[CCWG-Accountability] Welcome note

[Richard Hill]

Dear Grace,

During the first conference call it was made clear that (as expected) the
charter of the group will not be changed, and that "should there be a need
for a consensus call or decision, such consensus call or decision will be
limited to CCWG-Accountability members appointed by the chartering
organizations".

Therefore, for the reasons mentioned in my previous E-Mails, I will not
participate in these discussions and I reserve my right to submit to
appropriate forums my comments regarding the output of this group.

Please remove my name from the list of participants and from the mailing
list.

Thank you and best regards,
Richard


-----Original Message-----
From: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org
[mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org]On Behalf Of Grace
Abuhamad
Sent: lundi, 8. decembre 2014 17:31
To: Thomas Rickert; accountability-cross-community at icann.org
Subject: Re: [CCWG-Accountability] Welcome note


Dear all,


For your information, I would like to provide you with an update on the size
of the group. At present there are 130 people part of the
CCWG-Accountability:
15 members (ccNSO, GAC, GNSO)
115 participants
You can view the full list of names and linked SOIs at
https://community.icann.org/x/IIMHAw.


For members and participants, please remember to complete your SOI. If you
have questions, please contact me directly. I will start to send reminder
emails as of next week for those who have not completed their SOIs.


In addition there are 19 observers to the CCWG-Accountability:
https://community.icann.org/x/sIMHAw


As a reminder, the first call of the CCWG-Accountability is (tomorrow) 9
December at 20:00 UTC. I will circulate call details to you shortly.


Best,
Grace




From: Thomas Rickert <rickert at anwaelte.de>
Date: Friday, December 5, 2014 1:02 PM
To: Accountability Cross Community
<accountability-cross-community at icann.org>
Subject: [CCWG-Accountability] Welcome note



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 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)