Re: [council] Regarding Observers

["Sophia B" <sophiabekele@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce and All,

Thank you.  I appreciate the decision from you and everyone else's support.


In fact, since I joined ICANN, I have *never seen a Council that was more
united on this issue than any other*.   Afterall, I believe, the whole the
membership issue started none other than, a result of the people I was
trying to bring to the GNSO Council and then the IDN WG, as the people as
already mentioned in their direct email to you.

Unfortunately, only 2 weeks are left for us to  provide a useful debate,
however, I guarantee you that there would not be any disruption or
misbehaviour with these group I have known for a while.  On the contrary, *we
will all benefit from the transfer of knowledge and ICANN in its membership
goals.*


> So I encourage working groups to move forward on the following basis
> > with respect to allowing "observers", who are not GNSO constituency
> > members
By this email, I presume it would be ok to forge forward and notify 'my
outreach' who are interested to join IDN WG.  I shall forward your email as
instruction to them on the modalities to be followed.

Thanks everyone for your strong support!!!
Sophia

On 02/03/07, Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have had no objections to the notice posted on the Council list at:
> http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg03251.html
>
> There have been some suggested refinements on the Council mailing list
> to deal with potential problems.  At the next Council meeting I will ask
> the Council to formally endorse a policy on observers in working groups.
> As the working groups are on a tight time-line, I don't want to hold up
> the spirit of the support I have received from many of the GNSO Council
> members for allowing more participation in working groups.
>
> So I encourage working groups to move forward on the following basis
> with respect to allowing "observers", who are not GNSO constituency
> members.
>
>
> "Observers: Observers shall not be members of or entitled to vote on the
> working group, but otherwise shall be entitled to participate on equal
> footing with members of the working group.   In particular observers
> will be able to join the mailing list, and attend teleconferences or
> physical meetings."
>
> To guard against some of the behaviour that can occur with unregulated
> mailing lists, observers must provide their real name, organisation (if
> associated with an organisation) and contact details to the GNSO
> secretariat, and the GNSO secretariat will verify at least their email
> address and phone contact information.   Observers will also be
> requested to provide a public statement of interest, as for working
> group members.
>
> Where a person joins an already established working group, this will be
> on the basis that it is their responsibility to read the existing
> documents, listen to teleconference recordings, and read the mailing
> list discussions before commenting on topics that have already been
> dealt with by the working group.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin