Absolutely right!   Folks who are eager to take-on more of a  
leadership role or develop ICANN policies should consider joining  
this important working group and becoming engaged that way.  It is a  
great way to make a big contribution!

Best,
Robin

On Oct 25, 2012, at 6:43 AM, Avri Doria wrote:

> On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:56, Robin Gross wrote:
>
>>> The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks  
>>> volunteers to serve on a Policy Development Process (PDP) Working  
>>> Group (WG) that has been chartered to provide the GNSO Council  
>>> with a policy recommendation regarding the use of 'thick' Whois  
>>> by all gTLD Registries, both existing and future.
>>>
>>
>
>
> Those who have a POV on this topic should volunteer and should _  
> participate & work_ on the WG.  In my opinion, this is the best way  
> to affect ICANN policy - whatever effect you are looking to have.   
> And even when you lose, you get to include a minority statement in  
> the final report, which experience* teaches me that people read.
>
> avri
>
> * (having written quite a few, given my propensity for the minority  
> POV in almost any group)




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