Dear Lise and Jonathan,

On 26/02/2015 18:30, Brenda Brewer wrote:

Action item: Develop list of all DT proposed and templates submitted. 

Action item: Chairs to confirm during next meeting which DT are active and which ones are in the funnel

I am still unclear about how these DTs are being created. The guidelines published on https://community.icann.org/x/pAknAw say the following:

Composition

The proposal for a Design Team must include:

• A lead participant responsible for delivering the work product to the CWG
• A list of potential participants as well as their Statement of Interest (SOI) and qualification for the design team (1 paragraph)

The Design Team Lead is responsible for coordinating the work, updating the CWG at its weekly meetings and most importantly delivering the results.

Unless there are clear requirements to the contrary a Design Team should typically involve [5] participants but not more than [7].

Yet, I do not understand how the "list of potential participants" is put together. Is there a public call for participants? If there isn't then how is someone to know this DT is being created? Indeed, absent a call for participants, I would say we run the risk of creating unbalanced Design Teams. I totally understand the skillsets needed for the Design Teams but when I say "unbalanced", I mean that a group of people wishing to push one particular agenda forward could create a Design Team.

I would therefore appreciate clarification from the Co-Chairs regarding the "list of potential participants".

Kindest regards,

Olivier