-- OPEN JOINT SESSIONS IN CAIRO
The upcoming ICANN Cairo meeting will experiment a new session format called
Open Joint Sessions. Organized jointly by gNSO, ccNSO, GAC and ALAC, their
purpose is to foster interaction between the different constituencies on some
key issues on the Agenda.
The sessions are open to all ICANN attendees and will take place in the main
room, under the chairmanship of the respective Chairs of the four involved SOs
and ACs. The sessions will be moderated to encourage structured interaction but
devoted to contributions from the floor. There will be two sessions on Monday
afternoon and one session on Thursday morning.
Monday afternoon : Initial interaction
the first session, devoted to the expansion of the Domain Name
Space, will address the two issues of new gTLDs and IDN ccTLDs, on the basis of
the presentations by staff in the morning on the documents recently released
(Draft Applicant Guidebook for new gTLDs <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-comments-en.htm>
and Draft Implementation Plan for IDN ccTLD Fast Track <http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/fast-track/idn-cctld-implementation-plan-23oct08-en.pdf>
)
the second session will be devoted to the Transition Action Plan,
on the basis of the documents produced by the President's Strategic Committee
(PSC) : the revised versions of the Transition Action Plan <http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/action-plan-revised.htm>
and Improving Institutional Confidence <http://www.icann.org/en/jpa/iic/improving-confidence-revised.htm>
Although staff will be available to answer specific questions should the
need arise, the purpose of these sessions is primarily to allow a direct,
"trans-silo", interaction on key documents and major issues at stake
between members of the Councils and Committees as well as all members of the
community before they are discussed in the various constituency fora.
It is hoped that the sessions will help identify the key points in the various
documents that will most benefit from the opportunity of face-to-face
interaction in Cairo and that they will trigger better understanding between
the different constituencies on the potentially delicate issues.
Thursday morning : reporting back
A third session on Thursday morning will offer the opportunity to report back
on discussions held during the week and to identify common issues of interest
or concern within the Community and the way to address them moving forward.
Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org