[ALAC-Announce] Call for Volunteers for CWG on CWG-Principles

[At-Large Staff]

On behalf of the GNSO Secretariat:
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR NEW CROSS COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP ON DEVELOPING A
FINAL FRAMEWORK OF OPERATING PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE FUTURE CROSS COMMUNITY
WORKING GROUPS
 
This is a call for volunteers to participate in a new Cross-Community
Working Group to finalize a Framework of Operating Principles that will
guide future CWGs. This CWG has been chartered jointly by the Country Code
Names Supporting Organization and the Generic Names Supporting Organization.
It is expected to take forward the initial work done on this topic by the
GNSO, as supplemented by feedback and suggestions provided to the GNSO by
the ccNSO.
 
What this CWG will do
The CWG has been chartered
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/ccwg-framework-charter-15apr14-en.pdf>  to
finalize a Framework of Operating Principles under which working groups
jointly chartered by two or more of ICANN¹s Supporting Organizations and
Advisory Committees can effectively function and produce meaningful and
timely recommendations on issues of common interest.
 
In performing its task, the CWG will have as a starting point the GNSO¹s
initial draft principles from 2012 and the feedback on them that was
provided by the ccNSO. It will also review the operations of prior and
current CWGs (including without limitation the DSSA WG, the Joint ccNSO-GAC
IDN WG, the Joint ccNSO-GNSO IDN WG and the GNSO-ALAC Joint Applicant
Support WG.) It will have to consider the different remits and operating
procedures of each of ICANN¹s SOs and ACs and the types of issues that might
be suitable for CWG work, in developing the final Framework for the
chartering, operation, decision making and termination of future CWGs.
 
How this team will work
ICANN WGs use transparent, open processes. The operational aspects of this
CWG are set out in its charter and may be further determined by the
co-chairs at the start of the CWG's operations, but typically meetings are
recorded, mailing lists are publicly archived and members from the GNSO are
expected to submit Statements of Interest in order to participate. The group
may decide to collaborate using a public workspace for draft materials and
all final work products and milestones will be documented.
 
Please note that as a Working Group member you are expected to attend
conference calls and to actively participate in online discussions.
 
How to Join
The CWG welcomes expressions of interest from anyone interested to join. If
you are interested in participating and have not otherwise been selected
through any process specific to a particular SO or AC, please send an email
to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
<mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org> ) preferably by 12 May 2014, to
indicate your interest in joining this CWG.
 
Please note that this particular CWG will consist of Members and Observers.
Each SO and AC will be limited to five (5) Members, with a matching limit
for Observers. Members and Observers will have full discussion and
participation rights in the CWG (including on consensus calls), with the
sole difference being that only Members will be permitted to vote if a vote
is called by the CWG co-chairs. If you wish to know if your SO or AC has
already reached its limits for Members or Observers, you are advised to
contact your SO or AC chair prior to volunteering for this CWG.
 
Background
In March 2012, the GNSO Council approved
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201203>  an initial set of
Draft Principles 
<http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/draft-principles-for-cwgs-23dec11-en.pdf>  for
CWGs developed by a GNSO Drafting Team. Feedback on the Draft Principles was
solicited from other ICANN SOs and ACs, and the ccNSO provided a detailed
response 
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/ccnso-comments-cwg-principles-11jun13-en.pd
f>  in June 2013. In October 2013 the GNSO Council approved
<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions#201310> the formation of a new
cross-community Drafting Team ­ co-chaired by the ccNSO and GNSO ­ to
develop a charter for a CWG to complete the work on a Framework of Operating
Principles for CWGs.
 
Both the ccNSO and GNSO Councils adopted the charter developed by this
Drafting Team for the new CWG at their respective meetings at ICANN¹s 49th
public meeting in Singapore, on 26 March 2014.
 
 
 
Glen de Saint Géry 
GNSO Secretariat 
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org
 


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