Re: [gnso-ccwg-dt] FW: [council] Cross community working groups

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

On Mar 3, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

> Thanks Glen,
> 
> Just to help get the group discussion going, allow me to resubmit what Jaime 
> sent to the Council list yesterday on CWGs.
> 
> Initiating discussions as a first kick ahead of the list, I advance and
> restate my opinion.
> 
> Cross Community Working Groups can work well to foster informal
> communication and understanding on specific issues among stakeholders.

Agree

> But formal communication with the Board must be framed so as not to
> undermine SOs and ACs authority.

Agree with the principle as stated, but it's debatable whether this has or 
could happen.

Best

Bill
> 
> 
> 
> Le 3 mars 2011 à 11:32, Glen de Saint Géry a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> A mailing list has been created <Gnso-ccwg-dt@xxxxxxxxx> with public 
>> archives at
>> http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-ccwg-dt/
>> 
>> The following participants who volunteered have been added to the mailing 
>> list:
>> Rosemary Sinclair
>> Wendy Seltzer
>> Bill Drake
>> Jaime Wagner
>> Jeff Neuman
>> Tim Ruiz
>> Jonathan Robinson
>> 
>> Stéphane van Gelder, GNSO chair and Mary Wong have been added as observers 
>> as is the custom to add the chair and vice chairs to all mailing lists.
>> 
>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>> Thank you.
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Glen
>> 
>> Glen de Saint Géry
>> GNSO Secretariat
>> gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://gnso.icann.org
>> 
>> Councillors,
>> 
>> As a reminder, during our previous meeting the subject of CWGs was discussed 
>> and that we had planned to put together a discussion group on this.
>> 
>> So far, volunteers to the group are: Rosemary, Jaime, Bill, Tim, Jonathan, 
>> Jeff and Wendy.
>> 
>> Has the group chosen a leader and if so, could you let the Council know who 
>> that is?
>> 
>> Is it feasible to ask the discussion group to come back with a summary of 
>> discussions and possible positions that the Council could adopt on CWGs 
>> within 2 months?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>