James, you took all of the fun out of it. I was going to take the opportunity of Michele's absence to suggest that he be chair! Alan At 19/02/2013 08:51 AM, James M. Bladel wrote:

Thanks, Lars.

And to new friends and old colleagues (from IRTP A - C), I would gladly offer to serve as chair again for this PDP WG. But will also happily step aside if there other interested candidates.

Thanks--

J.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gnso-irtpd] First WG Meeting - IRTP Part D PDP From: Lars HOFFMANN <<mailto:Lars.hoffmann@icann.org>Lars.hoffmann@icann.org> Date: Tue, February 19, 2013 3:40 am To: "<mailto:gnso-irtpd@icann.org>gnso-irtpd@icann.org" <<mailto:gnso-irtpd@icann.org>gnso-irtpd@icann.org>

Dear all,

Thank you again for joining the IRTP Part D Working Group and for participating in the doodle. The poll was a real nail-biter. We have decided to schedule the weekly calls for Mondays 16.00 UCT as this was the first of the preferred times. I hope that even those who indicated that this time does not suit them will be able to join the calls as frequently as their other commitments may permit. Of course we can always review the meeting time if/when necessary.

Please note that there will be three weeks in which, due to day-light saving, the time difference between the North America and Europe will be out of synch as North America 'springs forward' on 10 March and Europe on 31 March. Judging by the doodle, it might be easiest if we maintain 16.00 UTC for the meetings of 11, 18, 25 March. The North American meeting times will thus change in those three weeks to 9am PST and 12 noon EST – as of 1 April we will adjust to 15.00 UCT meaning that all goes back to as it was (8am PST and 11am EST). I realize this might be rather confusing and I will maker sure to send out reminder emails with the various local times for those three weeks.

As no GNSO Council liaison has been appointed yet for this group to take the lead for this first meeting, I've taken the liberty to put together a proposed agenda for the first meeting, based on the requirements outlined in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines:

Proposed Agenda – IRTP Part D WWorking Group Meeting Roll Call / Statements of Interest Introductions – members of the WG are invited tto share information regarding interests, backgrounds, skills, experience especially as related to any requirements in the Charter Principles of transparency and openness Election of WG Leaders – Normallly a Chair will be selected at the first meeting of the WG. A Working Group may elect to have co-chars, vice-chairs. Once selected, the Working Group Chair will need to be confirmed by the GNSO Council. Items for review: WG Charter, Working Group Guidelines, IRTP Part D Issue Report, GNSO Policy Development Process Development of work plan: it is required that WGs develop a work plan that outlines the necessary steps and expected timing in order to achieve the milestones set out in the WG Charter Confirmation of next meeting / next steps As the election of a WG Chair is expected to take place during the first meeting, volunteers are encouraged to express their interest ahead of the meeting.

In addition, you will find attached the GNSP guidelines for Working Groups and in this context please also see this link to the PDP process <http://gnso.icann.org/en/basics/pdp-process.htm>http://gnso.icann.org/en/basics/pdp-process.htm. For those less familiar with the Policy you might find the training session useful that James provided for the previous IRTP Part C, <http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-irtp-c-training-29nov11-en.pdf>Powerpoint, <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-irtp-c-training-29nov11-en.pdf>Transcript and <http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-irtp-c-training-20111129-en.mp3>MP3-Recording are all available online.

Do note that this script does not include any of the changes that have been recently adopted and which are in the process of being implemented. The attachment and all other links as well as additional recommended materials can be found here on the Group's Wiki Page:

<https://community.icann.org/display/ITPIPDWG/1.+WG+Meetings>https://community.icann.org/display/ITPIPDWG/1.+WG+Meetings

If you have any comments or questions, please let me know.

With best wishes, Lars