AW: [council] Fwd: Joint Applicant Support Working Group additional support staff

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Thanks Stéphane,
 
in my opinion in particular Rob Hoggarth's allocation is questionnable taking 
into consideration that he is one of the key ICANN staff relating to the GNSO 
tasks. I think ICANN should ensure that his performance regarding the GNSO work 
will not get effected negatively.
 

Kind regards
Wolf-Ulrich 


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        Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Im Auftrag von Stéphane Van Gelder
        Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. August 2011 13:54
        An: Council GNSO
        Betreff: [council] Fwd: Joint Applicant Support Working Group 
additional support staff
        
        
        Councillors,

        FYI: details of additional resources being directed at the JAS WG.

        Thanks,

        Stéphane
        
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                Expéditeur: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@xxxxxxx>
                Date: 15 août 2011 09:45:50 HAEC
                Destinataire: Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>,  
Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx>
                Cc: ALAC EXCOM <alac-excom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,  ICANN 
AtLarge Staff <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Karla Valente 
<karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx>, Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
                Objet: Joint Applicant Support Working Group additional support 
staff
                
                

                Dear JAS WG Co-Chairs,
                
                After having spoken to Rod Beckstrom and an exchange of emails 
with Kurt
                Pritz, I am pleased to be able to inform you of additional 
staff members
                who will join the JAS WG support team in order to somehow ease 
the
                pressure on the current staff and volunteers. Whilst I am well 
aware
                that the concept of "man-days" does not always apply, I believe 
that the
                additional staff members bring the skills and experience to the 
JAS
                table which the writing Team should be able to exploit 
immediately,
                especially given the extremely short deadlines which the WG is 
faced with.
                
                I therefore resort to both of you, Carlton and Rafik, to 
incorporate the
                new arrivals to the JAS WG as soon as possible, whether by 
integrating
                them on the WG calls, the WG post-calls, etc.
                
                First, Rob Hoggarth from Policy Development Support will pick up
                drafting for the final report. Karen Lentz will provide editing
                assistance. Dan Halloran will join the team to identify and 
take back
                legal issues that arise. In making these selections, Rod and 
Kurt tried
                to find those individuals that would best ensure the success of 
the
                group and I am grateful for them taking the time to study this
                carefully. In addition, Lynn Lipinski from the ICANN 
communications
                staff will remain on the staff support team and undertake the 
writing of
                public information about the process as previously agreed. 
Karla and
                Seth will also continue to support the team in their current 
roles.
                
                These additions are effective immediately and we expect to see a
                beneficial effect right away. I gather that current staff for 
the WG can
                integrate newcomers ASAP and trust that this will give a bit 
more oxygen
                to the current WG members to breathe once in a while.
                
                In the meantime, please let me know if there is anything else 
that the
                ALAC can do to help to catalyse the production of the JAS Final 
Report.
                
                Kind regards,
                
                Olivier Crepin-Leblond
                ALAC Chair