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<div>I would like to nominate Phil Corwin as Chair of this PDP WG. I have known Phil for several years and worked closely with him in the Business Constituency since we are both GNSO councilors. He works hard, is very engaged and committed to all the work
at ICANN. He has chaired the IGO/NGO working group and spent many hours working on multiple working groups. </div>
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<div>Phil’s experience with RPM’s would make him an excellent chair for this working group. </div>
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<div>I am hoping you will all consider him for Chair. </div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Mary Wong via gnso-rpm-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Mary Wong <<a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 1:23 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Mark Your Calendars: First organizational call for RPM WG set for April 21<br>
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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. </div>
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As Phil has mentioned, there are several preparatory matters that we request you attend to, prior to our first meeting on 21 April:</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><u>1. Review the Background Materials to familiarize yourself with the context for our work</u>:
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">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:</font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_2CWAAw&d=CwMGaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=gvEx8xF7ynrYQ7wShqEr-w&m=QGSTQjuzWhzhthcsRMnK39EcAMIWeFB1c35QKpXl85A&s=dcg48lDq2fJPspsRRjnMM1EryvGfGlp5oVm_vbUtZSc&e=">https://community.icann.org/x/2CWAAw</a>. </li></ul>
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<div><u>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</u>. </div>
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<li>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.</li></ul>
<div><b><i>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.</i></b> 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.</div>
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<div>Thanks and cheers</div>
<div>Mary</div>
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<div>Email: <a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org">mary.wong@icann.org</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Phil Corwin via gnso-rpm-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Phil Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, April 4, 2016 at 19:02<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[gnso-rpm-wg] Mark Your Calendars: First organizational call for RPM WG set for April 21<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Members of the RPM Review WG:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">As Interim Chair, I am pleased to announce that our initial WG organizational call has been scheduled for 1500-1600 UTC on Thursday, April 21<sup>st</sup>.</span></b><span style="color:black"> You will be receiving
a calendar invitation as the date draws closer, along with Adobe Chat and dial-in information.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please note that this date and time is
<u>not</u> 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.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A proposed agenda for the meeting will be posted in closer proximity to April 21.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you and best regards,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Philip S. Corwin</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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