Hello Mawaki,

I have also understood that each constituency could send up to 3 delegates to the meeting - is that correct?

The committee of the whole effectively results in a total of 3 Council members per constituency, plus the 3 Council members appointed by the nominating committee. To ensure that all constituencies are fairly represented at the physical meeting it was agreed that where a Council member from a constituency cannot attend, they may appoint another representative to participate. Note that the committee still formally reports to the Council, and the formal procedures of the Council with respect to voting apply before any policy is presented to the ICANN Board. Outside of this, a person could attend as an observer - but I think that space will be limited. The intent is to record the meeting in MP3 format as we do for Council meetings, and make that available for the GNSO community is general. In general the number of participants in task forces and committees are determined by the Council and have varied from time to time. From section 5(a) of Annex A of the bylaws: "The Council may increase the number of Representatives per constituency that may sit on a task force in its discretion in circumstances that it deems necessary or appropriate." Regards, Bruce Tonkin