Nice to hear David.

I'm on board for this one as well.



On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:30 PM, David Cake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've volunteered for this one.
>
> On 13/05/2013, at 7:38 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: **[liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: Drafting Team to Develop
> Charter for GNSO Working Group on Policy & Implementation*
> *Date: *May 13, 2013 3:31:20 PM PDT
> *To: *liaison6c <[log in to unmask]>
>
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> http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09may13-en.htm****
> 9 May 2013****
> In Brief****
>
> The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers
> to serve on a Drafting Team that will be tasked to develop a charter for a
> Working Group to address issues that have been raised in the context of the
> recent discussions on policy & implementation that affect the GNSO (seeStaff
> Discussion Paper<http://gnso.icann.org/en/correspondence/policy-implementation-framework-08jan13-en.pdf>
>  and session in Beijing <http://beijing46.icann.org/node/37133>). The
> Drafting Team is expected to submit the proposed Charter to the GNSO
> Council for approval.****
> What This Team Will Do****
>
> The Drafting Team is expected to develop a Charter on the basis of the GNSO
> Working Group Guidelines<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf>
>  taking into account the Staff Discussion Paper as well as the
> discussions that took place in Beijing. At a minimum, the GNSO Council
> expects that the subsequent Working Group would provide recommendations on
> the following:****
>
>    1. A set of principles that would underpin any GNSO policy /
>    implementation related discussions****
>    2. Recommendations on a process for providing GNSO "Policy Guidance"***
>    *
>    3. A framework for implementation related discussions related to GNSO
>    Policy Recommendations and****
>    4. Further guidance on how GNSO Implementation Review Teams are
>    expected to function and operate.****
>
> How This Team Will Work****
>
> ICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this
> DT will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the public.
> The mailing list for the Drafting Team will be archived publicly. Drafting
> Team members are expected to submit Statements of Interest (SOI). The group
> will collaborate using a public workspace. The Drafting Team is expected to
> follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines.<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf>
> ****
> How to Join****
>
> The GNSO Council invites interested parties to provide names of expected
> participants who can then be added to the DT mailing list. The DT will be
> open to anyone interested to join. Community members who wish to be invited
> to join the group should contact the GNSO secretariat<[log in to unmask]>
> ([log in to unmask]).****
> Background****
>
> Mainly as a result of discussions stemming from implementation related
> issues of the new gTLD program, there is increased focus on which topics
> call for policy and which call for implementation work, including which
> processes should be used, at what time and how diverging opinions should be
> acted upon. In order to facilitate these discussions, ICANN Staff developed
> a draft framework for community discussion that identifies a number of
> steps and criteria that might facilitate dealing with similar questions in
> the future. The paper identifies a number of questions that the community
> may want to consider further in this context, as well as a couple of
> suggested improvements that could be considered in the short term. While
> developing a bright-line rule as to what is policy or implementation may
> not be possible, the hope is that by developing clear processes and
> identifying clear roles and responsibilities for the different
> stakeholders, it will become easier to deal with these issues going forward
> and allow for broad participation and involvement. Following several
> discussions by the GNSO Council on this topic, the GNSO Council has now
> decided to form a drafting team to draft a Charter for a Working Group
> which will be tasked to provide concrete recommendations on how to address
> some of these issues from a GNSO perspective.****
> Glen de Saint Géry****
> GNSO Secretariat****
> [log in to unmask]****
> http://gnso.icann.org****
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