Hello All, In response to the request from Niklas Lagergren below:

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The IP constituency is currently looking at appropriate ways to contribute to the work of the 3 Whois task forces in an efficient manner. In this context, it is our view that nominating only one representative to each TF would result in excessive work-load for each chosen person.

There are a couple of approaches that the council may consider: (1) Decide to appoint 2 or 3 or more representatives per constituency on each task force, with each rep participating fully. The issue will be whether each constituency can find the available people to ensure equity of participation across all constituencies. This will require a formal council resolution. (2) Allow a constituency to appoint a representative and alternate representatives on a task force. The alternates could be added to the task force mailing list, and listen in on all task force calls, but for any given call there would be a primary representative to represent the views of the constituency. This allows some more flexibility - in that some constituencies may wish to appoint say 1 representative and 3 alternates, and other constituencies may wish to appoint just one primary representative. Personally I think it is preferable that for each task force there is a dedicated person from each constituency with responsibility for collecting the constituencies views with respect to the task force. However it would seem sensible to allow such dedicated reps to participate in the other related task forces as alternates. Anyway just some ideas for consideration. The issue can be discussed further in the call this week. Regards, Bruce Tonkin Speaking personally