-----Original Message----- From: M. Stuart Lynn [mailto:lynn@icann.org] Sent: 14 June 2001 02:17 To: livia.rosu@etsi.fr Subject: Nominees to New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force Dear Livia: As you may recall, in Stockholm the Board passed a resolution (appended) directing me to form and chair a "New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force"). The membership of the Task Force is to be appointed by me with the advice of various individuals, councils, and committees -- including the PSO. I am writing to you to enlist your help in seeking PSO advice. The process I am following is to request the advisors to provide a list of nominees from which I would select a subset. I am reserving this right to select to ensure balance and geographic diversity across the Task Force. I would appreciate it, therefore, if the PSO could nominate 2 individuals who would be willing to serve on the Task Force -- and who would not be put out if one of them were not selected! I am sure I will include at least one of the two nominees. Since we are on a short fuse, I would appreciate PSO input within a couple of weeks. Thanks your help. Stuart Whereas, in resolution 01.60, the Board directed "the President to prepare and present to the Board at its Stockholm meeting in June 2001 a proposal to form a committee to recommend processes for monitoring the implementation of the new TLDs and evaluating the new TLD program, including any ongoing adjustments of agreements with operators or sponsors of new TLDs;" Whereas, the President has recommended to the Board the formation of a New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force chaired by the President and consisting of members selected with the advice of the Names and Protocol Councils and the Chairs of the IETF, IAB, and ICANN DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee; Resolved [01.74], the Board directs the President to form and chair a New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force, for the purpose of recommending to the Board and the broader Internet community, by means of a report to be discussed at ICANN's Montevideo meeting in September 2001: (a) a plan for monitoring the introduction of new TLDs and for evaluating their performance and their impact on the performance of the DNS. This assessment should focus in technical, business, and legal perspectives and rely on data gathered as part of the contractual arrangements with the new TLDs as well as other data inputs that can be readily secured; and (b) a schedule on which a plan should be executed. -- __________________ Stuart Lynn President and CEO ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Tel: 310-823-9358 Fax: 310-823-8649 Email: lynn@icann.org -- __________________ Stuart Lynn President and CEO ICANN 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292 Tel: 310-823-9358 Fax: 310-823-8649 Email: lynn@icann.org =========================================================================