[wg-review] The Draft Business Plan -- Your comments?

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Draft Business Plan for the DNSO Names Council 2001-2002 v7
Version
Version 7 follows outreach in January and February 2001 to all NC
constituencies and subsequent feedback on the proposed objectives. It is
recommended to the Names Council by the seven constituency NC business plan
task force. This version amends those objectives and adds strategies
required to reach the objectives. It will be widely discussed, possibly
amended and adopted by the NC at its March 2001 meeting.
Basis
Resolution from NC meeting November 2000:
1. "The Names Council agrees to the concept of establishing a Business Plan
and to establish a Business Plan Task Force (BPTF) to manage the development
of a plan for the period 2001-2002 and prepare a draft for approval by the
NC at it meeting in March 2001."
2 "The Names Council:
(a) instructs the Business Plan Task Force (BPTF) to prepare and publish
details of a consulting process which sets out a time frame that provides
each constituency with the opportunity to contribute to, and comment on, the
proposed business plan, and (b) encourages each of the constituencies to
comment on, and identify proposed objectives, strategies, detailed actions
and measures of success to be incorporated into the draft business plan.
Structure
1. A mission statement
2. A set of objectives that the NC intends to meet within a given time
frame.
3. A set of optimal strategies under each objective outlining the way the
objectives will be met.

The following will typically be set as part of the terms of reference of the
relevant NC task force or group:
4. A set of specific actions - the tactics describing in detail how each
strategy will be carried out.
5. A set of criteria for the measurement of success.
6. A review and evaluation process.

Mission statement
"To manage a process of consensus building within the Domain Name Supporting
Organization and to advise the Board with respect to policy issues relating
to the domain name system."
Proposed objectives for the NC 2001-2002
Policy and Board related
1. UDRP. a) Review and evaluate the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and
propose changes for consideration by the ICANN Board. Timeframe: 2001.
b) Consider need for further revisions in the light of the 2000 - 2001
Second WIPO Domain Name Process - WIPO2 RFC-2 looking at issues involving
domain names and property other than trademarks. Timeframe: 2001
Strategies
1.1 Establish an interim committee to propose terms of reference for an NC
task force or other group.

2. TLDs. a) Review and evaluate the new TLD registries with respect to their
impact on net users and the creation of a stable domain name system with
high user confidence. Propose changes for consideration by the ICANN Board.
Timeframe: 2002.
b) Review and evaluate the selection criteria for additional new applicants
for new TLDs. Propose changes and roll out schedule for consideration by the
ICANN Board. Timeframe: 2002.
Strategies
2.1 Establish an interim committee to propose terms of reference for an NC
task force or other group.
3. WhoIs. Monitor and advise the Board on policy issues relating to WhoIs
policies. Timeframe: 2001-2002
Strategies
3.1 Establish an interim committee to propose terms of reference for an NC
task force.
4 ccTLDs. Monitor and advise the Board on the dispute resolution, dispute
prevention and WhoIs policies within ccTLDs. Timeframe: 2001
Strategies
4.1 Request the ccTLD constituency to report on local dispute resolution
mechanisms and efforts towards harmonisation.
4.2 Request the ccTLD constituency to report on WhoIs policies and efforts
towards harmonisation.
5. Multilingual Domain Names. Develop consensus policies for implementation
of multilingual domain names. Timeframe: 2001.
Strategies
5.1 Request ICANN to review and evaluate the Verisign Multilingual Testbed
prior to live launch of multilingual domain name registrations.
5.2 Establish an interim committee to propose terms of reference for an NC
task force or other group.

DNSO operation related
6. NC review. Identify key initiatives required to improve the functioning
of the NC. Propose changes for consideration by the ICANN Board where Board
authority is required. Time frame: March 2001 to identify and implement by
end 2001.
Strategies
6.1 Establish an interim committee to propose terms of reference for an NC
task force or other group to implement the following:
6.2 Consultation. Review the recommendations of WG D and the Review task
force and working group report and implement a means of outreach and
stakeholder consultation with built-in mechanisms for fulfilling the
objectives.
6.3 GA Chair. Review the current system of election for the General Assembly
chair and propose changes if required.
6.4 New Constituencies. Clarify the process for the creation of new
constituencies and recommend to the NC a set of test criteria which may
include need, uniqueness, potential contribution and representiveness.
6.5 Language diversity. Recommend cost effective means to provide language
diversity in the context of DNSO decisions.
6.6 Consensus. Recommend to the NC a practical definition of consensus for
the purposes of NC consultation activities.

7. NC secretariat. Establish a professional secretariat for the NC.
Timeframe: 2001 first half and on-going.
Strategies
7.1 Establish a Search sub-committee within the Budget Committee to identify
candidates and working with the NC chair make a recommendation for
recruitment to the NC.
8. NC funding. Resolve long-term funding issue for the Names Council.
Timeframe: 2001 first half.
Strategies
8.1 Maintain an active Budget Committee to assess funding options and make
recommendations to the NC.
END.


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