This is update. I do not have a definitive written answer on whether a Participant Co-Chair will be funded to attend any face-to-face (f2f) meetings of the CCWG, but I did discuss it with ICANN staff. The informal answer was that it would not make no sense if a co-chair, an important part of the CCWG, could not attend a f2f meeting. Based on that I am comfortable in presuming that IF we appoint a co-chair who is not also a Member, that person will be appropriately funded for any CCWG f2f meeting. Given this and the tight time-frame, I would recommend that the Selection Committee attempt to identify a possible co-chair for the ALAC to ratify. That person could be one of the Members that they select, or someone who is not being recommended as a Member. Presuming that Olivier (as Selection Committee Chair) agrees with plan, I will ask that this be discussed and decided during the Tuesday ALAC meeting. Alan At 15/11/2014 11:17 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:

The Charter of the Accountability CCWG allows the ALAC to name a Co-Chair. There is no rule regarding whether the Co-Chair is one of the five Members that we plan to select or a non-Member Participant.

If we select a person as Co-Chair who is not one of our formal Members, there is a question whether that person would be funded to travel to any face-to-face meeting (for the IANA CWG, only Members have been funded). I have asked whether a non-Member Co-Chair will be funded, but as yet no reply.

My thoughts on the matter are:

1. We definitely want have a Co-Chair select by the ALAC. 2. We want to pick that person based on their ability to carry out the job and to dedicate sufficient time to the process. 3. If ICANN will NOT fund a participant for travel, we should restrict our selection to one of the five people selected to be Members 4. If a non-Member Co-Chair WILL be funded, Olivier's selection committee should identify possible candidates (ie candidates not selected as Members). 5. From this pool, Members and other possible Chairs, some may not willing to act as Co-Chair. 6. The ALT should review the candidates and recommend the person to be named Co-Chair (this is inline with other selections we have done recently, the candidates would need to grant the ALT access to their EoIs to be considered).

At this point, there is nothing we can really do until the selection is done and we know the situation regarding funding.

I welcome thoughts on whether we should select a CCWG Co-Chair, and if so, how do we go about doing this if different from my scenario above.

Alan

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