<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Ron,</div><div><br></div><div>Most often referred to as cross-community working groups, they were used with regard to both JIG and JAS (I love saying that!) but they are not codified in bylaws.</div><div><br></div><div>This has led to them being defined "in the eye of the beholder."</div><div><br></div><div>The Council is most concerned about the way the Board has gone to them directly for comment and how the work product of the CWG has gone directly to the Board, without GNSO Council review. The ALAC has forwarded the report, the result of each organization creating different charters for the same CWG.</div><div><br></div><div>It is clear that CWG could see their practice expanded as issues confronting ICANN affect a broader set of audiences. It would be good to get the rules down on paper.</div><div><br></div><div>I think that is the motivation.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Berard<br></div>
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Subject: [bc-gnso] GNSO Council topics with Board<br>
From: "Ron Andruff" <<a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com">randruff@rnapartners.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, June 13, 2011 8:01 am<br>
To: "'bc - GNSO list'" <<a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a>><br>
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</style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">Jon,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">Zahid,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">Could either of you please advise what the following discussion point with the Board is about? <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">“</span></font>Community Working Groups (CWGs) is a discussion we need to continue to have with the Board, if only to update them on the recent discussions we've had amongst ourselves.”<font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">I didn’t want to burden the call today, but am interested to know what CWGs are.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">Thanks for any insight you can provide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial">RA<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Ronald N. Andruff</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">RNA Partners, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><ns0:street w:insauthor="Owner" w:insdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Owner" w:endinsdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z"><ns0:address w:insauthor="Owner" w:insdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Owner" w:endinsdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z"></ns0:address></ns0:street><ns0:place w:insauthor="Owner" w:insdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Owner" w:endinsdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z"><ns0:city w:insauthor="Owner" w:insdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Owner" w:endinsdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z"></ns0:city><ns0:state w:insauthor="Owner" w:insdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Owner" w:endinsdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z"></ns0:state><ns0:postalcode w:insauthor="Owner" w:insdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z" w:endinsauthor="Owner" w:endinsdate="2011-06-13T10:56:00Z"></ns0:postalcode></ns0:place><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div>
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