RE: [nc-budget] Job description

["erica.roberts" <erica.roberts@telstra.com>]

I think this is a conversation we have had before - and as I recall it, the 
committee was quite clear that our priority is to appoint  someone with high 
level policy and secretariat skills.  It is up to that person to recommend how 
we can best ensure delivery of technical operational functions.  I expect the 
appointee would want to talk with Elizabeth about this and work out with her, 
and in consultation with other key stakeholders, the options and the best way 
forward.

For this reason, the proposed selection criteria focus on policy/managhement 
skills and high level Secretariat experience. 
As far as the job description is concerned, it may be that we can deal with 
the technical side of things under a single caluse to the following effect;

* manage the delivery of technical services required to support the operation 
of the DNSO.

erica

>===== Original Message From "Ken Stubbs" <kstubbs@revenue.com> =====
>your right on target here chuck !
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Gomes, Chuck
>  To: 'Philip Sheppard' ; Gomes, Chuck ; DNSO budget
>  Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 11:56 AM
>  Subject: RE: [nc-budget] Job description
>
>
>  Philip,
>
>  One of the problems I had with mixing the technical/operational support in 
with the policy and financial support of the Secretariat role is that the 
technical/operational role will overshadow the policy role.  Whereas I 
absolutely recognize the need for the operational responsibilities, I 
personally believe that the long term success of the DNSO and maybe even ICANN 
rests on the ability to succeed on the policy side.
>
>  Ideally, in my mind, it would be best if the Secretariat function could be 
performed by someone different than the technical/operational functions.  But 
it is not clear that there will be enough funds for that.  If funding was not 
an issue, I would recommend creating two job descriptions, one for the 
Secretariat function that focuses on the policy and budget management side 
(objectives 2 and 4) and one for the technical/operational support.
>
>  Why don't you do a cut and paste job on the latest job description so we 
can see what you would specifically recommend.
>
>  Chuck
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: Philip Sheppard [mailto:philip.sheppard@aim.be]
>    Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:14 AM
>    To: Gomes, Chuck; DNSO budget
>    Subject: Re: [nc-budget] Job description
>
>
>    Chuck,
>    I am not proposing two secretariats.
>    But from a budgeting perspective it is better to separate and separately 
account for different activities.
>    This means that in the future should we need to prioritise one activity 
over another
>    we can do so easily because:
>    - the activity will be well described in the job description (Chuck 
drafting)
>    - a corresponding item for the activity will be in the budget (Philip 
drafting)
>
>    (All it needs is a copy and paste job adding the new detail you have 
under the corresponding obj 1-4.)
>
>    Philip