Dear All, At the GNSO Council meeting on 17 July, the Council agreed to form a drafting team in response to the ICANN Board request on ICANN Geographic Regions. The drafting group mailing list address is: <Gnso-geo-dg@icann.org> With public archives at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-geo-dg/ The group is open to Councillors, constituency members and interested community participants. Chuck Gomes, Olga Cavalli and Philip Sheppard have volunteered to be on the drafting team. Please let me know whether you would like to join this drafting team with Rob Hoggarth as staff support by Thursday 31 July so that we can identify a regular meeting schedule. Background Document Links Regarding ICANN Geographic Region and the Board's Request for SO and AC Comments: Minutes of ICANN Board 16 July 2000 Containing Resolution 00.64 Adopting Geographic Regions Structure (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-16jul00.htm>) ICANN GAC Communique Advising That International Norms Be Used For ICANN Geographic Regions (<http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/communique-14jul00.htm>) Minutes of Montreal meeting (June 2003). Reaffirmation of ICANNs Geographic Regions (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/ minutes-26jun03.htm>) United Nations Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, revised 31 January 2008 (<http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm>) Regions Working Group Draft Report for Submission to ICANN Board for Public Consultation (<http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08aug07.htm>) ICANN Geographical Regions Final Report by the ccNSO Regions Working Group For Submission to the ICANN Board (<http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-final-report-regions-wg-240907.pd... >) ICANN Board Resolution (07.92), 2 November 2007 (<http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-02nov07.htm - _Toc55609368>) Thank you. Kind regards Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org