Expanded terms of reference for the NC TF on
structure
The terms below provide detail to the outline TOR previously
circulated to the task force.
Name
NC task force on Structure
Composition
one representative from each constituency
and one from the GA, chaired by the chair of the
NC.
Members: Chair Philip
IP Mark
Bohannon, BC Marilyn Cade, gTLDs David Johnson, ccTLDs Peter Dengate-Thrush,
Registrars Ken Stubbs, Non-Commercials Raul Echeberria, ISP Tony Holmes, GA
Dave Farrar
Terms of reference
To produce a timely
impact assessment on
a) the efficacy of policy making within the DNSO, and
b) the efficacy of ICANN decision making
as a result of the proposals from the at-large study
committee, the desire of the ccTLDs to form their own supporting organisation
and other related proposals and;
To produce a recommendation to the Names Council based on
this assessment.
To achieve this the task force should briefly evaluate proposals for
re-structuring against the following criteria:
1. the efficacy of
policy making within the DNSO
- degree of formal interaction
between stakeholders
- ratio of unique issues of a new SO outside the
competence of DNSO versus issues within competence of DNSO
- mechanisms for cross-SO communication
- effect on the DNSO consensus process.
2. the efficacy of ICANN decision making
- the
ability of each proposal to generate valid consensus-based policy making
-
possibility of the Board receiving contradictory advice from its SOs and the
impact on resolution mechanisms
- likely financial and representational
robustness of any SO.
Timeframe:
The task force
will consider proposals made to the Board by the ALSC or DNSO
constituencies before 31 January 2002.
Agreement on terms of reference – 28 November
Development of principles and criteria – 10 December
Data
gathering/evaluation - December/January
Initial report 31 January 2002
Interim ICANN Ghana March
2002
Final TBD