Many thanks Wolf, And thank-you Maria for taking the initiative on asking for this information. All councillors being as familiar as reasonably possible with these procedures can only help in our effective functioning as a council. The GNSO Website was recently re-developed and is a good resource. I'd encourage all Councillors to keep a close eye on it and to please make any suggestions for improvement. Best wishes, Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben@t-online.de [mailto:Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben@t-online.de] Sent: 26 October 2012 08:28 To: Maria Farrell; Jonathan Robinson Cc: council@gnso.icann.org; gnso-secs@icann.org Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council - Looking ahead from ICANN 45 Dear Maria, please find an appropriate link here: http://gnso.icann.org/en/ongoing-work/procedures.htm Best regards Wolf-Ulrich -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:52:04 +0200 Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council - Looking ahead from ICANN 45 From: Maria Farrell <maria.farrell@gmail.com> To: Jonathan Robinson <jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com> Dear Jonathan, Many thanks to you for this warm welcome. I'm really thrilled to be joining the Council on behalf of the NCSG. Oddly enough, when I was on staff some years ago as GNSO Policy Officer, Glen and I prepared the first formal inductions for new councillors. Back then we focused a lot on then-current substantive policy issues. But now, at least as steep a learning curve is the many processes and procedures that have been developed. To be effective councillors, I think us new people could probably do with equal guidance on the 'how' of policy as well as the 'what'. In that vein, can I ask for a link to the operating procedures to be circulated? All the best, Maria On 25 October 2012 11:53, Jonathan Robinson <jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com [1]> wrote: Dear GNSO Councillors, Its a week since ICANN 45 in Toronto and I would like to take the opportunity to personally update you with a little progress and the development of my thinking in the interim. Together with the Vice Chairs, we took advantage of being in Toronto to meet with the GNSO Policy staff and secretariat. The objective was to discuss and understand key practical interactions and ways of working together to ensure smooth operational functioning of the Council. We met for a little over an hour, had a productive, open discussion and I believe we are all off to a good start. As we commence working together as a new council and begin the terms of our incoming Councillors, I am very keen to extend a very warm welcome to all those who joined us in Toronto. More than that, Id like to make sure we give the incoming Councillors a proper introduction to and induction onto the Council. With this in mind, Ill be writing to them in order to set up at least one meeting. If, from your own experience of joining or working on the Council, you think that there are specific imprtant areas we should cover in an induction, please dont hesitate to let me know. During the course of the election process, we touched on key areas that needed on going, renewed or new attention and Id like to mention these. I think of them as strategic priorities and my list is as follows: 1. Work load management and prioritisation 2. Internal relations and effective working of the Council 3. External relations and effective representation of the Council I am sure most of you will think of other areas that you may wish to see on this list. In any case, I look forward to expanding on points 1-3 above with some practical initiatives. In the meantime, and indeed for the whole of my term as chair of the Council, I will welcome any constructive input and feedback from you. As discussed at various points, my overarching objective is to work with you, the groups you represent and the relevant ICANN staff to ensure that the GNSO Council is effective, seen to be effective and that our work is appreciated and respected. Best wishes, Jonathan Links: ------ [1] mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com