From: Steve Crocker [mailto:Steve@shinkuro.com] Sent: 15 April 2015 23:19 To: <jrobinson@afilias.info> Cc: Stephen D. Crocker; Icann-board ICANN; Staff-BrdSupport Subject: Fwd: [ssac] A Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG) to develop a plan for the use of new gTLD auction proceeds Jonathan, This just crossed my desk. I compliment you on the initiative to create a CCWG to develop inputs on the use of the auction funds. The Board has explicitly committed to a full consultation process. Input from the CCWG will be quite welcome, but so will inputs from other sources. The Board has not chartered any group to make decisions about the auction funds, and we plan to proceed very deliberately. We will proceed very shortly with a call for inputs on general ideas and concepts, not specific projects. We make a point of reaching outside the usual ICANN SO and AC structures to include the rest of the Internet community. We will, of course, be glad to mention the CCWG effort as one of the ways for people to be involved. I hope this is consistent with your understanding and expectations. Thanks, Steve Begin forwarded message: Begin forwarded message: From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@icann.org> Subject: A Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG) to develop a plan for the use of new gTLD auction proceeds Date: 14 april 2015 23:42:50 CEST To: "patrik@frobbit.se" <patrik@frobbit.se> Cc: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org>, "jrobinson@afilias.info" <jrobinson@afilias.info>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, "gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org" <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> ICANN SO & AC Chairs Dear All, A Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG) to develop a plan for the use of new gTLD auction proceeds To follow up on my earlier communication of 2 March 2015 in relation to the possible creation of a Cross-Community Working Group (CCWG) to develop a plan for the use of new gTLD auction proceeds, I wanted to inform you that the GNSO Council discussed this topic further during its meeting of 19 March 2015. The Council reviewed the feedback received from all the GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies as well as other Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) (see <http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-recs-responses-19 mar15-en.pdf> http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/new-gtld-auction-proceeds-recs-responses-19m ar15-en.pdf). On the basis of that review, the GNSO Council decided to move forward with the creation of a CCWG by, as a first step, forming a drafting team to develop a proposed charter for such a CCWG, which could then be considered by all SO/ACs interested in participating. As such, I would like to invite your SO/AC to designate one or two members to this drafting team effort. Please note that even if your SO/AC is not intending at this stage to become a chartering organization of the CCWG, if there are members interested to assist in this effort, they are more than welcome. In preparing the charter to address this issue, the Drafting Team is expected to develop the framework under which the future CWG will operate. This includes elements such as the mission, purpose, deliverables, as well as the guidelines for formation, staffing, organization, and overall rules of engagement. Following the completion of the work of the drafting team, the proposed charter for the CCWG will be submitted to all interested SO/ACs for their consideration. Please provide the GNSO Secretariat ( <mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) as soon as possible of with the names of those that are interested to join this drafting team. We intend to kick off the efforts of the drafting team in the week commencing 4th May 2015. Sincerely, Jonathan Robinson Chair, GNSO Council