Dear All, As we had a number of new members joining the Working Group over the last few days, we thought it might be helpful to remind everyone of the following principles as outlined in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines: · WG members are expected to review and familiarize themselves with the discussions to date as well as any related materials (see https://community.icann.org/x/C4xlAw for all meetings to date and https://community.icann.org/x/QIxlAw for all background documents). Most importantly, please make sure that you have reviewed the WG’s charter and any documents referenced in the charter: https://community.icann.org/x/E4xlAw. Also familiarize yourself with all WG output documents produced to date: https://community.icann.org/x/p4xlAw<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_p4xlAw&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=7_PQAir-9nJQ2uB2cWiTDDDo5Hfy5HL9rSTe65iXLVM&m=EZKbP5BANcAkOBNv34XwdAenBeGKv7OlWKF6Avm8T3U&s=Ku_PUL5qyd1n3cOXKruXXtQZSvmJKTpnk1l_P6zTkbQ&e=>, especially the KeyConceptsDeliberation-WorkingDraft now being developed through deliberation on fundamental requirements for RDS. · Members are expected to participate faithfully in the WG’s process (e.g., attending meetings, providing input OR monitoring discussions) and should formally withdraw if they find that they can no longer meet this expectation. To change your status to observer or from observer to member, please contact gnso-secs@icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org>. · WG members should be mindful that, once input/comment periods have been closed, discussions or decisions should not be resurrected unless there is group consensus that the issue should be revisited in light of new information that has been introduced. · Please familiarize yourself with ICANN’s expected standards of behavior: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expected-standards-2016-06-28-en as well as the statement on respectful communication and behavior (see https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/respectful-communication-2012-02-25-en). Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to follow up with staff off-list (marika.konings@icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org>, lisa@corecom.com<mailto:lisa@corecom.com>, and/or amr.elsadr@icann.org<mailto:amr.elsadr@icann.org>). Also, for any administrative or call related questions, please contact the GNSO Secretariat at gnso-secs@icann.org<mailto:gnso-secs@icann.org>. For those that have not done so yet, please remember to complete / keep up to date your Statement of Interest. Best regards, Marika Marika Konings Vice President, Policy Development Support – GNSO, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: marika.konings@icann.org<mailto:marika.konings@icann.org> Follow the GNSO via Twitter @ICANN_GNSO Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<http://learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<http://gnso.icann.org/sites/gnso.icann.org/files/gnso/presentations/policy-e...>.