[Chapter-delegates] are there really so few active chapter members?

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Dear John,

On 09/11/2020 23:24, John Levine wrote:
> In article <1aff0a6c-7f40-ca54-a6ec-72bcef6b21c7 at gih.com> you write:
>> I think there might be a confusion somewhere. Whilst others have
>> focussed on the "leadership" aspect relating to Chapters, my focus is
>> about tagging "individuals who are directly involved in the policy
>> development process of these organisations" like ICANN & IGF. That would
>> be akin to say that anyone in an IETF working group does not qualify.
> There is definitely a confusion beause that is not what it says or
> what it means. We have interpreted "directly involved in the policy
> development process" at ICANN to be what the ICANN bylaws say: the
> ICANN board and the policy development organizations ccNSO and GNSO.
>
> Olga has been on the GAC and I've been on the SSAC, neither of which
> presents a problem under our CoI policy.

That clarification is very helpful, but perhaps can we, for the record, 
dig a bit deeper.
Are we saying "the GNSO Council" or "the GNSO"? The GNSO council is the 
committee that ratifies GNSO Policy. The GNSO is the group that includes 
the various constituencies and under which there are also working groups 
that were, until recently, open for everyone to take part in. In fact, 
it is the working groups that write policy. It is the Constituencies 
that decide on policy and make recommendations to their councillor one 
way or other except for the Councillor that are selected by the ICANN 
Nominating Committee - and even there, one is a non voting Councillor 
and there is an allocation between Contracted Parties and Non Contracted 
Parties.  So who is "directly involved with the policy development process"?
Then you have to consider the Cross Community Working Groups (CCWGs) - 
are these covered too?

And that's just for ICANN. How about the IGF? Who is "directly involved 
in the policy development process"?

Isn't the meaning meant to be the "leadership of groups making policy", 
rather than "directly involved in the policy development process"?

Kindest regards,

Olivier

>
> PS: As I would have thought you were aware, we developed the current
> CoI policy two years ago at our 2018 board retreat in Uruguay. The
> change earlier this year was just a minor twiddle to clarify the
> difference between board and staff officers.

Thanks for this - sorry I was not aware, so that puts some perspective 
to the changes.
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