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Alick, Thanks for your email. I don’t
really follow the logic, however, to ask ICANN to fund Nom-Committee appointee
attendance. This is an important meeting; else I wouldn’t be spending so
much time trying to organize it; however it isn’t an official Council
meeting. Many councilors can’t attend in person, and for many, it is a
budget issue. We aren’t asking ICANN to fund their travel. Nor should we.
The situation would be different, in my
view, if ICANN had been able to schedule a consultation which the Council was
invited to participate in, such as we have suggested for the going forward
approach. I’ve suggested, and on eof my official interventions at the
meeting will be to recommend a full day consultation with the elected/appointed
reps to the SO’s at probably the mid-year meetings of ICANN. Thus the
travel support already provided will ensure that the Nominating Committee reps
can attend. In any case, I can’t support your
suggestion for seeking ICANN funding, Alick. However, I’m not sure it is
an issue regarding participation. Several Councilors can’t attend in
person; and we are working on dial in to allow councilors who can’t
attend in person to participate remotely. I hope you will be able to dial in
and plan to participate, along with your fellow Nominating Committee reps. From:
owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grant Forsyth Alick Happy New Year. I support your proposition that NomCom'ers
should be able to attend the meeting and that ICANN funding should be provided
to enable them to do so. Unfortunately, I have no input to whatever
policy decision underlies that decision. And for an update, I am no longer on the
NomCom as I have participated for the maximum 2 year term. Regards Grant
Forsyth -----Original Message----- Colleagues In order that NomCom appointees have the
opportunity to contribute to what I think is a very important meeting,
I believe funding for travel and accommodation should be provided by ICANN for
those NomCom appointees to GNSO Council who are able to attend and make a
contribution. Budget should not be an issue; as I
was unable to attend the Capetown meeting, there should be sufficient money
left in the budget. Unfortunately, I will not be able to
attend in person because of prior commitments in Grant, as a member of NomCom can you
arrange for advice on policy implications, if any? Diane, can you advise on budgetary
implications? Thanks, Alick -----Original Message----- Dear colleagues, I would welcome hearing from other
Councilors who might join a small planning team all to advance finalizing of
the provisional agenda, noted below. Please reply offlist to me, and to Glen
regarding your interest. I’ve already had a volunteer or two and greatly
appreciate those offers of planning and organizing assistance. Regarding the meeting notice: Glen
will be posting this notice to the liaison list. If you can also encourage
distribution within your constituencies, that would be much appreciated.
Please email me and Glen with questions. We are still finalizing with the
hotel arrangements, but want to advance the program agenda as well as quickly
as possible. Regards, Marilyn Cade --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meeting to develop comments on ICANN
Strategic Plan The presently posted ICANN Strategic Plan
outlines the strategic directions for ICANN for a three year period. Like all
strategy documents, it needs to be analyzed and understood in conjunction with
other relevant documents, such as the ICANN budget. It provides insight into
changes in ICANN’s scope, scale, funding base, and activities. It helps
to position ICANN for a post-WSIS and post-MOU world with an increased
budget, regional offices, an extensive workshop initiative, and outreach
activities to developing countries. Other changes include a proposed shift of
funding from reliance on registrars as the primary aggregators of funds to a
more centralized collection via the registries, with an increase in the amount
of money collected per domain name, in order to provide a stable foundation for
ICANN. The Strategic Plan, as drafted, creates the
same kind of scope and scale of change that the Evolution and Reform Process
did, and deserves full consideration and review by the community. MEETING NOTICE The gNSO Council has approved the organization of a meeting to develop
comments on the ICANN Strategic Plan by interested attendees from the constituencies.
The meeting may also
include guests from the At Large, other SOs or the community who have indicated
an interest in attending. The purpose of the meeting is to ensure that the constituencies of the
gNSO/liaisons have an opportunity to review, analyze, and develop comments on
the ICANN Strategic Plan. This meeting does not replace the opportunity for any
individual, or any constituency to post ongoing comments during the ICANN
public comment process. www.icann.org/strategic-plan/strategic-plan.html
-- this link provides information on the Strategic Plan, and how to submit
individual comments. NOTE: Comments
are due February 28, 2005. The ICANN staff has also indicated their plans to offer teleconferences
with each constituency, and this meeting is not intended to replace that
consultation. Details of the Meeting: February 7-8, in Provisional Agenda: Monday, February 7: 1:00 p.m. - 5.30pm. Overview of Strategic Plan by ICANN staff Presentation/Comments by scheduled contributors Open Mike for participants for further comments Adjourn Small volunteer teams to work Monday evening to synthesize comments
received. Tuesday, February 8, 8:30-12:30 p.m. 8:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Presentation of comments
received/contributions from Monday’s session by small working teams. 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Consolidation of contributions. 12:30 p.m. Adjourn Space is presently scheduled for 50-60 attendees for both meetings, on
a first-come, first-served basis. We will make reasonable efforts to
address additional requests to attend, should we have over-subscription. You can register for the meeting by sending an email to Glen de St.
Gery, gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Be sure to indicate which day/or both that you will attend. If you cannot
attend in person, but want to dial in, please advise Glen of which days you
will want to participate. We expect to offer dial in on 2/7 for the portion of
the meeting that involves presentations and are exploring dial in for February
8 in terms of ensuring that remote participants can hear effectively and
participate. If you would like to prepare a submission or comments to present during
Day One of the meeting, please let Glen know. There will be a
deadline for submitting at least an outline of your talking points if you wish
to make a presentation, so that the schedule can be managed, and materials
posted to those who are participating remotely. Contributions in this segment on day 1 can be short statements,
proposals for changes in particular segments of the Strategic Plan; or
suggestions on how to achieve a particular outcome described in the Strategic
Plan. Comments from the participants in attendance will be accommodated as
well, but to have the full scope of your contribution understood and incorporated,
providing written comments will help those attempting to capture your
contribution and incorporate it. For purpose of finalizing the agenda and plans, a small group of
councilors from the gNSO are working together. You can provide comments and
suggestions to them by emailing the gNSO Secretariat, as noted above. We look forward to seeing you in Marilyn Cade |