Note that I just sent this message. I would appreciate it if all Councilors would work within your groups to make sure that this request is fulfilled.

Thanks, Chuck

Message to GNSO SG Chairs, Constituency Leaders and NomCom Appointees

As I communicated yesterday, a GNSO Council motion has been made and seconded for action on 18 February to approve a plan whereby the GNSO may endorse up to six volunteers for the 2010 Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and Transparency Review Team. Please note that one of the resolutions in that motion is as follows:

"RESOLVED FURTHER, the Council shall form an Evaluation Team made up of one Councilor from each SG plus one Nominating Committee Appointee in its meeting on 18 February to assess the responses and report to the Council list not later than 25 February"

It is possible that amendments to the motion could change or eliminate this part of the motion, but we will not know until 18 February. If this resolution remains in the motion, the Council will have to form an Evaluation Team in that same meeting. To make this possible, I request that each SG and the NCAs decide in advance of 18 February who their representative on the Evaluation Team will be and notify Glen and myself before the Council meeting.

Note that the Evaluation Team (ET) would have a short lived tenure. The ET would need to start organizing its work right away after the Council meeting on the 18th to prepare for review of applications from volunteers seeking GNSO Council endorsement for the 2010 AoC Accountability & Transparency Review Team. Applications could be received from 18 February to 23 February. The deadline for submitting applications to ICANN is 22 February. The ET will need to review and analyze applications and prepare a report to the Council not later than 25 February and possibly not later than 24 February. So ET members will have a short but busy one week assignment.

Please ensure that the Councilors are informed in advance of the 18 February Council meeting who will represent your SG or the NCAs as applicable.

Thanks, Chuck