Dear PSO Council Members, For your information. You will notice the names of Mr. Geoff Huston and Mr. Roberto Laorden (PSO nominees) in the list of initial members of the New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force. Best regards, Livia -----Original Message----- From: icann-announce@icann.org [mailto:icann-announce@icann.org] To: ICANN Announcement List New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force Announced Marina del Rey, California, USA (13 August 2001) Today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numebrs (ICANN) announced the membership of the New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force. The inital members are: * Jaap Akkerhui * Sebastien Bachollet * Marilyn S Cade * David R. Conrad * Michael Heltzer * Geoff Huston * Roberto Laorden * Vany Martinez * YJ Park In addition, Mr. Adrian Pinder will serve as liaison between the New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force and the Governmental Advisory Committee. The establishment of the Task Force is in follow-up to the ICANN Board resolution passed at its June 2001 Stockholm Board meeting, directing ICANN President Stuart Lynn to form and chair the Task Force to develop recommendations for: (a) a plan for monitoring the introduction of new TLDs and for evaluating their performance and their impact on the performance of the DNS; and (b) a schedule on which a plan should be executed. A report of the Task Force's progress will be be discussed at the ICANN Public Forum on 9 September 2001 in Montevideo. =========================================================================