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: > > *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]> > > ** ** > 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**** > ** ** > > > >