[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Cancellation of RDS PDP WG meetings at ICANN62

[DANIEL NANGHAKA]

Dear Chuck and Team,

Thanks for the update.

Hope the progress is well.

Regards
Daniel

On Thursday, May 10, 2018, Chuck <consult at cgomes.com> wrote:

> Dear WG members,
>
> The GNSO Council leaders gave us as the Next Generation RDS to replace
> WHOIS PDP WG leadership team permission to decide whether the WG should
> meet during ICANN62 in Panama and we have decided to NOT hold any meetings
> there.  We apologize to any of you who have already made travel plans to
> Panama but hope that this notice will be soon enough to change them as
> applicable.
>
> The reason for our decision is two-fold:
>
>    1. If the Board implements a Temporary Policy for GDPR Compliance:
>       1. A PDP or Expedited PDP will be immediately initiated on the
>       terms of that Policy.
>       2. There will not be sufficient resources to support the Temporary
>       Policy effort and the RDS PDP at the same time, so, at a minimum, the RDS
>       PDP WG would be suspended until the new policy work is completed, which
>       cannot be more than one year.
>    2. If the Board does not implement a Temporary Policy and the GNSO
>    Council decides to continue the RDS PDP WG, then we firmly believe that it
>    would be best to review and revise WG methods before resuming work.  We
>    also believe that it would take more time than is available before the
>    Panama meetings to complete such a review and revision.
>
> Whatever happens, it will be up to the Council and the GNSO as a whole to
> determine the status of the RDS PDP WG going forward.  That will be easier
> to do once it is known what the Board decides to do regarding GDPR
> compliance.
>
> If you have any questions, please let us know.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Chuck, Caitlin, David, Lisa, Marc, Marika, Michele & Susan
>
>
>


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Regards
Nanghaka Daniel K.
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Uganda Chapter / Geo4Africa Lead / Organising Team - FOSS4G2018
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