Dear Alain,
Thank you for your thoughtful and
informative comments. Mikey is right when he says “don’t worry, we
all went through this…”. All of the old-timers as well as
newcomers have experienced feeling this huge chasm of lack of information and
fear of speaking up for perhaps sounding foolish… And you are correct to
a certain extent that there is some merit in ‘growing’ in ICANN through
putting in the years, but with the maturing organization we have today, with all
the newcomers, we simply don’t have enough mentors to do the job
effectively. So now is a good time to address this issue and I believe that the
‘tool kit’ that we – and staff – have been talking
about for what feels like a long time is within our grasp.
An organization can only function effectively
when all members are versed in the distinct language of the organization, in my
view.
The other issue that you touched on made
me aware that it seems to be a recurring one amongst all of the volunteers of
ICANN and that is our mutual attraction to the great experiment of the
multi-stakeholder model. For my part, that is one of the most exciting parts
of ICANN and what has kept me in this community for some 13 years or so. It is
obviously the same for you, someone more new to the community. So maybe you
have identified ‘the glue’ that brings this disparate community
together… If everyone kept that element at the forefront of their
thoughts when engaging in ICANN work, we would probably have a lot less
friction in the organization and find our way to more effective bottom-up
decision-making.
Thanks again for bringing these ideas to
light. Very helpful.
Kind regards,
RA
Ronald N. Andruff
From:
owner-gnso-irtpc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-irtpc@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alain Berranger
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 11:16
AM
To: Ron Andruff
Cc: gnso-irtpc@icann.org; Julie
Hedlund
Subject: Re: [gnso-irtpc]
Invitation to Participate in Survey on Working Group Guidelines
Hi Ron,
I think the
survey is just fine to improve/refine the current WG guidelines (For me they do
the job in the main, so I think it is more about refining).
In my
opinion and related to this, I think that what needs attention at ICANN (among
many things) is a broader subject than refining the WG guidelines.
I am
thinking of a more systematic manner for
ICANN to get the various categories of newcomers up the learning curve
(I know many are working on this - witness inter alia the ICANN Academy
discussions - they seem to have fallen of the radar!..and of course the
Fellowship Program is quite effective I think).
Understanding
the stakeholders' landscape and their learning needs requires a thorough
analysis of our various stakeholders profiles, their ICANN-related motivation,
and basically an understanding of their training needs. If we meet those
training needs (in many different ways I suppose), then we will optimize the
value, the reality, the sustainability and the functionning of the
multi-stakeholder model. Of course, I am of the school of ardent supporters of
the MS model as a key distinguishing feature of ICANN and maybe even its key to
long-term growth and sustainability.
Indeed, I am
of the opinion that participating in a WG is a great way to learn (and
network to learn) but it is a time-consuming one and seen as risky for many new
stakeholders (time commitment, fear of the unknown and of rejection, etc...).
When faced with this, and after getting to know Mikey in
That said, I
wonder now really if this is the better way to go... pay your dues kind of
argument... I think that leads to a kind of strong commitment if ones sticks to
the strategy, but how many do? and at what cost?
I am of the
opinion there could be a more systematic way for newcomers to go through some
learning modules in a certain systematic order, rather than ad hoc diving in
the website or wikipedia, ICANN meetings, WGs...
Cheers, Alain
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Ron Andruff <randruff@rnapartners.com>
wrote:
Thank you, Alain. We appreciate your having filled in the
survey and providing your feedback. At the end of the day, we are trying
to ascertain if the survey, as detailed, is an effective tool. We would
welcome your thoughts on this question.
Kind regards,
RA
Ronald N. Andruff
From: owner-gnso-irtpc@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-irtpc@icann.org]
On Behalf Of Alain Berranger
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013
10:39 AM
To: Ron Andruff
Cc: gnso-irtpc@icann.org;
Julie Hedlund
Subject: Re: [gnso-irtpc]
Invitation to Participate in Survey on Working Group Guidelines
Dear Ron, dear
Julie:
As you know I took
the survey as a member of the SCI and see not usefulness in taking it as a
member of IRTP-C WG. I presume that is the correct position. Let me know if you
think differently.
Cheers, Alain
On Sat, Mar 9,
2013 at 8:20 AM, Ron Andruff <randruff@rnapartners.com> wrote:
Dear IRTP-C Working Group members,
As some of you may know, the GNSO Standing Committee on
Implementation Improvements (SCI) has developed a survey for GNSO Working
Groups, as requested by the GNSO Council, to solicit feedback on the GNSO
Working Group Guidelines. As Chair of the SCI, I am contacting your
Working Group to invite you to take the survey because you have recently
completed your work and, thus, may have valuable insight on the usefulness of
the Working Group Guidelines and suggestions for improvements. If you
would like to take the survey you may wish to review the Working Group
Guidelines and Summary first. Please see the following links to the
documents and the survey:
Link to the Working Group Guidelines: http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf
Link to the Guidelines Summary: http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf
Link to Draft Survey for GNSO Working Groups: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FFTCJPT
The SCI appreciates your consideration of this request and we ask that
if you wish to complete the survey please do so by **Monday, 25 March 2013.**
Thank you for your consideration.
Kind regards,
Ron Andruff
Chair, GNSO Standing Committee on Implementation Improvements
Ronald N.
Andruff
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