<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-41155363-fbef-fe18-c297-791643fdc5f7"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear members,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(31,73,125);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I would like to volunteer for the role of Vice-Chair, according to the point 2.2 of the GNSO Working Group Guidelines, for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am involved in the Internet policy ecosystem since the WSIS in Tunisia back in 2005, since than I founded the Tunisian Internet Society chapter in 2006, and then elected in Board of Trustees of the Internet Society in 2009. I also served as Board of Directors member of the AfriNIC and as member of the PIR Advisory Board for 6 years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My involvement within ICANN, beside the WSIS process, began exactly 10 years ago in Marrakech 2006 ICANN meeting. I am a founding member of the AfRALO where I represented the African region in the ICANN NomCom for 2 years. In 2009, I Chaired the At-Large gTLD working group statement on Applicant Guidebook V2. I was also involved in the Arabic Script IDN Working Group (ASIWG). In 2009, I co-authored a pre-feasibility study to create a new Dot Arab TLD, now being led by the Arab League.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am actively involved in the MENA regional DNS ecosystem through the Middle East DNS Forum and the Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I recently volunteered for the gTLD Marketplace Health Index Advisory Panel. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have no conflict of interest. I work as an independent consultant. Before that I worked for Google as Head of Public Policy and Government Relations in MENA. I am able to commit time to serve the <span style="line-height:20.24px">New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG</span>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards,</span></p><br></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Khaled Koubaa</font></div><div><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Twitter : <a href="https://twitter.com/koubaak" target="_blank">@koubaak</a></font></div><div><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LinkedIn : <a href="http://lnked.in/kkoubaa" target="_blank">http://lnked.in/kkoubaa</a></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-02-17 22:15 GMT+01:00 Steve Chan via Gnso-newgtld-wg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-newgtld-wg@icann.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">While there have already been some emails exchanged, I wanted to take the opportunity to welcome you all and thank you for volunteering for the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development
Process Working Group (PDP WG). In addition to the information already shared in the call for volunteers, I wanted to provide you with some further details concerning next steps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>First meeting</b></span></div>
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Monday 22 February at 22:00 UTC</div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Statements of Interest</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap">The majority of Members have already completed this task, but as requested by the GNSO Secretariat in the confirmation email that you received after signing up for this WG, please provide
a Statement of Interest by going to: </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg" style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg</a><span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap">
if you have not done so already. You will need to use your Confluence Login ID and Password to access this and other workspaces within the Confluence wiki site. If you are a new Confluence user, your ID and Password should have been provided to you; please
let </span><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg" style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">gnso-secs at icann.org</a><span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap"> know if you have not
yet received them. The current list of members and observers, including SOIs provided, can be found here:
</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/Ogp1Aw" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/Ogp1Aw</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>WG Leadership</b></span></div>
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<span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">Per the Council's resolution, until such time as the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures</span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
PDP WG selects a chair(s) for the WG and that chair(s) is/are confirmed by the GNSO Council, the GNSO Council liaison to the WG, Paul McGrady, will serve as the interim chair. For those interested in volunteering for a leadership position in the WG, please
review the attached document, which outlines the tasks and expected skills of a GNSO WG Chair.
<b>If you would like to put forth your name for a WG leadership position, please feel free to do so on the email list in advance of the first meeting as it is hoped that the selection of the WG Chair(s) will take place during that first meeting.
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<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px"><b>Recommended materials to review prior to the first meeting</b></span></div>
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<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">Please review the materials posted on the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG's wiki (see </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/PAp1Aw" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/x/PAp1Aw</a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">)
prior to the first meeting, especially:</span></div>
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<li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">The Final Issue Report (</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-final-issue-04dec15-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-final-issue-04dec15-en.pdf</a>)<span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">;</span></li><li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">The PDP WG Charter (</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/x/E4xlAw" style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-charter-21jan16-en.pdf</a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">);</span></li><li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">The GNSO Working Group Guidelines (</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf" style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf</a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">);</span></li><li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">The PDP Manual (</span><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf" style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px" target="_blank">http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf</a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px">)</span></li></ul>
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<pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><font face="Calibri" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Newcomer webinars</b>
For those that are new to a GNSO Working Group and/or the GNSO Policy Development Process, we'll be hosting two separate webinars in the near future that are intended to aid newcomers to the GNSO to learn about the administrative workings of a WG (conference call facilities, Adobe Connect, wiki, etc) as well as the GNSO Policy Development Process. You will be receiving further information about these in a separate email. The WG may also identify needs for additional introductory webinars or tutorial materials.</font></pre>
<pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Calibri;white-space:pre-wrap">Should you have any questions or comments, please let us know.</span></pre>
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