1. 1 CDG IRT Co-Chair Ideas from Neal Richardson – Telecom New Zealand

2. 2 CDG IRT co-chairs  One from Asia Pacific region  One from American, Middle East & European regions  Division is Dateline Pacific Ocean  Chairs must work for a Network Operator  Two year tenure  Eligible for re-election  Cannot serve more than two consecutive terms  A Network Operator cannot have a representative hold a co-chair position for more than two consecutive tenures  An individual cannot hold a co-chair position for more than two consecutive tenures.

3. 3 Responsibilities  Solicit Network Operator priorities and set annual IRT goals and priorities  Set general direction and improvement of the IRT Quarter Meetings  Lead half of the IRT meetings  Create meeting topics, find speakers, review agenda  Lead the decision making in the plenary sessions  Review and approve meeting minutes  Lead conference calls with co-chair  Actively encourage operator to attend IRT meetings

4. 4 Responsibilities (2)  Attend a minimum of seven face to face meetings per tenure

5. 5 Nomination Process  Remaining co-chair will call for nominations to fill empty co- chair position during CDG IRT Face to Face meeting.  Nomination period will close after four weeks  Nominations for CDG IRT co-chair must be from a CDG member Network Operator  Nominations sent to remaining co-chair  In the event that both co-chairs resign at the same time an official will be nominated by the CDG IRT plenary

6. 6 Voting  Only Network Operators can vote  One vote per Network Operator  Voting will be confidential  All Network Operators can vote irrespective of region

7. 7 Other CDG IRT Positions  All working group leaders should be held to the same process and tenure as IRT co-chair positions  Two year tenure  Contestable positions  Working group leaders can be from any member of the IRT not just Network Operators.