[gnso-arr-dt] Action

["Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Message to GNSO SG Chairs, Constituency Leaders and NomCom Appointees
 
As I communicated yesterday, a GNSO Council motion has been made and seconded 
for action on 18 February to approve a plan whereby the GNSO may endorse up to 
six volunteers for the 2010 Affirmation of Commitments Accountability and 
Transparency Review Team. Please note that one of the resolutions in that 
motion is as follows:
 
"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"
 
It is possible that amendments to the motion could change or eliminate this 
part of the motion, but we will not know until 18 February.  If this resolution 
remains in the motion, the Council will have to form an Evaluation Team in that 
same meeting.  To make this possible, I request that each SG and the NCAs 
decide in advance of 18 February who their representative on the Evaluation 
Team will be and notify Glen and myself before the Council meeting.
 
Note that the Evaluation Team (ET) would have a short lived tenure.  The ET 
would need to start organizing its work right away after the Council meeting on 
the 18th to prepare for review of applications from volunteers seeking GNSO 
Council endorsement for the 2010 AoC Accountability & Transparency Review Team. 
 Applications could be received from 18 February to 23 February.  The deadline 
for submitting applications to ICANN is 22 February.  The ET will need to 
review and analyze applications and prepare a report to the Council not later 
than 25 February and possibly not later than 24 February.  So ET members will 
have a short but busy one week assignment.
 
Please ensure that the Councilors are informed in advance of the 18 February 
Council meeting who will represent your SG or the NCAs as applicable.
 
Thanks, Chuck