RE: [gnso-irtpd] First WG Meeting - IRTP Part D PDP

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

James, you took all of the fun out of it. I was 
going to take the opportunity of Michele's absence to suggest that he be chair!
Alan

At 19/02/2013 08:51 AM, James M. Bladel wrote:
> Thanks, Lars.
>
> And to new friends and old colleagues (from IRTP 
> A - C), I would gladly offer to serve as chair 
> again for this PDP WG.  But will also happily 
> step aside if there other interested candidates.
> Thanks--
>
> J.
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [gnso-irtpd] First WG Meeting - IRTP Part D PDP
> From: Lars HOFFMANN <<mailto:Lars.hoffmann@xxxxxxxxx>Lars.hoffmann@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, February 19, 2013 3:40 am
> To: 
> "<mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx" 
> <<mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you again for joining the IRTP Part D 
> Working Group and for participating in the 
> doodle. The poll was a real nail-biter. We have 
> decided to schedule the weekly calls for Mondays 
> 16.00 UCT as this was the first of the preferred 
> times. I hope that even those who indicated that 
> this time does not suit them will be able to 
> join the calls as frequently as their other 
> commitments may permit. Of course we can always 
> review the meeting time if/when necessary.
> Please note that there will be three weeks in 
> which, due to day-light saving, the time 
> difference between the North America and Europe 
> will be out of synch as North America 'springs 
> forward' on 10 March and Europe on 31 March. 
> Judging by the doodle, it might be easiest if we 
> maintain 16.00 UTC for the meetings of 11, 18, 
> 25 March. The North American meeting times will 
> thus change in those three weeks to 9am PST and 
> 12 noon EST – as of 1 April we will adjust to 
> 15.00 UCT meaning that all goes back to as it 
> was (8am PST and 11am EST). I realize this might 
> be rather confusing and I will maker sure to 
> send out reminder emails with the various local times for those three weeks.
>
> As no GNSO Council liaison has been appointed 
> yet for this group to take the lead for this 
> first meeting, I've taken the liberty to put 
> together a proposed agenda for the first 
> meeting, based on the requirements outlined in 
> the GNSO Working Group Guidelines:
> Proposed Agenda – IRTP Part D WWorking Group Meeting
> Roll Call / Statements of Interest
> Introductions – members of the WG are invited 
> tto share information regarding interests, 
> backgrounds, skills, experience especially as 
> related to any requirements in the Charter
> Principles of transparency and openness
> Election of WG Leaders – Normallly a Chair will 
> be selected at the first meeting of the WG. A 
> Working Group may elect to have co-chars, 
> vice-chairs. Once selected, the Working Group 
> Chair will need to be confirmed by the GNSO Council.
> Items for review: WG Charter, Working Group 
> Guidelines, IRTP Part D Issue Report, GNSO Policy Development Process
> Development of work plan: it is required that 
> WGs develop a work plan that outlines the 
> necessary steps and expected timing in order to 
> achieve the milestones set out in the WG Charter
> Confirmation of next meeting / next steps
> 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.
> In addition, you will find attached the GNSP 
> guidelines for Working Groups  and in this 
> context please also see this link to the PDP 
> process 
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/basics/pdp-process.htm>http://gnso.icann.org/en/basics/pdp-process.htm. 
> For those less familiar with the Policy you 
> might find the training session useful that 
> James provided for the previous IRTP Part 
> C, 
> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/meetings/presentation-irtp-c-training-29nov11-en.pdf>Powerpoint, 
> <http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/transcript-irtp-c-training-29nov11-en.pdf>Transcript 
> and 
> <http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-irtp-c-training-20111129-en.mp3>MP3-Recording 
> are all available online.
> Do note that this script does not include any of 
> the changes that have been recently adopted and 
> which are in the process of being implemented. 
> The attachment and all other links as well as 
> additional recommended materials can be found here on the Group's Wiki Page:
> <https://community.icann.org/display/ITPIPDWG/1.+WG+Meetings>https://community.icann.org/display/ITPIPDWG/1.+WG+Meetings
>
> If you have any comments or questions, please let me know.
>
> With best wishes,
> Lars