[council] RE: Message from PPSAI WG chairs

[Phil Corwin <psc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Might I inquire what an "intensive working session" is (in terms of length of 
time) and what day this is being planned for?

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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Mary Wong
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 12:28 PM
To: Council
Subject: [council] Message from PPSAI WG chairs

Dear Councilors,

I write on behalf of Graeme Bunton and Steve Metalitz, the co-vice-chairs of 
the Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues (PPSAI) Working Group. They 
and the rest of the Working Group members would like to inform the Council that 
the WG has decided that it would be more productive for it to hold an intensive 
working session during the week of the upcoming ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires, 
rather than a separate face-to-face full-day meeting either just before or 
after the ICANN meeting.

The WG arrived at this decision after substantial internal discussion, the 
outcome of which was the conclusion that it would be difficult to ensure 
adequate representation across the different stakeholder groups, constituencies 
and interests currently represented in the WG at a separate face-to-face 
meeting. Conscious, however, of the need for effective progress on its work and 
in order to optimize its members' time during the Buenos Aires meeting, the WG 
decided instead to hold an intensive working session - open to the community - 
during the week itself. As the WG intends to publish its Initial Report for 
public comment within the next few weeks such that it will be in a position to 
review public comments received by the time of the Buenos Aires meeting, it 
believes that this intensive working session will serve to facilitate its 
timely progress toward a set of consensus recommendations in its Final Report.

The WG thanks the Council for its continuing interest in the progress of the WG 
and for selecting it for a further face-to-face meeting in Buenos Aires, 
following a successful and productive initial session in Los Angeles last year. 
The WG chairs will be happy to provide the Council with further feedback 
concerning the effectiveness and use of such face-to-face meetings from their 
perspective as well.

Thank you and best regards,
Mary Wong (on behalf of Graeme Bunton and Steve Metalitz)

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
Email: mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mary.wong@xxxxxxxxx>