Re: [gnso-ppsc-wg] Your feedback requested - Section 6.1.1. Announcement of a Working Group

["S. Subbiah" <subbiah@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seems fair request.

Perhaps we could change

"the following avenues should be explored at a minimum:"

to

"except for extraordinary circumstances, the following avenues should be 
explored at a minimum:"
Subbiah


Marika Konings wrote:

> *6.1.1.   Announcement of a Working Group
> *
> After a decision has been taken to form a Working Group, it is 
> important to circulate a ‘Call For Volunteers’ as widely as possible 
> in order to ensure broad representation and participation in the 
> Working Group. Depending upon the scope of the Working Group and its 
> intended subject matter, the following avenues should be explored at a 
> minimum:
> ·     Publication of announcement on GNSO and/or ICANN web site.
>
> ·     Distribution of announcement to GNSO Stakeholder Groups, 
> Constituencies, and/or other ICANN Supporting Organisations and 
> Advisory Committees.
> Additionally, the WG could consider:
>
> ·     Circulation of announcement to organizations that are considered 
> to have expertise/knowledge/interest in relation to the subject matter 
> of the Working Group.
> Ideally, the ‘Call For Volunteers’ announcement should include the 
> following types of information about the Working Group:  its 
> objective(s), expectations concerning activities and timeframes, links 
> to relevant background information including its charter, details on 
> how to sign up as a participant, and the requirement to submit a 
> Statement of Interest (SOI). In addition, a CO might want to include 
> some statement as to the purpose of the activity, that is, why the 
> effort is being undertaken, its criticality, context, and perceived 
> usefulness to the GNSO. While a WG may not "need to know" these 
> elements in order to complete their tasks, it could help in 
> recruitment and sense of purpose.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Comments:
> *
> INTA: While there is language in this subsection recognizing the 
> importance of circulating the “Call for Volunteers” as widely as 
> possible, the subsection goes on to state that publication on the GNSO 
> and/or ICANN site, and the distribution to stakeholder groups, etc. 
> “should be explored…depending upon the scope of the Working Group and 
> its intended subject matter.”
> The Committee recommends that:
>
> · Publication and distribution be required as the default rule, 
> subject to exceptions only in extraordinary circumstances.