Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] RE: Welcome to the Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support

[Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Everyone,

First Thank you for joining this WG, I  am really glad to see many people
involved,
anyway, after the first conf call, we will continue the discussion in this
list.
see you in Thursday,

Best Regards

Rafik


2010/4/27 Olof Nordling <olof.nordling@xxxxxxxxx>

>  Dear all,
>
> As of today, we have received apologies for the planned first call on
> Thursday from 7 out of 19 on the mailing list (not counting staff). So,
> foreseen attendance reduced by a third, but not a clear show-stopper.
> Conferring with Rafik, we have decided to go ahead with the first call as
> planned, at the very least to get some admin matters and planning under way.
> More will follow on the list – and talk to many of you on Thursday!
>
>
>
> Very best regards
>
>
>
> Olof
>
>
>
> *From:* Olof Nordling
> *Sent:* Monday, April 26, 2010 5:08 PM
> *To:* 'soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx'
> *Subject:* Welcome to the Joint SO/AC WG on New gTLD Applicant Support
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> A warm welcome to this Working Group* – and thanks for signing up! Together
> with Glen de Saint Géry, I will provide ICANN staff support for the WG,
> which will initially be chaired by Rafik Dammak who is also the GNSO Council
> liaison to the WG. Election of a chair for the WG will be one of its early
> tasks, so please give that aspect some thought already now.
>
>
>
> In view of the ambitious objectives, to have an outcome ready well before
> the ICANN meeting in Brussels in June, we need to have a first conference
> call really soon. The plan is to have the first call already this upcoming
> *Thursday 29 April at 11.00 UTC*! Please notify me (
> olof.nordling@xxxxxxxxx)  and Glen (gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxx)  right
> away if this time doesn’t work for you – if foreseen attendance is low, we
> will set up a doodle and defer the call to the following week.
>
>
>
> You will receive dial-in details, call agenda etc separately before the
> call. As a background, you may wish to (re-)read the following, including
> the links: In Nairobi, the ICANN Board invited the community to suggest
> suitable ways to provide support for New gTLD applicants, see
> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20 . The GNSO
> Council has since resolved to launch a Working Group to address this matter,
> see http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201004 , inviting all interested
> ICANN SOs and ACs to join in the effort. The work is planned to commence in
> late April and to conclude in time before the ICANN meeting in Brussels in
> June this year.
>
>
>
> Looking forward to working together with all of you!
>
>
>
> Very best regards
>
>
>
> Olof
>
>
>
> *  With a full name for the WG as long as it is, and with an
> unpronounceable mailing list name, the suggestion is to call it “JAS WG” for
> short, unless there are objections (OK, JAS means coat in Dutch and a
> fighter aircraft in Swedish, but the confusion risk is low;-)
>
>
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