board Readiness Small Team call. Doodle; https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/dB9ynB2b Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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2nd REMINDER | Action needed | Doodle | Board Readiness Small Team
by Terri Agnew May 23, 2025

May 23, 2025

REMINDER: Please complete the doodle. The following have completed it: Justine, Kurt, Jennifer. Dear all, Please complete the doodle for the next Board Readiness Small Team call. Doodle; https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/dB9ynB2b Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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Board Readiness Preliminary Findings
by kurt kjpritz.com May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025

Hi Everyone (Small Team and Support Team): We are at a bit of an inflection point as we transition to interviews with the SubPro team. We thought it’d be a good idea to pause, see where we are, and decide if any changes are required. As you, I am anxious to move ahead and get done. With that in mind, I have attached three docs for our discussion as they might provide direction in how we conduct the next round of interviews. (I ask that you keep these docs confidential, from your co-workers and others in the ICANN community. I think making preliminary findings public will poison or influence the next round of interviews): 1. A n interview summary (Finding Notes), where I have grouped the feedback into a few, general headings. * This document is NOT intended for publication. Rather, it is a tool to create the next two docs that are intended for publication and also identify the attribution of the different findings that we make. * I created it by reviewing the posted interview notes (including the interviews with Board members but not including Susan’s SubPro interview) * Please review for completeness, Did I miss any interviews or important points? (You can use your memory for this review rather than digging out the docs. Our collective memories should suffice. As a complete review.) * Do the headings look ok? 2. A set of FINDINGS that is intended to inform the reader of our interview results and support our Recommendation * It is a slight reorganisation and rewording of the first document. * Please review the opening paragraph, it needs work. * Your review of the first doc should cover this one too. 3. A set of RECOMMENDATIONS based on the Findings. * They are Recommendation only, not with justification or defence — that is provided in the Findings. * The Recommendations are not grouped by headings, so it make the choice of grouping less important. * There were findings that did not result in Recommendations but I thought the audience should read thise Findings also as they are educational. * Do we have any others? Any with which you disagree? These last two docs would be chapters in our report, surrounding by sections on the purpose and methodology of the study, etc. After getting feedback on the docs, we will discuss changes to questions and methodology if any. Thanks everyone, Hang in there. Kurt

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REMINDER | Action needed | Doodle | Board Readiness Small Team
by Terri Agnew May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025

REMINDER: Please complete the doodle, so far only Justine has Dear all, Please complete the doodle for the next Board Readiness Small Team call. Doodle; https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/dB9ynB2b Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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Action needed | Doodle | Board Readiness Small Team
by Terri Agnew May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025

Dear all, Please complete the doodle for the next Board Readiness Small Team call. Doodle; https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/dB9ynB2b Thank you. Kind regards, Terri Policy Team Supporting the GNSO

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