Ken Stubbs wrote: Mawaki's point is well taken here !! Mawaki Chango wrote:
--- Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@hotmail.com> wrote:
Two more points.
I realize that we agreed to put forward three Council representatives, however, I am rethinking the practicality of that... The BC does want to provide a name abut we appreciate that other constituencies will as well.
Then the question that comes to mind (at least to mine) is to ask if the purpose here is to represent individual constituency (interests) (in which care it's just fair that every constituency be represented, if it will), or to have individuals that are IDN-"conversant" representing the two SOs.
In fact, I have an even deeper confusion... The wording of the Decision 4 lets me think that there is a first WG (of IDN "conversant" indididuals, I assume Council members, the number of which is not determined by the Decision 4), then that WG will, among other things, form a sub-working group, "a joint GNSO/ccNSO working group" 3+3... And supposedly, we are now volunteering for the latter, to represent the GNSO, am I correct? Or are we still to form the first WG whose size is formally unknown to date?
BTW, a suggestion: could we please have at the GNSO's front page, a link to all the temporary or non statutorial groups - working groups, TFs, (advisory) committees, focus groups, etc. etc. I must confess I'm incapabable to tell how many of those we have running currently (even after consulting the web site), and it's embarrassing.
Mawaki --
Decision 4: That the GNSO Council forms a GNSO working group of volunteers, conversant with the IDN issues raised in the IDN issues report. The purpose of the working group would be to:
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(5) select three representatives to interact with the three ccNSO representatives to form a separate joint GNSO/ccNSO working group to:
(5.1) agree on the priority issues and determine whether to examine the issues as a single "joint" PDP, or as two separate PDPs
(5.2) provide a report to the GNSO and ccNSO Councils with recommendations for terms of reference of one or more PDPs, and the mechanisms for coordination with other parts of ICANN The group would aim to have recommendations completed by the end of July 2006.