Dear all,

I would like to hear your views on the following initiative by Stephane Van Gelder, Chair of the GNSO. Stephane has suggested the creation of a mailing list where the chairs of Constituencies and Stakeholder groups would be able to interact. This mailing list is meant to be informal and would simply serve as a discussion point between the chairs of the various constituencies and/or stakeholder groups and the council.

I would like to clarify, however, in order to avoid any misunderstanding: the list that Stephane is suggesting is NOT meant to be about policy discussions and is NOT meant to replace the role of the Council. It is a way to build channels of communication between the chairs and the council – just that.

I personally support the idea on the basis that this list is archived and publicly accessible so interested parties are able to see/follow the discussions. I think it is a great idea for the different groups to interact with each other.

Many thanks

KK

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,

Law Lecturer,

Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses

Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law

Chair of Non-Commercial Users Constituency

University of Strathclyde,

The Law School,

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