Hi Alice

I would also note that the working group responded to the task it was given by the Board:


"The Working Group was formed by the Board to

(1) identify the different purposes for which ICANN’s Geographic Regions are used;

(2) determine whether the uses of ICANN’s Geographic Regions (as currently defined, or at all) continue to meet

the requirements of the relevant stakeholders; and

(3) submit proposals for community and Board consideration relating to the current and future uses and definition of the ICANN Geographic Region"


There was no real discussion of the global strategic challenges facing ICANN in a world where Internet activity and power is shifting dramatically away from the hubs of the late 1990s which underlie ICANN's present structures.


The sections on page 15 talking about change in number of regions say to reduce the number would be too burdensome on travel for some members of the community and to increase them will increase the costs of the support.   Hardly a strategic analysis.


I think this issue is a very important one for the strategic viability of ICANN and for that matter the general acceptance of a single Root.


Paul




On 7/8/15 8:01 PM, Pam Little wrote:

Hi Alice,

 

I have a couple of questions regarding this report.

 

1.       The report is dated June 2013 and it refers to the ICANN Durban meeting. Could you clarify what has been done since Durban?

 

2.       Your note mentioned: “It is intended that the report will be submitted to the Board prior to the Dublin meeting.” Could you clarify if the following steps stated at para #87 on page 24 of the report have been completed. If not, what are the time lines for those:

 

“Before these recommendations can be formally transmitted to the ICANN Board,

the next step in this process consists of a final community review of the Final

Report document and its recommendations by ICANN’s various SO-AC structures.

Footnote 15 above outlines the specific process steps for this review and

consideration of the Working Group recommendations. The Working Group has

determined that community review should extend for a full 90 calendar days after

the conclusion of the ICANN Public Meeting in Durban.”

 

Thank you.

 

Pam Little

From: wp3-bounces@icann.org [mailto:wp3-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Alice Jansen
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 7:05 PM
To: wp3@icann.org
Subject: [Wp3] Final Report by ICANN Geographic Regions Review Working Group

 

Dear all,

Further to the request made on call #1, please find below the link to the Final Report prepared by ICANN Geographic Regions Review Working Group for consideration by the ICANN Board (June 2013): https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/geo-regions-final-report-22jun13-en.pdf 

It is intended that the report will be submitted to the Board prior to the Dublin meeting.

Please note that this document has been added to your WP3 reading list - https://community.icann.org/display/acctcrosscomm/Reading+List 

May I also take this opportunity to inform you that three dedicated wiki pages have been created for all three subgroups. These pages will be the repositories for volunteers, documents and reading lists.

Kind regards

Alice 

 

 



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