[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Welcome to the RDS PDP WG - Information concerning your first meeting

Thu Jan 14 16:47:14 UTC 2016

And now with attachment - apologies.

Marika

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Subject: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Welcome to the RDS PDP WG - Information concerning your first meeting

Dear All,

Thank you for volunteering for the Next Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service to replace WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS) Policy Development Process Working Group (PDP WG)! In addition to the information already shared in the call for volunteers, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with some further details concerning next steps and proposed first meeting of the Next-Gen RDS PDP WG.

First official meeting

A first meeting will be scheduled for Tuesday 26 January at 16.00 UTC. Call details and an agenda will be circulated shortly to this PDP WG mailing list. This agenda will include discussion of further meeting dates / times and possible rotation of meeting times depending on the geographic make-up of the Working Group.

Statements of Interest

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: https://community.icann.org/x/cYLg if you have not done so yet. 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 gnso-secs at icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs at icann.org> know if you have not yet received them. The current list of members and observers, including SOIs provided, can be found here: https://community.icann.org/x/I4xlAw.

WG Leadership

Per the Council's resolution, until such time as the Next-Gen RDS 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, Susan Kawaguchi, 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.

Recommended materials to review prior to the first meeting

Please review the materials posted on the Next-Gen RDS PDP WG's wiki (see https://community.icann.org/x/QIxlAw) prior to the first meeting, especially:

  *   The Final Issue Report (http://whois.icann.org/sites/default/files/files/final-issue-report-next-generation-rds-07oct15-en.pdf);
  *   The PDP WG Charter (https://community.icann.org/x/E4xlAw);
  *   The EWG Final Report (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/final-report-06jun14-en.pdf);
  *   The GNSO Working Group Guidelines (http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf);
  *   The PDP Manual (http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-13jun13-en.pdf)

This wiki is also the workspace for the WG, and we will be adding more information and materials as the WG progresses with its work. In particular, those seeking an introduction to Next-Gen RDS concepts may wish to start with the brief multimedia FAQs and other Tutorial materials found at the bottom of this wiki page: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56986688.

Newcomer webinars

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 next coming weeks 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.

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Best regards,

Marika

Marika Konings

Sr. Policy Director and Team Leader for the GNSO
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