Dear All,

As also mentioned in the chat, it would be helpful to know whether the Council supports the GNSO Council Requirements as set out on page two and for your convenience also copied here below so that staff can reach out to the candidates looking for GNSO endorsements to provide this information so that it can be received well in time for the next GNSO Council meeting. With regards to the time commitment which was flagged as one of the items to be discussed, I checked with my colleagues and they estimate that the following is required:

In light of that, maybe the requirement could be revised as follows: 

Please share any comments or edits you may have as soon as possible as we would like to get back to the candidates as soon as possible to collect this information if the Council agrees that this required information for the endorsement process.

Best regards,

Marika

Additional GNSO Requirements:

 

A person seeking GNSO endorsement must include the following information in the

application:

 

·      The applicant’s full name, title, contact information and employer;

·      The ICANN Geographic Region(s) in which the applicant is a citizen and a resident;

·      Identification of the GSNO stakeholder group, if any, to which the applicant feels most closely affiliated;

·      An attestation that the applicant is able and willing to commit an estimated average of about ten hours per week during the review period, in addition to participating in face to face review team meetings;

·      Identification of any financial ownership or senior management/leadership interest of the applicant in registries, registrars or other entities that are stakeholders or interested parties in ICANN or any entity with which ICANN has a transaction, contract, or other arrangement;

·      Indication of whether the applicant would be representing any other party or person on the review team and, if so, identification of that party or person;

·      A two to three paragraph statement about the applicant's knowledge of the GNSO community’s structures and operations and any participation therein;

·      A one to two paragraph statement about the applicant's specialized technical or other expertise of direct relevance to the responsibilities of the review team in question.