<div dir="ltr">Michele's suggestion makes sense. Unless there's a feeling the group cannot function for a month absent leadership, which I would find surprising.<div><br></div><div>Best.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 August 2014 14:01, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com" target="_blank">michele@blacknight.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Everyone should have an SOI<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If they don't have one setting one up is not hard<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I'd also respectfully suggest that any election / choice of DG leaders be deferred<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I suspect that the group's make up will change between now and September as people come back from holidays etc and become aware of the group's existence<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rubens Kuhl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 06, 2014 12:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Agenda for First Meeting of the Discussion Group for New gTLD Subsequent Rounds<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suggestion: only reading SoI for people that do not have GNSO SOIs (or have updates to), to shorten up this part. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Items for initial review - GNSO Resolution forming this group, GNSO Working Group Guidelines, GNSO Policy Development Process (to serve as a reference point for the DG)<u></u><u></u></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">May I suggest that no attempt to see vice-chairs as representation of that constituency in the group ? It's so much simpler to have 2 (either chair/vice-chair, co-chair/co-chair, chair/alternate chair) leaders instead of a complex structure...
since *-chairs only have coordination but no definition role, it's of no use to see too much into the roles. <u></u><u></u></p>
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