Dear all, Hope this email finds you well. I understand we are all under a lot of pressure due to the forthcoming start of the DNS Abuse PDP and Mumbai meeting, but I would like to share my discomfort as to how the chair selection and PDP communications has been handled so far. As of now, we have had an announcement made on the list on behalf of a preliminary chair. And, as per our understanding, Council leadership has made a request for SSC to make a recommendation of a chair and this recommendation needs to be confirmed by council and hasn't been yet. Therefore, I would like to kindly request that Council leadership informs us of the next steps in this process, especially because I have the following doubts: *1. Will there be a motion confirming Paul as PDP Chair in Mumbai we need to vote on ? 2. How can a preliminary chair host the first meeting of the PDP if he hasn't been formally confirmed on the role ? In this case, shouldn't we ask Staff to chair the first meeting? (im invoking gnso working group guidelines that foresee the possibility of staff performing admin coordination until a chair is appointed) * *3. How can a preliminary chair select his vice-chair if he hasn't been confirmed yet ? * Again, I understand we're all doing our best and my email is by no means a question about Paul's abilities. But the way we have been dealing with this process has been a tad frustrating and I wish we had more information from leadership. Kind regards, Bruna -- *Bruna Martins dos Santos * Policy and Advocacy Manager | WITNESS <https://www.witness.org/> German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/> Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/> Twitter: @boomartins <https://twitter.com/boomartins> // Skype: bruna.martinsantos Email: bruna.mrtns@gmail.com