[CCWG-Accountability] Welcome note

[Rudolph Daniel]

Rec'd with thx.

Rudi Daniel
ICT consulting & lighting products
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On Dec 5, 2014 2:03 PM, "Thomas Rickert" <rickert at anwaelte.de> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We would like to welcome you to the Cross Community Working Group on
> Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability). Now that the charter
> has been adopted by a number of organizations, namely the At-Large Advisory
> Committee (ALAC), Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO),
> Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), we thought it would be timely
> to commence the planning for the activities of the CCWG-Accountability.
>
> *Meetings*
>
> The first meeting of the CCWG- Accountability has been scheduled for *Tuesday
> 9 December at 20:00 UTC*  (call details will be circulated shortly).
> Following that regular online meetings are expected to alternate between
> 11:00 and 14:00 UTC to allow for maximum participation taking into account
> the different time zones.
>
> *Participation*
>
> In addition to members appointed by the chartering organizations, there
> are currently 100 individuals subscribed to this mailing list who are
> participating in this effort as individual participants. Participants are
> expected to actively contribute in mailing list conversations as well as
> meetings. It is anticipated that participants will provide essential input
> to the process. They will participate similar to ICANN chartering
> organization appointed members.
>
> *Statements of Interest (SOI)*
>
> If you have not done so yet, you will be invited to submit a Statement of
> Interest (SOI) following the online procedures outlined here (
> https://community.icann.org/x/c4Lg) or alternatively provide a statement
> which at a minimum should include your name, whether you are representing a
> certain organization or company as part your participation in this effort,
> areas of specific interest in relation to this effort, material
> relationship with other parties affected by ICANN and primary country of
> residence. Please contact Grace Abuhamad (accountability-staff at icann.org)
> if you have any questions concerning your SOI.
>
> *Mailing List Observers*
>
> Note that in addition to chartering organization appointed members and
> individual participants, there will also be the possibility for those
> interested to sign up to this effort as a mailing list observer. Contrary
> to members and participants, who are expected to actively participate in
> mailing list conversations as well as meetings, mailing list observers will
> have read-only access to the mailing list and will be able to post, do
> not receive the invites for the various meetings and calls of the CCWG
> (note that audio streaming will be provided for those interested to follow
> the CCWG meetings) and do not have to complete a statement of interest. At
> any point in time, a mailing list observer can join the CCWG as a
> participant should he or she want to by informing ICANN staff.
>
>  As several of you were added to this mailing list as a result of your
> earlier interest in the Cross Community Group, should you wish to change
> your status to a mailing list observer or wish to unsubscribe from this
> mailing list, please contact Grace Abuhamad (
> accountability-staff at icann.org).
>
> *Preparation for the first meeting*
>
> In order to prepare for the first meeting of the CCWG- Accountability, you
> are strongly encouraged to review the CCWG charter
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/enhancing-accountability-charter-03nov14-en.pdf>
> ahead of the meeting.
>
> Note that per our charter one of our first objectives will be to develop a
> work plan and define the contents of Work Streams 1 and 2 (WS1/WS2). You
> are encouraged to share any ideas or suggestions you may have to facilitate
> these tasks with the mailing list.
>
> I look forward to working with you.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Thomas Rickert (CCWG Co-Chair GNSO)
>
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