[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] RDS PDP WG Leadership

[Stephanie Perrin]

I would agree, while respectfully suggesting that the lone dissenter 
(yours truly) might have a different perspective to contribute.
Stephanie Perrin

On 2016-01-28 13:15, Volker Greimann wrote:
> One further consideration we may want to think about is ensuring that 
> the WG is not only chaired by former members of the expert working 
> group. A healthy mix of members ould be beneficial in the interest of 
> neutrality and avoiding a mere continuation of the work of the EWG 
> with more members.
>
> Our job is to review and analyze the result of the work of the EWG 
> without presuming that the result they arrived at will also be the 
> result of our deliberations. we should take their work as guidance. If 
> the WG were to be chaired entirely by former members of the EWG , we 
> might run the risk of following down the same path.
>
> A good mix would therefore be helpful.
>
> Best,
>
> Volker
>
>
> Am 28.01.2016 um 12:59 schrieb Amr Elsadr:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:15 PM, Stephanie Perrin 
>>> <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> [SNIP]
>>
>>> When I use the word independent, I mean that I have no client that 
>>> is paying me to participate, nor an employer that has an interest in 
>>> my participation.  I think it might be useful in this regard if 
>>> persons who use that word explain what they mean by it, because it 
>>> is not clear to me that we have a common understanding of our usage 
>>> of the term.
>> Thanks for this Stephanie. I completely agree. I had started to 
>> become a bit concerned with how “independent” is being used, and may 
>> be perceived in the context of this dialogue to mean non-GNSO. Being 
>> a member of a GNSO stakeholder group or constituency and being 
>> independent are not mutually exclusive. Likewise, not being 
>> affiliated with the GNSO does not, in itself, mean a WG member is 
>> independent.
>>
>> Marika’s explanation earlier on this thread seems the most helpful to 
>> me. WG members are either affiliated with one or more ICANN SO/AC, or 
>> are “individual” members of this PDP WG (as opposed to 
>> “independent”). Of course, Members of SOs/ACs are free to join GNSO 
>> working groups in their “individual” capacities as well.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Amr
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