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Thanks to Ricardo for catching an error and an omission.<br><br>
The EPDP will require a significant commitment until mid-2019 not
2018.<br><br>
And in #4, The ALAC will of course also be notified. And I see no reason
why we should not make this fully public.<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
At 05/07/2018 07:46 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">As you all know, the GNSO is
chartering an Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) to put policy
in place to replace the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration
Data that the Board adopted. Since the temporary specification must be
replaced by 25 May 2019, the EPDP will have to proceed VERY quickly, with
a draft policy published by ICANN 63 in Barcelona (about 3 months from
now).<br><br>
The GNSO is expected to adopt the EPDP Charter on 19 July and convene the
EPD very soon after. That is 2 weeks from today. <br><br>
At this point, it looks like each sub-group of the GNSO and other AC/SOs
will each have three Members and three Alternates (the Alternates can
"listen/read" but can only actively participate in the absence
of a Member). The current details can be found at
<a href="https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/proposed-epdp-membership-structure-temp-spec-27jun18-en.pdf" eudora="autourl">
https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/proposed-epdp-membership-structure-temp-spec-27jun18-en.pdf</a>
. This is subject to change before the Charter is adopted, but at this
point it is a major victory that they are discussing parity with the GNSO
groups. If this comes to be, there are a few people to whom we will owe a
huge debt of gratitude. Without doubt we will have SOME formal presence
on the EPDP which was not a certainty just a few days ago.<br><br>
<b><u>Membership in the EPDP is expected to require up to 30 hours per
week, starting immediately and at least for the first 4 months, and
probably a lower but still significant commitment until mid-2018. The
GNSO is also setting some very specific criteria for participation.
Although the list may change, the current requirements are appended to
this message. <br><br>
</u></b>You will recall that in Panama, we decided that the evaluation of
possible candidates is sufficiently important that it should be done at
the first level by the ALAC, but clearly we do not have a lot of time to
do so. Moreover, we will have to ensure that the selected candidates
balance skills, availability and an understanding of user
issues.<br><br>
The ALT discussed this at our meeting on Friday and are proposing the
following path forward:<br><br>
1. Very shortly, we will send out an request for Expressions of Interest
with a very short window (48-72 hours). The EoI will be an online
GoogleDocs Form and will ask for information on the candidates past
involvement/knowledge with WHOIS issues, the ability and willingness to
participate, and understanding of the EPDP participation criteria.
Membership and participation will be on behalf of the ALAC and not
representing personal views.<br><br>
2. The ALAC will have access to the EoI and all Members are expected to
review the EoIs and ranks them. This is review is CONFIDENTIAL and
neither the contents of the EoIs nor the ALAC comments may be
discussed/presented outside of this group. ALAC Members will have a very
short time to review these EoI, likely 48 hours.<br><br>
3. The ALAC Chair, in conjunction with the ALT will summarize the
evaluations and make a final selection, ordered to allow for changes in
the final charter, ensuring that the final selection meets the overall
criteria and ensures a reasonable level of diversity and
balance.<br><br>
4. The ALAC Chair will transmit the final selection to the GNSO Council
or GNSO Chair as appropriate, in sufficient time to meet the GNSO
requested timeline.<br><br>
5. At the time of the transmittal, the Chair will announce the number and
demographics of the applicants.<br><br>
6. Once the proposed ALAC Members and Alternates are selected, we will
need to convene a meeting of them prior to the EPDP's first meeting to
ensure that everyone has the same understanding of what we will be
doing.<br><br>
Barring issues that elongate this process, the proposed timeline is:<br>
- EoI issued Monday, 09 July;<br>
- ALAC evaluation of responses begins Thursday, 12 July;<br>
- ALT synthesis of evaluation and final selection Saturday, 14 July -
Monday, 16 July;<br>
- Announcement and scheduling of EPDP prospective Members/Alternates
Tuesday, 17 July.<br><br>
This process will be the subject of a short ALAC Consensus Call most
likely starting Friday (tomorrow for me). The Consensus call will overlap
with the EoI submission process.<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
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EPDP Charter Membership Criteria
<ul>
<li>Have sufficient and appropriate motivation, availability and
expertise to participate in the substance of the work of the EPDP Team.
Appropriate experience could, for example, include experience with the
previous RDS/WHOIS policy development processes, task forces, or
implementation review teams, or participation in EWG efforts;
<li>Commit to abide by the EPDP Team Commitment Statement, and to accept
the consequences of non-compliance as may be determined by the EPDP
leadership or appointing group;
<li>Commit to build consensus on issues within the scope of this EPDP;
<li>Commit to actively participate in the activities of the EPDP on an
on-going and long-term basis, for a period of no less than one-year, with
the highest intensity expected in the first six to eight months;
<li>Solicit and communicate (where appropriate) the views and concerns of
individuals in the group that appoints them;
<li>Commit to abide to the charter when participating in the EPDP Team;
<li>Understand the needs of the Internet communities that ICANN serves
(standards, domains and numbers);
<li>Commit to attend any provided introductory training courses, e.g.,
privacy, trademarks, registrar operations, DNS, etc.
<li>Understand the broader ecosystem (the Internet Community) in which
ICANN operates and the needs of those working on other aspects of the
Internet industry.
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