[council] Update on staff support and GNSO Council activities

[Liz Gasster <liz.gasster@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

In light of recent changes in staff supporting the GNSO Council, I'd like to 
provide the following summary of selected GNSO Council activities and the 
primary Policy Staff responsible for supporting those activities.  You are 
encouraged to contact the policy staff listed below (all can be reached at 
policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:policy-staff@xxxxxxxxx>) if you have questions 
regarding the activities they are handling:

Implementation of BGC GNSO Improvement recommendations

 *   Policy staff lead - Rob Hoggarth, with several staff supporting
Fast flux PDP

 *   Policy staff lead(s) - Liz Gasster and Marika Konings
Inter-registrar transfers PDPs (denial definitions PDP and Part A Issues Report)

 *   Policy staff lead - Marika Konings (Olof Nordling will be available for 
transition and continuity)
Domain name tasting resolution
Responsibility for implementation now shifts to ICANN's Services staff, with 
ongoing policy support from Rob Hoggarth.  We note the ongoing responsibility 
for monitoring the effectiveness of this PDP, which Rob Hoggarth will 
facilitate.

 *   ICANN Services staff lead - Craig Schwartz
 *   Ongoing Policy staff support - Rob Hoggarth
Whois studies

 *   Policy staff lead - Liz Gasster
New gTLDs
ICANN Services has the lead.

 *   Policy staff lead - Denise Michel
Reserved names for existing gTLDs
ICANN Services has the lead - Patrick Jones

 *   Policy staff lead - Liz Gasster
Absentee voting
Implementation is underway.

 *   Policy staff lead(s) - Liz Gasster and Glen de St. Gery, supported by the 
Office of the General Counsel

I have lead policy staff responsibility for the GNSO.  Please contact me 
directly for any issues not mentioned here, if you have any questions or 
concerns, or if we can be helpful in any way.

Thanks!  Liz Gasster