Thanks Stéphane, in my opinion in particular Rob Hoggarth's allocation is questionnable taking into consideration that he is one of the key ICANN staff relating to the GNSO tasks. I think ICANN should ensure that his performance regarding the GNSO work will not get effected negatively. Kind regards Wolf-Ulrich ________________________________ Von: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Stéphane Van Gelder Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. August 2011 13:54 An: Council GNSO Betreff: [council] Fwd: Joint Applicant Support Working Group additional support staff Councillors, FYI: details of additional resources being directed at the JAS WG. Thanks, Stéphane Envoyé de mon iPhone4 Début du message transféré : Expéditeur: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> Date: 15 août 2011 09:45:50 HAEC Destinataire: Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@gmail.com>, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com> Cc: ALAC EXCOM <alac-excom@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, ICANN AtLarge Staff <staff@atlarge.icann.org>, Karla Valente <karla.valente@icann.org>, Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> Objet: Joint Applicant Support Working Group additional support staff Dear JAS WG Co-Chairs, After having spoken to Rod Beckstrom and an exchange of emails with Kurt Pritz, I am pleased to be able to inform you of additional staff members who will join the JAS WG support team in order to somehow ease the pressure on the current staff and volunteers. Whilst I am well aware that the concept of "man-days" does not always apply, I believe that the additional staff members bring the skills and experience to the JAS table which the writing Team should be able to exploit immediately, especially given the extremely short deadlines which the WG is faced with. I therefore resort to both of you, Carlton and Rafik, to incorporate the new arrivals to the JAS WG as soon as possible, whether by integrating them on the WG calls, the WG post-calls, etc. First, Rob Hoggarth from Policy Development Support will pick up drafting for the final report. Karen Lentz will provide editing assistance. Dan Halloran will join the team to identify and take back legal issues that arise. In making these selections, Rod and Kurt tried to find those individuals that would best ensure the success of the group and I am grateful for them taking the time to study this carefully. In addition, Lynn Lipinski from the ICANN communications staff will remain on the staff support team and undertake the writing of public information about the process as previously agreed. Karla and Seth will also continue to support the team in their current roles. These additions are effective immediately and we expect to see a beneficial effect right away. I gather that current staff for the WG can integrate newcomers ASAP and trust that this will give a bit more oxygen to the current WG members to breathe once in a while. In the meantime, please let me know if there is anything else that the ALAC can do to help to catalyse the production of the JAS Final Report. Kind regards, Olivier Crepin-Leblond ALAC Chair