[gnso-policyimpl-wg] Welcome to the Policy & Implementation Working Group

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,



Thank you for joining the Policy & Implementation Working Group. As a reminder, 
this WG has been tasked by the GNSO Council to develop:



1.     A set of principles that would underpin any GNSO policy and 
implementation related discussions, taking into account existing GNSO Operating 
Procedures.

2.     A process for developing gTLD policy, perhaps in the form of "Policy 
Guidance", including criteria for when it would be appropriate to use such a 
process (for developing policy other than "Consensus Policy") instead of a GNSO 
Policy Development Process;

3.     A framework for implementation related discussions associated with GNSO 
Policy Recommendations;

4.     Criteria to be used to determine when an action should be addressed by a 
policy process and when it should be considered implementation, and;

5.     Further guidance on how GNSO Implementation Review Teams, as defined in 
the PDP Manual, are expected to function and operate.



For further details on the charter, please see

http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf.



In order to facilitate the scheduling of a first meeting of the WG, please 
complete the following doodle poll: http://www.doodle.com/s8g2pk4xk7ag42wa. 
We¹ll be looking at finding a weekly time for the WGs meeting, so please fill 
in the doodle poll with that in mind (you may note in the comment section if 
you cannot make a specific time / date only for the first meeting).

In preparation for the first meeting, please take a moment to review the 
relevant background documents, including the charter, which have been

posted on the WG workspace (see https://community.icann.org/x/y1V-Ag).

Although I am the Interim Chair of the Working Group as the GNSO Council 
Liaison and fully intend to participate, I do not expect or desire to serve as 
the permanent chair.  As the election of a WG Chair is expected to take place 
during the first meeting, volunteers are encouraged to express their interest 
ahead of the meeting.  Some people have expressed an interest to me personally 
in wanting to serve as the chair, but please make your intentions known to the 
group as soon as possible.



We'll be using Adobe Connect to facilitate the meeting. For those of you using 
Adobe Connect for the first time, please find a short introduction

video here: https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a227210/participatemeeting/.



If you have any comments or questions, please let me know.



With best regards,
Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs
46000 Center Oak Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166
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