Jim,

Thanks very much for all the work you put in on this. I am very anxious to see the group’s thoughts on it. I will reserve mine for now except to note that reviewing seven reports each week is inducing cold sweats already. :)

I will note up front though that apart from process considerations, staff support availability will have to be part of our work plan decisions.

Best,

Don

From: Jim Bikoff <jbikoff@sgbdc.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 6:04 PM
To: Don Blumenthal <dblumenthal@pir.org>, PPSAI <gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg@icann.org>
Subject: PPSAI Work Plan

Dear Don,

 

As you indicated, a Work Plan should help guide our Group's efforts over the upcoming weeks. We have some suggestions, based on our positive experience in the IGO/INGO PDP Working Group.

 

Please give us the benefit of your thoughts on the following suggested Work Plan:

 

1.      Summarize and compile Working Group survey responses --possibly in an Excel file, circulated among Group members.  This should be a task for ICANN Staff.   

 

2.      Based on Working Group survey responses, clarify the terminology and issues in each Group of the Charter questions. Identify consensus or near-consensus responses and hold Consensus Call on these issues.

 

 3.     Create Working Group  sub-teams to work on issues by group: (a) Registration; (b) Maintenance; (c) Contact; (d) Relay; (e) Reveal; (f) Publication; (g) Termination.  Note that the current groupings of questions do not include “Publication” or “Termination” categories.  We propose adding these categories, which would include questions taken out of other current categories, as identified in the attached redline draft.  Note also that the remaining questions in the Main Issues group, an overarching category, would be addressed organically as a result of this proposed process.  

 

      a) Each sub-team produces a report, which is delivered to Don by each Friday or Saturday at the latest, so it can be combined by staff with the other sub-team reports and discussed at the upcoming Tuesday Working Group teleconference.

 

      b) When the responses to the survey come in from the other constituencies, ICANN staff summarizes the responses for the Working Group. Each sub-team then analyzes the constituencies' and Working Group's responses (including majority and minority views) in its area, and delivers the result to Don by Friday or Saturday, so ICANN staff can combine it all in one document, such as an Excel file, for full Working Group review.

 

 4. Working Group holds Consensus Call and revises final Excel file of responses to survey accordingly. 

 

5.    Draft report presenting (1) Consensus Proposals (if any); (2) Non-Consensus Proposals w/ Levels of Support; (3) Minority Views w/Levels of Support.

 

 6.  Present Report for Public Comment. 

 

This process will provide a means to circle back to the remaining Main Issues questions.

 

Regards,

 

Jim

 

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