[council] Call for participation in the Affirmation Reviews Requirements Drafting Team

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is a call for participation in the drafting team to discuss the 
Affirmation Reviews Requirements.

At the GNSO Council meeting on Thursday, 7 January, it was agreed that the 
Council provide comments to the discussion draft that addresses the 
requirements and implementation processes for the reviews called for in the 
Affirmation of Commitments.
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#affrev
(See below for full text)


-          The drafting team is to select a lead person for coordination 
purposes

-          Suggestions to be provided to the Council for discussion at the 
Council meeting on 28 January 2010

-          Drafting team should provide first draft within a week  - 14 January 
2010

-          Mailing list  gnso-arr-dt@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso-arr-dt@xxxxxxxxx> 
(arr = Affirmation Reviews Requirements; dt=drafting team)

-          Public Archives at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-arr-dt/

Current Volunteers:
Olga Cavalli - NCA - GNSO Council vice chair
William Drake - NCSG
Chuck Gomes - RySG - GNSO Council chair
Caroline Greer - RySG

Please inform the GNSO Secretariat if you would like to be added to the 
drafting team mailing list.
Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you.
Kind regards,

Glen

http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201001.htm#affrev
Explanation/Background: ICANN is publishing today for public comment a 
discussion draft that addresses the requirements and implementation processes 
for the reviews called for in the Affirmation of Commitments

The Affirmation of Commitments contains specific provisions for periodic review 
of ICANN's key objectives. These reviews are to be performed by review teams 
composed of volunteer community members representative of the relevant ICANN 
Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees, as well as independent 
experts.

The paper [PDF, 620K]
http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/affirmation-reviews-draft-proposal-26dec09-en.pdf
posted for public consultation presents a discussion draft to address the 
Affirmation review requirements; it describes:

*The Affirmation requirements for reviews
*The proposed methodology for conducting the reviews
*The preliminary activities (such as the establishment of the review Teams and 
others)
*The timeline of the preparatory activities and of the first review
*A draft Terms of Reference for the first review
Inputs are sought from the community on the full set of proposals contained in 
this paper.

The public consultation will remain open till the end of January, 2010.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org