As a matter of fact, the group I chaired had many members that are not Councilors, and was open to anyone.  Please see page 33 (Annex 1) of the report. 

Annex 1 - Subscribers to the DT list

The following individuals were signed up to the mailing list [gnso-dt-wg] of the DT ad hoc

group:

ALAC: Alan Greenberg

CBUC: Marilyn Cade, Sarah Deutsch, Phil Lodico, Mike O'Connor, Mike Rodenbaugh

ISPCP: Greg Ruth

IPC: Kristina Rosette, David Steele, Patrick Cain, Laura Mather

Nominating Committee appointees to GNSO Council: Sophia Bekele, Avri Doria

NCUC: Danny Younger

Registrar C: Francesco Cetraro, Mason Cole, Robert Connelly, Paul Diaz, Jeff Eckhaus,

Jothan Frakes, Seth Jacoby, John Kane, Adrian Kinderis, Peter Lamson, Margie Milam, Bill

Mushkin, Jon Nevett, Tim Ruiz, Paul Stahura, Peter Stevenson, Ricardo Vaz Monteiro, Jay

Westerdal

gTLD Registry C: Caroline Greer, Chuck Gomes, David Maher, Ram Mohan, Jeff Neuman

Observers: Rod Rasmussen - APWG

ICANN staff: Patrick Jones, Tim Cole, Olof Nordling, Karen Lentz, Kurt Pritz, Denise Michel,

Glen de Saint-Géry

Thanks,

Mike