Dear All, The GNSO Council passed the following resolution on 23 January 2014. A motion to approve the Charter for the GNSO Metrics and Reporting (non-Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG) WHEREAS The GNSO Council requested an Issue Report on metrics and reporting at its meeting on 17 Oct 2012http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/uofr-final-31mar13-en.pdf On 16 May 2013 the GNSO Council deliberated a recommendation on the Uniformity of Reporting from the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (RAPWG) and approved a non-PDP Working Group to consider metrics and reporting; "The GNSO Council further approves the creation of a drafting team to develop a charter for a non-PDP Working Group to consider additional methods for collecting necessary metrics and reporting from Contracted Parties and other external resources to aid the investigation." Following a call for volunteers, a Drafting Team was formed and its members have developed a draft charter for consideration by the GNSO Council; http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/metrep-charter-10jan14-en.pdf The GNSO Council has reviewed the draft charter submitted by the Drafting Team. RESOLVED, The GNSO Council approves the following charter for the GNSO Metrics & Reporting non-PDP WG and appoints Mikey O'Connor as the GNSO Council Liaison to the GNSO Metrics & Reporting non-PDP WG. http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/metrep-charter-10jan14-en.pdf The GNSO Council further directs that the work of the GNSO Metrics & Reporting non-PDP WG be initiated as soon as possible after an adequate duration to conduct a call for volunteers has occurred. Until formation of the WG, the GNSO Council Liaison shall act as interim chair. The Working Group shall, to the extent that it is practical, follow the rules outlined in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-07apr11-en.pdf Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org