Dear Jonathan,
The stated deadline of 5 December 2012 for
applications to the ATRT 2 is drawing very close and the number of volunteers
that have applied so far is low, as you can see from the repository at http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/atrt/2/applications
. Accordingly, on Monday 3 December we plan to announce an extension of the
deadline to 14 January 2013. This would defer the subsequent steps as follows:
SO/AC declarations of endorsed candidates by 28 January, selection of the team
by the Selectors around 15 February and a kick-off meeting for the ATRT
2 team in early March.
I hope this change doesn’t cause too much
inconvenience for you or for the GNSO’s planning. I should also add that the
above timeline is in full conformance with the letter of the AoC – a launch of
ATRT 2 in March 2013 is still within the prescribed interval of three years
since the launch of the first ATRT.
I look forward to any questions or comments
you may have regarding this matter.
Very best regards
Olof
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org