Hi,

During the public GNSO council meeting in Los Angeles, the council adopted the charter of the Cross-Community Working Group of Internet Governance (CCWG-IG), as well as the manner in which the GNSO would be represented by members of this CCWG. The resolution can be found here: http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201410

It was also agreed that each GNSO group should identify its representative by October 22nd, which is only in a few days. I thought I’d get the nomination process started by nominating Bill Drake to represent the NCSG as a member of this group. Bill’s already been active on this group, and certainly meets the desirable criteria of membership.

For easier reference, here is the exact language of the resolution:

20141015-2

Adoption of a Charter for a Cross Community Working Group to discuss Internet governance (CWG-IG) issues affecting ICANN and make recommendations to the chartering organization on these issues

Whereas,

1. This group was initiated in December 2013 in response to a call from ICANN CEO and has been working informally since then;
2. The group has developed the charter found at http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf
3. This charter has already been approved by ALAC, ccNSO and SSAC.

Resolved:

1. The GNSO Council approves the Charter http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccwg-ig-charter-20may14-en.pdf
2. The RrSG, the RySG, NCSG, BC, IPC, and ISPC will each identify one member to serve on the CWG-IG by 22-October-2014 taking into account the charter requirement that best efforts should be made to ensure that members:
   • Have sufficient expertise to participate in the applicable subject matter;
   • Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CWG-IG on an ongoing and long-term basis; and
   • Where appropriate, solicit and communicate the views and concerns of individuals in the organization that appoints them.
3. The GNSO will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call for observers to join the CWG-IG, each in accordance with its own rules.
4. As the charter calls for each of the chartering organizations to appoint a co-chair for the group, the GNSO Council appoints Rafik Dammak to serve as a member of the CWG-IG, to serve as the GNSO co-chair of the CWG-IG and to serve as GNSO Council liaison to the group.

Thanks.

Amr