[PC-NCSG] [CWG-Stewardship] Principles for CCWGs -- Public Comment

[Amr Elsadr]

Hi,

> On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:15 AM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Hi Stephanie,
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> some history here it is process initiated by GNSO itself in 2012 following the undue heat about the joint working group on new gTLD applicant support between GNSO and ALAC (there were other joint WGs like the ones with SSAC and ccNSO about Internationalized Registration  data and one about IDN , and they were are quite restricted). 
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> I think for some (non-PDP) topics it makes to have other SO/AC involved. for GNSO PDP, GNSO is setting its own working group with open membership

I stress Rafik?s use of the word ?some?. There are also non-PDP topics that are still within the remit of the GNSO, and not the broader community. The most common of those are WGs that recommend amendments to the GNSO operating procedures and working group guidelines. Of course, that means that anyone (from any ICANN SO/AC and beyond) may join in the working group, but that would be a non-PDP working group chartered by the GNSO Council.

On the other hand, having a standard framework for how CCWGs are constituted, and how they function is IMHO a good thing. It makes them more predictable, and informs us (and the broader community) of what to expect when one is chartered and used. I would rather have that than have to guess.

Thanks.

Amr