Dear Councillors,

Ron Sherwood asked me to forward this to you for your information.  It relates to the "ccTLDs as registrars" topic dealt with at the last council
meeting.

Gabi

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From: "Gisella Gruber-White" <Gisella.Gruber-White@icann.org>
To: <alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:52 PM
Subject: [ALAC-Announce] Doodle: Call for Volunteers to participate in Joint
ALAC/GNSO Efforts Related to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA)


> Dear All,
>
> At its meeting on 3 September 2009, the GNSO Council approved the charter
> to convene a drafting team to:
> (i) draft a registrant rights charter in cooperation with ALAC, and
> (ii) discuss further amendments to the  RAA and to identify those on which
> further action may be desirable.
>
> For those of you who are interested in participating in these efforts,
> please reply to this email and use the Doodle below to identify the times
> that you are available in order to schedule the first call.
>
> Please also submit your Statement of Interest along with your response.
> The Statement of Interest should include the following information:
> 1. Current vocation, employer and position
> 2. Type of work performed in 1 above
> 3. Identify any financial ownership or senior management/leadership
> interest in registries, registrars or other firms that are interested
> parties in ICANN policy or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction,
> contract, or other  arrangement
> 4. Identify any type of commercial interest in ICANN GNSO policy
> development outcomes.  Are you representing other parties?
> 5. Describe any arrangements or agreements between you and any other
> group, constituency or person(s) regarding your nomination or selection as
> a work team member.
>
> The purpose of this first call will be to determine the logistics on how
> to proceed with these RAA related efforts, and to identify coordinators
> from ALAC and the GNSO for this joint effort, as well as the chair for the
> work of each of the subgroups.
>
> Please complete the attached Doodle link - this poll closes on Friday, 25
> September at 1700 UTC. The date and time of this call will then be
> announced.
> http://www.doodle.com/87ynpg26iidk7g8m
> Time zone active
>
> For more information on the RAA effort, please refer to the materials
> posted on the WIKI at
> https://st.icann.org/raa-related/index.cgi?joint_alac_gnso_wg_and_at_large_workspace_on_raa_related
>
> Thank you
> Kind regards
> Gisella
>
> On behalf of GNSO/ALAC Secretariats
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