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ALAC appointed EPDP Members and Alternates will serve representing the ALAC. Such participation will respect any principles, guidelines and specific positions (if any) set by the ALAC.

Membership in the EPDP is expect to take up to 30 hours per week at the start and periodically throughout the life of the EPDP. Serving as an Alternate is expected to take less time but it is hard to gauge at the moment.

The Charter is expected to be approved by the GNSO on 19 July 2018.

At the moment, the Draft Charter lists the following criteria for Members and Alternates:

• Have sufficient and appropriate motivation, availability and expertise to participate in the substance of the work of the EPDP Team. Appropriate experience could, for example, include experience with the previous RDS/WHOIS policy development processes, task forces, or implementation review teams, or participation in EWG efforts;
• Commit to abide by the EPDP Team Commitment Statement, and to accept the consequences of non-compliance as may be determined by the EPDP leadership or appointing group;
• Commit to build consensus on issues within the scope of this EPDP;
• Commit to actively participate in the activities of the EPDP on an on-going and long-term basis, for a period of no less than one-year, with the highest intensity expected in the first six to eight months;
• Solicit and communicate (where appropriate) the views and concerns of individuals in the group that appoints them;
• Commit to abide to the charter when participating in the EPDP Team;
• Understand the needs of the Internet communities that ICANN serves (standards, domains and numbers);
• Commit to attend any provided introductory training courses, e.g., privacy, trademarks, registrar operations, DNS, etc.
• Understand the broader ecosystem (the Internet Community) in which ICANN operates and the needs of those working on other aspects of the Internet industry.