Dear all, As agreed on the Working Group (WG) call earlier today, nominations are now open for candidates to be Co-Chairs of this WG. As discussed, the complexity and nature of the work means that having more than one co-chair would likely ensure greater fairness and diversity in representation in the WG leadership, and allow for more effective and efficient management of the WG workload and meetings. Please therefore nominate a WG member or members for the two co-chair positions by sending your nominations to this mailing list by Friday 22 August 2014. You may nominate another WG member(s) or self-nominate. Two nominations have been received so far: Petter Rindforth (IPC) and Mason Cole (Registries SG). Please also find below the "action items² that staff noted from our call today: For ICANN staff: 1. Send Doodle poll to schedule the next WG meeting for early September (note: the WG will likely hold weekly meetings of one hour each, with longer meetings when warranted) 2. Provide update on current status of prior IGO-INGO PDP recommendations and Board/GAC/GNSO discussions (staff will send an update to this mailing list within the next week) 3. Invite WIPO and the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) to make brief presentations on the UDRP and URS to the WG 4. Invite interested IGOs and INGOs to provide information/make a presentation to the WG on their experiences/problems with using the UDRP and URS 5. Prepare a chart/grouping of all the Charter questions, to form the basis of a draft Work Plan 6. Compile list (starting with George¹s initial suggestions) of possible resources for WG data gathering and research, to be posted to the WG¹s wiki space For WG members: 1. Nominate candidates for co-chairs (see above) 2. Familiarize yourself with the WG Charter, GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP), WG Guidelines and other background information; these can all be found on the WG wiki space: https://community.icann.org/x/37rhAg (note that all the MP3 recordings, public Adobe Connect chat history and meeting transcripts will also be posted to the wiki after each call) 3. Respond to the Doodle poll for the next meeting, when this is sent 4. Identify expertise/contacts for any of the WG Charter topics (per Petter¹s last email to the list) Thank you all for joining the call today. For those who were not able to make the call, or who are just now joining our WG, welcome! Cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong@icann.org