RE: [nc-budget] RE: Chuck's Detailed Job Description for DNSO Secretariat

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@netsol.com>]

Elisabeth,

Thanks for your contributions to the job description.

First of all let me respond to your comments with regard to the first
paragraph.  I fully agree with you that the DNSO is not an executive body,
is not supposed to operate in a hierarchical but rather in a bottoms up
structure and  that the NC Chair does not have executive powers.  But I
would also suggest that it would not be possible for the NC to hire a
consultant or consultants to perform the secretariat functions and then
manage the day-to-day responsibilities of the consultant(s) using a
consensus process.  The consensus in terms of secretariat responsibilities
needs to happen in the DNSO and the NC and then the NC needs to assign those
responsibilities to the consultants via someone in the NC.  Whether that is
the NC Chair or someone else is not the issue.  The consultants need to have
someone to whom they report.  It would be nonfunctional for them to report
to the whole NC or to the whole DNSO.  Therefore, it doesn't make sense to
me to change the wording of the first paragraph unless it is simply a matter
of assigning the day-to-day management responsibility of the consultant(s)
to someone other than the Chair.  It is not as if the consultant(s) will be
working on their own without direction.  It will be important that we hire
people who are able to work independently but their work should be in
response to direction given by the NC through the Chair or someone else in
the NC.

With regard to the "many activities of the DNSO Secretariat which are
related simultaneously to various components of the DNSO,"  the specific job
responsibilities you list would come under both Objectives #1 and #3.  What
I will do if the nc-budget group agrees is make some modifications to the
current job description to make that clearer.  And my approach would be to
reference the more detailed descriptions you give of past and current tasks
and would attach those following the main job description, with the
understanding that we will continue to improve the way those tasks are
performed.

Under Objective #1, you asked what I meant by "Coordinate with ICANN to
ensure ongoing support of the NC email list."  In one of our budget meetings
we had talked about transitioning this function to ICANN, so I was assuming
this might happen.  If it does, we would need to coordinate with ICANN in
this regard.

Regarding your suggestion to include David Johnson's contribution in
Objective #4, I would think that the job description would not be the best
place for that.  Once we select someone to fill the Secretariat position, we
should then give David's contribution to that person as a resource in
fulfilling Objective #4.  Does that make sense or did I misunderstand your
suggestion?

In addition to Elisabeth's response, I would appreciate hearing from others
regarding the above before I make any changes.  Is my approach to
Elisabeth's recommendations on target?

Chuck

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr
[mailto:Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr] 
Sent:	Friday, September 01, 2000 9:10 AM
To:	nc-budget@dnso.org
Subject:	[nc-budget] RE: Chuck's Detailed Job Description for DNSO
Secretariat

 << File: chuck-elisa-detailsprofiles.doc >> Please find Chuck's Word file
with my update added.
I apologize it took a longer time than foreseen.

Elisabeth