Hello All, Dr Liz Williams has prepared the following list of questions to gather information for the GNSO review next year. Please feel free to discuss with your constituencies and let Liz know whether additional questions should be asked, or whether these questions are difficult to answer or in the wrong format. Regards, Bruce Tonkin 1. Representativeness Please provide answers to the following questions. 1.1. Provide a copy of the Constituency Charter 1.2. Provide a copy of the Statement of Operating Procedures 1.3. Provide a full list of current (2005) and past (2002-2004) constituency members 1.4. Provide a statement which identifies membership fees and any membership conditions 1.5. Provide a statement of how often the constituency meets; by which method (face to face or teleconference); how minutes are produced; and whether those minutes are publicly available 1.6. Provide a statement which sets out how constituency positions are reached and the voting methods within the constituency (include whether there are weighted voting patterns) 1.7. Fill out the following tables to show demographic statistics on the basis of the full list of constituency members # of Members % of Members Africa Asia/Australia/Pacific Europe Latin America/Caribbean Islands North America Total: Gender Distribution of Members Gender Distribution of Council Reps Male Female 2. Effectiveness Please provide answers to the following questions. 2.1. Provide a statement showing how the constituency gathers opinions about policy development processes include in particular, how the constituency develops position statements on policy issues 2.2. Provide a statement showing how many issues papers or position papers the constituency has issued since 2003 2.3. How long does it take before GNSO Councillors are presented with a constituency position to give to the GNSO Council 3. Transparency Please provide answers to the following questions. 3.1. Describe the constituency election procedures. For example, how nominations are called for and seconded; how elections are run (on-line or physical meetings) 3.2. Document the candidates for each election and their geographic regions include Nominating Committee representatives) 3.3. Show whether the election results are publicly available