Hello again – yes, WG membership is not limited to those who are members of an SO, AC, SG or Constituency; the only limitation (such as it is) is that it must be a “real person”. 

More broadly, the WG Guidelines note that a WG should ideally "mirror the diversity and representativeness of the community". The WG Chair(s) have the responsibility of continually assessing whether the WG has sufficiently broad representation or, conversely, "over-representation to the point of capture”.

Cheers
Mary
Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Email: mary.wong@icann.org
Telephone: +1-603-5744889


From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 09:49
To: Mary Wong <mary.wong@icann.org>, "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: RE: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

Just to clarify, interested persons who are not members of an SO or AC are free to volunteer as well, correct?

 

I expect that this WG may draw interest from individuals in the trademark and domain investment communities, as well as other sectors, who do not regularly participate in ICANN activities.

 

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal

Virtualaw LLC

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From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mary Wong
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 7:39 PM
To: council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

 

Hello Phil and everyone,

 

We will be setting up the requisite mailing lists and drafting the Call for Volunteers this week. As Marika noted, we plan to publish the Call for Volunteers well before the 21-day deadline and will be coordinating with Phil (as Council liaison and interim WG chair) to hold the first meeting of the WG about 3 weeks following that. We currently anticipate publishing the Call for Volunteers by the end of this week, which will mean that the first WG meeting can take place as early as the week of 11 April.

 

We hope that interested community members with different types of relevant expertise will join the WG. A with all GNSO WGs, however, anyone is free to sign up to participate (either as a member or observer) throughout the duration of the work as well.

 

Cheers

Mary

 

Mary Wong

Senior Policy Director

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Telephone: +1-603-5744889

 

 

From: <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>
Date: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 17:31
To: Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: RE: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

 

Ok, thanks again.

 

So if the call for volunteers is issued in the last week of March, then the first WG call should take place in the latter half of April.

 

Much appreciated

 

 

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal

Virtualaw LLC

1155 F Street, NW

Suite 1050

Washington, DC 20004

202-559-8597/Direct

202-559-8750/Fax

202-255-6172/Cell

 

Twitter: @VlawDC

 

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

 

From: Marika Konings [mailto:marika.konings@icann.org]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 5:29 PM
To: Phil Corwin; council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

 

Looking at recent WGs, the first WG call is typically scheduled 3-4 weeks after the launch of the call for volunteers. 

 

Best regards,

 

Marika

 

From: Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>
Date: Monday 14 March 2016 at 15:25
To: Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: RE: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

 

Thanks for that clarification, Marika.

 

For my own information, once the call does go out by no later than March 30th, how much time generally transpires between it and the initial organizational meeting of the WG?

 

Very best,

Philip

 

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal

Virtualaw LLC

1155 F Street, NW

Suite 1050

Washington, DC 20004

202-559-8597/Direct

202-559-8750/Fax

202-255-6172/Cell

 

Twitter: @VlawDC

 

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

 

From: Marika Konings [mailto:marika.konings@icann.org]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 5:21 PM
To: Phil Corwin; council@gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

 

Dear Phil, all, 

 

The timeline in the motion related to when the call for volunteers would be initiated not the duration of the call for volunteers, i.e. the call for volunteers should go out no later than 21 days after the adoption of the motion. I do anticipate that the call for volunteers will go out well before the 21-day deadline and of course, we’ll make sure that sufficient opportunity is provided to interested parties to sign up before the first meeting is scheduled.

 

Best regards,

 

Marika

 

From: <owner-council@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>
Date: Monday 14 March 2016 at 15:08
To: "council@gnso.icann.org" <council@gnso.icann.org>
Subject: [council] Call for Volunteers for RPM/UDRP WG?

 

Fellow Councilors and staff:

 

As GNSO Liaison to and Interim Chair for this new WG, may I inquire when the Call for Volunteers will be sent out? In Marrakech we extended the usual 14-day period to 21 days, but that was 5 days ago.

 

This will be a  highly complex 2-pahse PDP that I expect to consume at least 2-3 years, so we want to amass a group of knowledgeable and dedicated volunteers who understand the time commitment that accompanies engagement with this effort. So it would be best to cast the net as early and wide as possible.

 

Great to see all of you last week.

 

All my best,

Philip

 

 

 

 

 

http://gnso.icann.org/en/news/news-flash-09mar16-en.htm

 

Date: 

 9 March 2016

In Brief

During the face-to-face Council Meeting at ICANN55, the GNSO Council voted – with one opposing vote – to adopt the Charter of the recently initiated PDP to Review all Rights Protections Mechanisms in all generic top-level domains. A call for volunteers will be send out to all GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies within the next two weeks; the same call will also go out to all of ICANN’s Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committees.

Links

http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/rpm-charter-26feb16-en.pdf

 

 

 

Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal

Virtualaw LLC

1155 F Street, NW

Suite 1050

Washington, DC 20004

202-559-8597/Direct

202-559-8750/Fax

202-255-6172/Cell

 

Twitter: @VlawDC

 

"Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey

 

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