[gnso-rpm-wg] Mark Your Calendars: First organizational call for RPM WG set for April 21

Fri Apr 8 00:20:20 UTC 2016

Thanks Philip / Mary / WG Team, I would like to self-nominate for GNSO PDP
cochair. In my work as a brand strategist, I come across interesting
scenarios of companies trying to embrace the gtld space to protect their
mark, (often too late). I have an interest in helping to develop fair
policies for the issues noted in the final issue report. SOI:
https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Danny+Glix+SOI

Danny

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Mary Wong via gnso-rpm-wg <
gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org> wrote:

> Dear Working Group members,
>
> Following up on Phil’s (our interim Chair and GNSO Council liaison) note
> below, we’d like to continue to welcome all participants to our Working
> Group, especially those that may have signed up most recently.
>
> As Phil has mentioned, there are several preparatory matters that we
> request you attend to, prior to our first meeting on 21 April:
>
> *1. Review the Background Materials to familiarize yourself with the
> context for our work*: https://community.icann.org/x/4SWAAw.
>
>    - These are the documents on which our Working Group Charter – which
>    is essentially the authoritative document that sets out the full scope of
>    this Policy Development Process – is based. As such, we recommend that you
>    also review the Charter, which can be found here:
>    https://community.icann.org/x/2CWAAw.
>
> *2. Consider the recommendation to have two or more co- or vice-chairs,
> and consider also nominating someone for a chair/co-chair/vice-chair
> position*.
>
>    - Phil has already noted the reasons for either having a chair,
>    assisted by one or more vice-chairs, or having several co-chairs for this
>    Working Group. Where nominations are concerned, you may find it helpful to
>    consider nominating a person(s) who you believe has the experience and
>    skills to manage a large Working Group that will be working on complex (and
>    possibly contentious) issues in ICANN’s multi-stakeholder bottom-up policy
>    environment. To add to Phil’s notes, including the importance of a neutral
>    Chair, the GNSO’s Working Group Guidelines provide that the purpose of a
>    Chair is to manage the entire Working Group process (e.g. call meetings,
>    preside over deliberations, and ultimately designate the appropriate
>    consensus levels attained by all of the Groups final recommendations). A
>    Chair is also expected to continually assess whether the Working Group has
>    sufficiently broad representation and enforce ICANN’s Expected Standards of
>    Behavior.
>
> *If you would like to nominate (including self-nominate) a Working Group
> member for a chair, co-chair or vice-chair position, please do so via email
> to this mailing list prior to the 21 April meeting.* This will allow the
> Working Group to discuss and hopefully select its leadership at or shortly
> following that meeting, which would in turn facilitate the work of the
> group.
>
> Thanks and cheers
> Mary
>
> Mary Wong
> Senior Policy Director
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
> Email: mary.wong at icann.org
> Telephone: +1-603-5744889
>
>
>
> From: <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Phil Corwin via
> gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org>
> Reply-To: Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com>
> Date: Monday, April 4, 2016 at 19:02
> To: "gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org" <gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org>
> Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] Mark Your Calendars: First organizational call for
> RPM WG set for April 21
>
> Dear Members of the RPM Review WG:
>
>
>
> *As Interim Chair, I am pleased to announce that our initial WG
> organizational call has been scheduled for 1500-1600 UTC on Thursday, April
> 21st.* You will be receiving a calendar invitation as the date draws
> closer, along with Adobe Chat and dial-in information.
>
>
>
> Please note that this date and time is *not* indicative of the scheduling
> of future WG calls. So far, 113 individuals have signed up to be Members of
> this WG, and their domiciles are broadly distributed around the globe.
> Therefore, it is likely that the WG will adopt a staggered, rotating
> meeting schedule to more evenly distribute the inconvenience of calls
> scheduled outside of normal working hours.
>
>
>
> In preparation for the initial call, I invite you to review background
> materials that are being posted to the WG’s wiki space, which can be found
> at https://community.icann.org/x/4SWAAw.
>
>
>
> A proposed agenda for the meeting will be posted in closer proximity to
> April 21.
>
>
>
> Given the size of the WG, the complexity of the issues it will address,
> and the divergent views and interests raised by some of those issues, it is
> possible that the administrative task of managing its workflow will be
> performed by a Chair and several Vice-Chairs, or by several coequal
> Co-chairs. In this regard -- and while I hope to have your support to serve
> in one of those leadership  positions going forward -- other WG members
> should start to consider whether they also wish to serve in a management
> leader role. Chairs (of whatever title) should expect to be involved in
> discussions of WG issue management among themselves and with Policy support
> staff that are in addition to the regularly scheduled WG calls, so there is
> an extra time commitment involved. While Chairs may step out of their
> official roles and advocate specific positions, their management of the
> WG’s effort must be neutral and even-handed.
>
>
>
> Finally, and again given the large number of volunteers who are willing to
> contribute to this effort, I request that all WG members refrain from
> posting substantive comments and materials to the email list at this time
> and confine their postings between now and April 21 to questions and
> comments regarding our initial organizational efforts.
>
>
>
> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Philip S. Corwin
>
> Interim Chair
>
>
>
>
>
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