[council] A head's up on a potential role for the Council in forming the Framework for Cross Community Working Groups

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

 Fellow Councillors:
 
The call for volunteers to form the working group that will create a Framework 
for Cross-Community Working Groups was issued yesterday, May 12 -- 
http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12may14-en.htm
 
>From seeds planted by the ccNSO Council and the GNSO Council, we hope to have 
>bloom a broad, community-wide working group to put some guidelines around the 
>chartering, formation, operation and acceptance of what has already become a 
>staple of the ICANN diet -- Cross-Community Working Group. Initially, Becky 
>Burr of the ccNSO Council and I will serve as co-chairs. 
 
As the guidelines-to-come lag well behind the already-in-use cross community 
working groups, speed is of the essence and our first meeting is set for next 
week.  In light of the importance of the outcome and to sharpen the focus of 
the working group, we will seek to empanel from each SO and AC up to five 
members (those with a vote on proceedings) and up to five observers 
(participating but non-voting).  We hope each SO and AC will take on the 
primary responsibility of designating its volunteers as either members or 
observers; already we have reached out to encourage their participation.
 
Settling on five members and five observers may become an important matter for 
the Council should as the GNSO's constituencies and stakeholder groups 
collectively nominate a number higher than 10.  In that case, I will ask for 
the Council to weigh in on who will get the spots.  It will likely come in the 
form a motion for consideration.
 
Just a head's up.
 
Cheers,
 
Berard