[council] comments - your proposed draft terms of reference
hello YJ.....
i have had the opportunity to review the document you
distributed to a limited number of parties entitled "Subject: Terms of
Reference[version 0.2] : Review Working Group" and have a few comments to make
and suggestions for review
1. why did you not see fit to distribute this in advance to
the full council considering the fact that you are seeking the council's
agreement on this "inclusive working group" it would seem to
me (speaking as an individual member) that it would be most important to
receive "all perspectives" in the proposed scope and goals for this working
group ?
2.There is in the early section of this proposal certain
"personal opinions" being presented, (specifically:"Skepticism and apathy
have developed among many participants due to a failure to see past Working
Groups' own consensus reflected in the later actions of the Names Council or
ICANN Board")
which would incline any many readers to believe that the working group is being "lead in a specific direction" rather than being developed for the purpose of studying the current system and making proposals to make it more effective and inclusive "for all" in the future. my personal feeling is that this section of the preamble
is more of an opinion rather than a positive statement of objectives of the
group and could create dissention & controversy at a point in this
process where it is not necessary to do so.
the creation of and future work of this working group
should no be an "adversarial process" but a collaborative &
cooperative one.
in summary, i believe that it is essential that we get
off to a good start with this group and all work hard to avoid any
possibility of "pre-concieved" images of biases here. we must insure
that, given the sensitive nature of the topic that this group remains
"totally inclusive", open to all views and perspectives and unbiased in its
operation.
to that end i notice that there are no names of any
members of the IP or ISP constituancies on the mailing list, (please feel
free to correct me if i am wrong here ), you have currently been distributing
the draft document to and would suggest that you make it a point to reach
out to this group as well in the formulative process to avoid any perception
of bias or non-inclusion.
i look forward to receiving the proposal in the near
future
best wishes
ken stubbs
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