Regular readers will know that I am a proud member of EURid's Requirements Panel (RP). In fact, I'm writing this on the train back from EURid's Brussels headquarters where the 5th meeting of this group, set up to help provide EURid with registrar input on improving their domain management systems and processes, was held.
In addition to the RP, EURid now has a second registrar group to work with. On October 8, the Registrar Advisory Board (RAB) had its first meeting. Nine registrar representatives serve on this RAB, the main function of which is to provide EURid's board with advice on its long-term business decisions. The RAB is very much a "supporting organisation" in the ICANN sense of the phrase, just like the GNSO for example exists to advise the ICANN board on issues and policies relating to the generic TLD namespace.
So where the RP will focus on practical implementation issues, the RAB will consider more long-term strategic decisions.