[gnso-contactinfo-pdp-wg] Re: GNSO Council Confirmation of Co-Chairs

["Dillon, Chris" <c.dillon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Julie,

Thank you for the update.

My instinct is to ask Rudi to give an update on 27 Feb. - are you happy with 
that, Rudi?

Regards,

Chris.
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On 22 Jan 2014, at 18:45, Julie Hedlund 
<julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:julie.hedlund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Dear Chris, Rudi, and PDP WG Members,

Per the Working Group Guidelines the Chairs of Working Groups must be confirmed 
by their Chartering Organization — in this case the GNSO Council.  
Specifically, the Guidelines say, "Once selected, a Working Group Chair will 
need to be confirmed by the Chartering Organization (CO). The newly elected 
Chair will act on a provisional basis until the Chartering Organization has 
confirmed the appointment. If there are any objections to the selected Chair, 
the CO will conduct a vote to establish whether there is sufficient support for 
the selected Chair according to the voting procedures of the CO. If not, the 
Working Group will be requested to reconsider their choice for Chair and return 
to the CO with a new proposal."

The usual procedure is to include the confirmation of chairs as an item on the 
consent agenda of a GNSO Council meeting, which means that it is not subject to 
a vote unless there is an objection.  Accordingly, the confirmation of Chris 
and Rudi as Co-Chairs has been added to the consent agenda for the Council 
meeting to be held tomorrow, 23 January.

Please note that if the Co-Chairs would like updates on the work of the PDP WG 
to be provided to the Council, per the Working Group Guidelines the PDP WG 
Liaison to the Council (in this case Ching Chao) will provide them if 
requested, either via email or during a Council meeting.  Although it is too 
late to get an update on the agenda for tomorrow's Council meeting, the PDP WG 
may consider whether to ask Ching to provide an update during the Council 
meeting on 27 February, or if preferable, via email to the Council list.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to talking to 
you tomorrow.

Best regards,

Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director