Hello All, As discussed during the call, and to help with the selection of candidates with the right skills for the GNSO policy support positions, I would like to schedule a call between senior ICANN staff (e.g Paul Verhoef, Kurt Pritz, Paul Twomey, John Jeffrey) and a small group of Council members that have actively chaired various task forces and committees over the past few years within the namescouncil/GNSO Council. The aim will be to agree on a set of shared expectations for: - the types of tasks to be assigned to the ICANN staff - the respective role of task force members and chairs - procedures for allocating tasks to ICANN staff in an environment where there are often several policy development processes operating in parallel and hence the chance for contention in the use of resources These shared expectations can be documented and shared with the Council as a whole. Please let me know if you would be willing to volunteer to be involved in this process. It is likely that the call would be scheduled towards the end of next week. Regards, Bruce