Dear
Tim and Paul,
As
you know, at its 26 June 2003 meeting, the ICANN
Board adopted
under
resolution 03.106 the
amendments to the bylaws for the formation of the
ccNSO.
In adoption of the amendments to the bylaws, the
Board also
called
for the formation f the
Launching Group (resolution 03.108). The resolution
requested
the
"nine ccTLD members of the ccNSO
Assistance Group to call for an additional
six members to join with
the nine ccTLD members of the Assistance Group
to
form a launching group for
the ccNSO ("Launching Group"), the members
of
which Launching Group shall
be identified in writing to the Secretary within
thirty days following the
adoption of these resolutions;"
On
9 July
2003 there was a call for expressions of interest for
the
following number of
additions from the following regions to the ccNSO
Launching Group
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-09jul03.htm>.
1
from Asia
Pacific
1
from
Europe
2
from North
America
2
from
Africa
Five
expressions of interest were received from the European Region.
The
expressions of interest
were from:
1)
Olivier Guillard (appointed to represent
AFNIC)
.fr ccTLD
2)
Nigel Roberts
.gg ccTLD
3)
Petr Kral
.cz ccTLD
4)
Jimmy Imossi
.gi ccTLD (will appoint someone to
represent them)
5)
Arno Ahornegger
Vienna
University
of Economics and Business Administration
The
9 members initial members of the Launching Group
appreciate CENTR's
offer to work with
membership (and non-CENTR European ccTLD managers)
in the
European region to determine whether a single
candidate from the existing
list of expressions of
interest will be put forward as a recommendation.
Such
a recommendation must be received by 1 August 2003,
22:00 UTC.
Please note that this determination should be based
only on the list of candidates
expressing interest listed
above.
If
those above that submitted expressions of interest
do
not wish to engage in a
process to allow CENTR and non-CENTR European
members to put forward
collectively a recommendation for a single candidate,
they can advise the 9
initial members of the Launching Group. Once the 1
August deadline has passed, if there is more than one
candidate for Europe,
the
Launching Group will select a member from
Europe.
The
Launching Group must notify the
ICANN Secretary of the
additional European member
by 4 August.
For
clarity, please note that the Launching Group has a very limited role, namely:
-
solicit additional ccTLD managers to join with the
members of such
Launching Group to eventually comprise the ccNSO, which shall be
deemed
constituted once thirty
members have joined; (Resolution 03.109)
-
establish a schedule and procedures for the selection of the initial ccNSO
Council; (Resolution
03.110)
It
does not have the authority (a) to initiate a ccPDP
or (b) otherwise
engage in development of
substantive policies, or (c) select on behalf of
the ccNSO any director or observer or other participant in any
ICANN body.
(Resolution
03.111).
Kind
regards,
Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
ceo@auda.org.au
www.auda.org.au