[wg-review] Please check the egos at the door gentlemen

[brianappleby@netscape.net]

<I>Consensus is a general acceptance and agreement of the issues and actions to be taken in addressing said issues.</I>

__We have room for defining all efforts into a single, consistent format which does address DNSO operational issues:  Humbly offered as seed for group nurturing and development.  I’m sure a lot of it is wrong or too simplistic, but it does attempt to eliminate the divisiveness in our current discourse.__

<C><B>Operational deficiencies, cause analysis, and proposed solutions for ICANN BoD in response to BoD Resolution (blah blah blah...)</B></C>

Issue 1:
Application process for addition of new Constituencies not clearly defined and/or applications which make due efforts to comply with existing requirements are not given fair attention and consideration.  

Cause:
Disagreements as to what the proper procedures are and what would constitute an appropriate process to add new Constituencies.

Proposal:
The Soritis proposal inserted here (or modified version) as an appropriate example to follow and use as framework for future addition of new Constituencies.  

Issue 2:
ByLaws indicate that "Constituencies or GA participants may propose that the NC consider domain name policies or recommendations." yet this process is not taking place. 

Cause:
NC has no formal proposal-submission mechanism in place. 

Proposal:
BoD provided copies of all such submissions to NC.  NC required to respond in a timely, thoughtful, and fair manner to all submissions under oversight by BoD committee.

Issue 3:
According to the ByLaws, "If the NC undertakes consideration of a domain name topic, or if a Constituency so requests, the NC shall designate one or more research or drafting committees, or working groups of the GA, as appropriate to evaluate the topic, and shall set a time frame for the report of such committee or working group." This process is not occurring.

Cause:
NC has not designated committees or working groups drawn from the GA (whose members' primary mission is to participate "in research and drafting committees and working groups".) 

Proposal:
Require the NC to foster participation by the GA.  Without proof of such involvement NC finding, proposal, or recommendation should be considered invalid by the BoD.

Issue 4:
"Following the receipt of a report or recommendation from committees or working groups, the NC may accept the report or recommendation for submission to the Constituencies for comment and consultation." 

Cause:
No consultation with any of the constituencies.

Proposal:
Inclusion of comments from constituencies to be a mandatory requirement for BoD to accept valid NC reports, recommendations, and proposals.

Issue 5:
Review processes not complete or clearly defined. 

Cause:
A process is more than just the diagnosis of a problem, a process also involves efforts at proposing solutions, efforts at implementing solutions, and efforts at reviewing the relative success of such implementation. An effort taken to terminate the life of a working group (which has been charged by the Board to address the complete process of DNSO Review), is a catastrophic "operational" failure.

Proposal:
Kill them and eat them! (just checking to see if anyone got this far)

Issue 6:
Inadequate and unfairly restricted access to DNSO mailing list servers and other communications tools/systems which allow easy and effective participation in the DNSO for all interested and useful parties and groups.  

Cause:
Mental constipation?  Or maybe existing NC members feel threatened by alterations in the status-quo which currently allow them undue power and control to pre-determine outcomes of events without regard to due process or fairness.

Proposal:
Leverage third-party resources which are outside the direct control of NC but which are responsible to and certified by BoD.

Issue 7:
DNSO not equipped with adequate resources to offer professional services

Cause:
Access to adequate and appropriate funding sources are unavailable or ill-founded.

Proposal:
(insert ideas here)

Issue 8:
Lack of transparency in decision-making process by NC.

Cause:
Inadequate oversight system and terms of compliance.

Proposal:
(insert ideas here)

Issue 9:
Lack of accountability in all levels of DNSO decision-making and implementation processes.

Cause:
No checks and balances systems defined or implemented.

Proposal:
Institute comprehensive system of oversight and review of DNSO organization procedures, and decision-making processes.  

Issue 10:
DNSO policies implemented without defining fair and adequate review processes, definitions of responsibility for implementation, and follow-up oversight and review.

Cause:
NC does not have to if they do not want to.  No one is watching.

Proposal:
Clean-slate review of every aspect of DNSO structure, procedures, funding structure, and everything else necessary to ensure the spirit of the founding precepts are adhered to faithfully and completely.

Issue 11:
There are no provisions in place to allow for new members to join the
existing gTLD Constituency. This lack of established procedure is another "operational" flaw that serves to disenfranchise those already guaranteed a place in the existing structure.

Issue 12:
There are similarly no provisions to ensure that an existing Constituency fulfills its own obligation to secure broad representation. How many members of the small business community (that register well over 80% of all domain names) are represented in the Business Constituency? This is another "operational matter" that bears improvement.

*even though you people have done all the real work, I’m tired and going to bed now...please take care.

All the best to you and your loved ones.
Brian A.

P.S.-guess my real point is, once the issues and causes are clearly identified, providing proposals to address the issues isn’t necessarily brand surgery.  Anyway, too much detail in a proposal can also leave you very wide open for criticism, making it easy for detractors to discount the whole proposal by simply disagreeing with some details within.



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