Maggie, the WG already consists of > 50 volunteers - I don't know how they'll manage it. That's one reason not to recommend your participation. The other one is that - subject to a afformative council motion on April 1st - "the GNSO Council supports the formation of a joint SO/AC working group to respond to the Board's request by developing a sustainable approach to providing support to new gTLD applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDS". If that motion succeeds I'd like to ask you to volunteer for this highly political and emotional work item. We should talk about during our call next Tuesday. Regards Wolf-Ulrich _____ Von: Mansourkia, Magnolia [mailto:maggie.mansourkia@verizon.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 26. März 2010 12:01 An: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich; ispcp@icann.org Betreff: RE: [ispcp] WG: [council] Extended deadline - Call For Volunteers for the Working Group for the Vertical Integration PDP - 31 MARCH Do we need another volunteer from the ISPCP? If so, I can try to work it in to my schedule. _____ From: owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-ispcp@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of KnobenW@telekom.de Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 4:20 AM To: ispcp@icann.org Subject: [ispcp] WG: [council] Extended deadline - Call For Volunteers for the Working Group for the Vertical Integration PDP - 31 MARCH FYI Regards Wolf-Ulrich _____ Von: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von Glen de Saint Géry Gesendet: Donnerstag, 25. März 2010 22:27 An: 'GNSO Council ' Betreff: [council] Extended deadline - Call For Volunteers for the Working Group for the Vertical Integration PDP - 31 MARCH Please note that the co-chairs have decided to extend the deadline for the call for volunteers to participate in the Vertical Integration Policy Development Process Working Group until Wednesday, 31 March at 23:00 UTC. After this date, no newcomers will be able to join the working group. Thank you. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org Dear All, The GNSO Council has initiated a policy development process (PDP) on the topic of Vertical Integration between Registrars and Registries. At its 10 March 2010 meeting, the GNSO Council formed a working group to perform the activities of this PDP, and is now seeking volunteers to serve on the working group. This working group will evaluate and propose policy recommendations for new gTLDs and existing gTLDs on the topic of vertical integration between registries and registrars. The working group expects to define the range of restrictions on vertical separation that are currently in effect, to serve as a baseline to evaluate future proposals. The work will be done an expedited basis, with an expected completion date of 30 June 2010, and will follow the parameters of the charter approved by the GNSO Council for this PDP. If you would like to participate in this working group as a volunteer, kindly respond by email to <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> by Monday, 22 March. You will need to submit your Statement of Interest in order to serve on this working group. The template for the Statement of Interest is described in the GNSO Working Group Guidelines. The working group plans to schedule its first meeting during the week of 22-26 March 2010. At that meeting, the first agenda item will be to select the Chair of the working group. The chair is expected to serve his/her duties in a neutral manner, in accordance with the GNSO Working Group guidelines. Please be prepared to nominate and vote an individual to serve as chair for this working group. For more information on this policy development process, please refer to: Issues Report on Vertical Integration: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf Charter: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-wg-chartered-objectives... Working Group Guidelines: http://gnso.icann.org/en/improvements/proposed-working-group-guidelines-05fe... Best Regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org