Dear WG Members,

It has been quite some time since this group has interacted, so I hope this email finds you all well.

The co-chairs and staff have taken comments received on the previous version of the CCWG Principles document and made some rather significant revisions. Revisions were also made as a result of experiences gained from both the CWG for the IANA transition and CCWG-Accountability. Of note, the following changes have been made:

The current draft has been structured to be centered around the charter, which would be anticipated to govern a CCWG’s scope of work, operating procedures, decision-making, etc.
A draft charter with suggested text is included as an annex within the draft, and although the intention is that future CCWG’s should be able to borrow heavily from the draft charter, they should feel welcome to customize the charter for their specific purposes.
In section 4 of the document, conclusions and open questions have been highlighted One of the noteworthy items is post-closure activities, which is in regards to the implementation of the CCWG recommendations and potential ongoing analyzation of data and metrics to determine if the recommendations/implementation resulted in satisfactory outcomes. Suggested language regarding this topic has been included for your consideration.

We hope that you will have an opportunity to review in advance of a possible WG meeting during the first week of January. If WG members determine that a meeting is desired to discuss the draft, I would remind you that previous meetings for this WG occurred at 15:00 UTC on Thursdays (e.g., a meeting on 7 January 2016 could make sense). We look forward to your comments on the current draft.

Happy holidays everyone.

Best,

Steven Chan
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