[wg-review] We are in the starting line......

["YJ Park" <yjpark@myepark.com>]

Hello Members,

This was drafted before Names Council(NC) teleconference
and it was provided as reference document to the NC before
Review WG is formed formally. 

Since Review WG is formed, it seems proper that this group 
discuss and finalize this terms of reference or charter. As we 
all know, there should be some changes in the timeframe of 
this WG and possibly others.

Thank you,
YJ

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                                                    2000. 12. 13
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Name of WG : DNSO Review Working Group
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Terms of Reference. version 0.3

1. Objectives of the DNSO Review Working Group

The DNSO Review Working Group's objective is to evaluate 
the performance of ICANN's DNSO and to propose structural 
and procedural changes that will help ICANN's Domain Name 
Supporting Organization fulfill its mission of becoming a bottom-up 
policy coordination body. 

The DNSO Review Working Group's objective is to evaluate
the responses of DNSO stakeholders' and to vindicate that DNSO 
would be a structure that will include all of those who will be affected 
by the DNS of the future as well as the current Netizens.

To carry out its mission, Review Working Group will:

Answer to the Questionnaire of Names Council Review Task Force 
Review DNSO's responsibilities and its performance.
Develop recommendations for making DNSO function as designed.

2. Authority - How this WG has been proposed and created.

On July 14 the ICANN Board requested the Names Council 
to submit its report on DNSO review in its Yokohama meeting 
in July 2000. The report was supposed to be due on Oct. 13 
and it has been deferred. 

Discussion of a DNSO Review Working Group started in the 
Yokohama NC meeting. See Yokohama minutes, 
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20000714.NCyokohama-minutes.html 
where a Review Working Group was supposed to be created soon. 
Then it was deferred until the Marina del Rey NC meeting. 
At the Annual ICANN meeting in Marina del Rey in November 2000, 
the formal creation of Review Working Group was agreed upon 
by majority vote of the Names Council.

3. Procedures and approaches

Review Working Group will explore the concerns listed below 
by online discussion mostly and if it is needed this group will
organize a face-to-face meeting before or after ICANN meeting.

These are issue list Review WG aims at making recommendations
after its debates and discussion which will ameliorate DNSO/ICANN.

* The role of working groups in the bottoms-up consensus process
* The Names Council's functions and responsibilities
* The General Assembly's function and responsibilities
* Re-examine the relationship between NC and General Assembly
* Relationship between NC and ICANN staff : Better identify 
    which issues should begin with in the DNSO and which should 
    be handled by the ICANN staff. i.e.
* Define a better procedure for forming working groups and for 
    making working groups productive.
* The DNSO constituency Structure : Examine the structure and 
   propose amendments that will ensure balanced representation 
   of all stakeholder interests in an open, and transparent process.  
   Amendments and changes to the existing structures and processes 
   will be developed and posted for comment and discussion. 

4. Administrative Information

I. Chair or co-chairs:
YJ Park: NC
Co-Chair: To be elected by the WG.

I. Mailing List
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-f/Arc02/maillist.html
For Subscription request:

Membership:

I. Open Membership
GA members, 7 Constituencies 

II. Invited Membership
Liaison ASO/PSO members/At-Large
Board members

Life time of WG:

Dec. 19 - open end : Call for Participation in this WG
Dec. 19 - Dec. 30 : WG Charter Discussion
Dec. 31 : WG Charter Finalization
Dec. 31 - Mar. : WG's Interim Report - March Melbourne 
June Stockholm: Submission to NC as WG's position under 
                          assumption that it can find consensus.

Relations between NC Review TF and Review Working Group

In the short term, DNSO Review Committee is expected to review 
the DNSO's responsibilities and its works and to approve(or modify) 
the charter of Working Group F: DNSO Review and get the WG F
formed and induce a wider debate.

In the long term, DNSO Review Committee will be responsible for 
enhancing more trustworthy working environment in the DNSO 
and for ensuring all the stakeholders' voices should be HEARD.

Reference:
http://ncdnhc.peacenet.or.kr/200078/0849.html
http://ncdnhc.peacenet.or.kr/200078/0614.html
http://ncdnhc.peacenet.or.kr/200078/0777.html
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-review/Arc00/msg00041.html
http://ncdnhc.peacenet.or.kr/2000911/0065.html
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20000714.NCyokohama-minutes.html
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