The Draft Charter circulated earlier this month received no substantive comments which required changes to the draft document and nor did the associated Webinar. Accordingly, the Charter has been forwarded to the AC/SOs for approval. I have drafted the following Motion (liberally borrowing from a comparable GNSO motion). This will be on the agenda for discussion and approval during the Hyderabad meeting. Note that the period for comments on the charter is over, so it is really too late to make changes to the charter itself. Comments on the motion are appreciated. Note that for the CCWG-Stewardship, the ALAC chose not to have a co-chair, and for the CCWG-Accountability, we chose to have one of our five Members be a Co-Chair. In my mind, that latter decision gave the CCWG an excellent Co-Chair, but deprived the ALAC of one of its five voices in substantive discussion. Accordingly, I am suggesting that this time we identify a Co-Chair as part of our approval process. It would need to be someone with strong ICANN experience, strong chairing skills, preferably someone with subject-matter knowledge, and someone who is willing to NOT participate in the substantive discussion to be held in the CCWG. And of urse willing to put substantive time into the process. Alan ======================================= DRAFT ALAC Motion - Adoption of the Charter for a Cross-Community Working Group on new gTLD Auction Proceeds Whereas, 1. Following a number of sessions on the topic of new gTLD Auction proceeds during the ICANN53 in Buenos Aires (see https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-soac-high-interest and https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-cwg-new-gtld-auction), a discussion paper <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/proceeds/discussion-paper-0...> was published in September 2015 to solicit further community input on this topic as well as the proposal to proceed with a CCWG on this topic. 2. As the feedback received on the discussion paper confirmed the support for moving forward with a CCWG, the GNSO Chair, reached out to all the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees to ask for volunteers to participate in a drafting team to develop a charter for a CCWG on this topic. All ICANN SO/ACs, apart from the ccNSO, responded to this request and put forward volunteers to participate in the drafting team. 3. The GNSO Council appointed Jonathan Robinson to chair the Drafting Team ('DT'), which commenced its deliberations on Tuesday 23 February 2016. Alan Greenberg one of the ALAC volunteers agreed to act as Vice-Chair. 4. The DT published a draft charter for community discussion in advance of ICANN 56 which was discussed during the cross-community session<http://sched.co/7NE0> held at ICANN56. Following ICANN56, the DT reviewed all the input received<https://community.icann.org/x/fgmbAw> and updated the proposed charter accordingly. On 13 September 2016, this proposed charter<https://community.icann.org/x/mRuOAw> was shared with all ICANN SO/ACs with the request to review it and identify any pertinent issues that would prevent adoption of the charter, if any. 5. Subsequently, a webinar was held on 13 October 2016 to allow for some additional time and information to undertake this review (see https://community.icann.org/x/gh_4Aw). 6. As no pertinent issues were raised, the DT submitted the proposed CCWG charter (see <https://community.icann.org/x/mRuOAw)>) for consideration to all ICANN SO/ACs on 17 October 2016 Resolved, 1. The ALAC approves the Charter<https://community.icann.org/x/mRuOAw>. 2. The ALAC appoints [Name] as the ALAC Appointed Co-Chair to 3. Each RALO will appoint one member for the CCWG by taking into account the charter requirement that best efforts should be made to ensure that members: a) Have sufficient and appropriate motivation (and ideally expertise) to participate in the substance of the work of the CCWG. Appropriate experience could, for example, include experience with allocation and final disbursement of funds; b) Commit to actively participate in the activities of the CCWG on an on-going and long-term basis; c) Solicit and communicate (where appropriate) the views and concerns of individuals in the RALO that appoints them; d) Commit to abide to the charter when participating in the CCWG; e) Understand the needs of the Internet communities that ICANN serves (standards, domains and numbers); f) Understand the broader ecosystem (the Internet Community) in which ICANN operates and the needs of those working on other aspects of the Internet industry, including those not yet connected. Furthermore, in addition to a Statement of Interest, all members and participants will be required to provide a declaration on intention to apply for (or in any way support the application for) new gTLD Auction Proceeds, either as an individual or through the entity you are representing or employed by otr are otherwise funded by or affiliated with or support/endorse. It will be mandatory to report any changes in relation to these intentions throughout the CCWG life-cycle. 4. The ALAC will collaborate with the other SOs and ACs to issue a call for participants and observers to join the CCWG, each in accordance with its own rules.