Dear colleagues, Please see the draft documents and motion attached which the council shall approve on 18 Feb by simple majority support from each house. I'd like to encourage you to - Ask questions and make comments as soon as possible so that anything that is not clear, can be clarified quickly - Make any proposed amendments to the motion as soon as possible so that they can be discussed prior to the meeting on the 18th The good news is that the process needing approval on 18 February only affects the first AoC review, i.e., endorsements for the 2010 Accountability & Transparency RT. We have more time to develop a process for subsequent reviews. Thanks in advance Wolf-Ulrich -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von William Drake Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2010 19:20 An: GNSO Council List Betreff: [council] Motion on the Proposed Process for GNSO Endorsement of Nominees to the AoC Accountability and Transparency RT Hello, Please see two documents attached. I hereby make the following motion: WHEREAS, in furtherance of ICANN's responsibilities under the Affirmation of Commitments, applicants are being sought to volunteer to serve on the review team for Accountability and Transparency <link to http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03feb10-en.htm >; WHEREAS, the Accountability and Transparency review team will include members endorsed by the GNSO in its efforts; WHEREAS, the GNSO Council desires to adopt a one-time process to provide endorsements for applicants to serve on the first Accountability and Transparency review; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, that the Endorsement Process described in the attached document <link to final draft> is hereby approved ; RESOLVED FURTHER, that each Stakeholder Group and the GNSO Council Nominating Committee appointees should immediately commence their selection processes in accordance with the Endorsement Process; RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to post and distribute the Endorsement Process as widely as possible to all GNSO related groups in an effort to inform qualified applicants of the important work of the Accountability and Transparency review team; RESOLVED FURTHER, the Council shall form an Evaluation Team made up of one Councilor from each SG plus one Nominating Committee Appointee in its meeting on 18 February to assess the responses and report to the Council list not later than 25 February; RESOLVED FURTHER, ICANN Staff is directed to schedule a Special Council Teleconference call on 26 February at a time that maximizes Councilor participation for the purpose of finalizing GNSO endorsements; RESOLVED FURTHER, the Affirmation of Commitments Review Drafting Team is requested to continue its work to develop a longer-term process for Council consideration in April.