Dear all, To be clear about the Statements of Interest (SOI), procedurally, following roll call, the Chair of all working groups is to confirm that all members have submitted an SOI in the first instance; each meeting thereafter, the Chair is to ask if anyone has made any changes to their SOIs between meetings/calls. The purpose of this is to enable an open and transparent process whereby anyone can review a working group member's SOI and know exactly for whom they are speaking, i.e., their company, their client, or themselves. Hope this helps clarify your question Rubens. Unfortunately, like Michele, I too will be absent from the first call, but will catch up via transcript. Kind regards, RA Ron Andruff ONR Consulting, Inc. <http://www.ICANNSherpa.com> www.ICANNSherpa.com From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Michele Neylon - Blacknight Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 08:01 To: Rubens Kuhl; gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Agenda for First Meeting of the Discussion Group for New gTLD Subsequent Rounds Everyone should have an SOI If they don't have one setting one up is not hard .. I'd also respectfully suggest that any election / choice of DG leaders be deferred I suspect that the group's make up will change between now and September as people come back from holidays etc and become aware of the group's existence Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.co/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://www.technology.ie Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Twitter: http://twitter.com/mneylon ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 From: gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org <mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 12:13 AM To: gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org <mailto:gnso-newgtld-dg@icann.org> Subject: Re: [Gnso-newgtld-dg] Agenda for First Meeting of the Discussion Group for New gTLD Subsequent Rounds be of an introductory nature. The proposed agenda is: * Roll Call / Statements of Interest Suggestion: only reading SoI for people that do not have GNSO SOIs (or have updates to), to shorten up this part. * Applicability of ICANN principles of transparency and openness * Items for initial review - GNSO Resolution forming this group, GNSO Working Group Guidelines, GNSO Policy Development Process (to serve as a reference point for the DG) * Discussion of Work Plan - Review of Interim Chair's Draft Work Plan and discussion of alternatives and tools for completing work * Election of DG Leaders - The DG may elect to have co-chairs or vice-chairs. Once selected, the DG Chair(s) will need to be confirmed by the GNSO Council. May I suggest that no attempt to see vice-chairs as representation of that constituency in the group ? It's so much simpler to have 2 (either chair/vice-chair, co-chair/co-chair, chair/alternate chair) leaders instead of a complex structure... since *-chairs only have coordination but no definition role, it's of no use to see too much into the roles. Rubens