[council] intake committee proposal
As a point of
comment, and clearly for discussion at the NC, based on recollections and
discussions, i feel that the report of the Intake Committee is not consistant
with my understanding of the mandate of what this Committee was intended
for. The Intake committee was to provide a means by which communications to
the NC could be made and agenda items proposed.
Specifically with
regards to some sections to help facilitate discussion, a few comments:
Objectives: The
Chair and Secretariat should prepare the agenda. The IC should provide input,
but the agenda itself, and running of the meetings is the responsibility of the
Chair.
Timing: Given the nature of the process, 21 days is far too
long of a time period to cut off proposed agenda items. It would seem that 10
days is much more practical. I would also suggest that the so-called ic e-mail
concept will quickly become another forum for expression and potential abuse. i
frankly do not feel it need be publicly archived any more than i feel that the
council e-mail list be publicly archived (my own personal feeling here)
Contributors:
Why would we not include ICANN staff it is only logical that they be given
the opportunity to propose relevent agenda items
Members: I am a bit confused here ... are you proposing that
non NC members be included on the IC ? I certainly hope not.. We should have
COMPLETE control over own own agenda
Rules for proposing
an agenda for NC meetings: This section, at first blush, sounds like an
extensive filtering system. Proposals to the agenda should be possible through
the IC, and forwarded to the Chair. In almost every organization I have ever
been involved with it is the Chair who is responsible for prioritizing the
agendas, in coordination with the secretariat drafting the agendas, and the
Chair together with the NC, determining the significance of items to be
discussed.
Rules for running
the NC meetings need to be discussed but this was not the mandate of the intake
committee and, although well-intentioned, i feel, need to be the product of
input from the entire NC
finally i would like to state that my proposals have nothing
to do with my current status as chair (as a matter of fact, i am a "lame duck"
here)... but rather the perspective is one which is based on a going-concern
concept
best wishes
ken
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