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Hi,<br>
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I do not think there is a conflict of interest in being both a
liaison and an active participant.<br>
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I think the only obligation would be to be careful to not speak as
the liaison unless and until that was necessary and then to be sure
the people in the WG knew which hat was worn when.<br>
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It only becomes problematic, is someone uses their laision hat to
force a substantive postion using the authority of the council. And
I have never seen even a glimmer of that from any liaison in the
GNSO. And would be shocked to see it from our current crop of
liaisons. In the IETF at one point we did have an issue with this,
but it was straightened out with guidelines on making sure that one
clearly identified what role they were speaking from. Using phrase
like "speaking personally ... ," or "representing my SG ..." help
especially when seaking as liaison, were that to happen, it would be
"as gnso council liaison ..."<br>
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On
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<pre wrap="">CWG on a Framework for CWG Principles (co-chair position) - volunteer: John Berard (John has volunteered to stay on as the GNSO Co-Chair for this effort)</pre>
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I had previously volunteered to be the liaison for this. But with
John on the council had felt superfluous in the role and pretty much
did nothing since John took care of the reports in council meeting.
Maybe now it makes more sense. I do follow the group, though my
attendance at meeting has been sporadic. I can start to pay better
attendance. I do not think of myself as an active participant in
this group though the subject is of interest, especially in this age
of multiple CWGs.<br>
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avri<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24-Oct-14 08:17, Amr Elsadr wrote:<br>
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When James had mentioned that he wouldn’t mind liaising with the PPSAI PDP WG, he also mentioned that he was actively engaged in it. I understood that to be some sort of disclosure on his part.
When I volunteered to liaise with the translation & transliteration of contact information PDP WG, I should have probably done the same. I’m not sure if there is a conflict of interest in being actively engaged with a PDP WG and acting as liaison between that WG and council, or not. If so, I’d appreciate a heads-up.
Thanks.
Amr
On Oct 24, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Marika Konings <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"><marika.konings@icann.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Dear All,
One of the items of the wrap up meeting was finding volunteers for the different liaison positions that have become vacant due to people stepping down from the GNSO Council. You’ll find below a list of working groups / efforts in need of a liaison and a list of those that volunteered during the wrap up session. If there are additional volunteers for these efforts, please feel free to share your interest with the list. As a reminder, the main objective of a liaison is to be able to assist the WG should there be any issues or questions for the GNSO Council as well as being able to address any questions the GNSO Council may have in relation to the effort. Furthermore, a liaison facilitates the submission of documents and motions once the WG has completed its work.
Best regards,
Marika
Curative Rights Protections for IGO/INGOs PDP – volunteer: none to date
Data & Metrics for Policy Making – volunteer: none to date
Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues PDP – volunteer: James Bladel
Translation & Transliteration PDP – volunteer: Amr Elsadr
Geographic Regions WG – As the effort is wrapping up, Cheryl Langdon-Orr volunteered to keep the Council up to date as she will take over the leadership for this group.
CWG on a Framework for CWG Principles (co-chair position) - volunteer: John Berard (John has volunteered to stay on as the GNSO Co-Chair for this effort)
CWG to develop a framework for the use of country and territory names as TLDs (co-chair position) – volunteer: none to date
GNSO Council liaison to the ccNSO – volunteer: Thomas Rickert
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