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Agreed. From: "Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:23:58 -0400 To: <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council meet and greet?
I would support both sessions on the condition that both are closed and participation is limited to Councilors and relevant staff. (I wouldn't necessarily object to including Constituency officers.)
I also believe the morning session should be neither recorded nor transcribed. Neither is conducive to the level of candor that the productivity of the session requires. Having the sessions be open seems likely to decrease their utility. Kristina Rosette Covington & Burling LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-2401 voice: 202-662-5173 direct fax: 202-778-5173 main fax: 202-662-6291 e-mail: krosette@xxxxxxx This message is from a law firm and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately advise the sender by reply e-mail that this message has been inadvertently transmitted to you and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. ------------------------- Sent from my Wireless Handheld From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Council GNSO <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed Sep 16 03:47:01 2009 Subject: [council] GNSO Council meet and greet? All, As most of you will remember, on behalf of the registrars, I
suggested on the recent GNSO Council call that we should try to create a number
(two) fora in which we could get together and interact on a social and informal
level, especially in light of the introduction of new Councillors. I am not sure how much detail is required but here are my
previous suggestions that I sent Glen previously. I think we should do two events. The first would be to create an agenda item on the Saturday
morning where we could simply go around the room and introduce ourselves and
discuss openly any areas of concern - specifically to do with the Council
itself (points of view, voting etc). I know the registrars for example would
say that they are a little sick and tired of being pigeonholed simply because
they have commercial interests. I'm sure other groups would have pet hates too. Secondly I think we should have a social gathering on the
Saturday evening (perhaps just a few pre-dinner drinks if the budget doesn't
allow too much) where GNSO Councillors both new and old and ICANN staff (those
that interact regularly with the Council perhaps) can gather once again for the
purpose of getting to know new members better and, more importantly, for each
Constituency (Stakeholder Group) be able to convey their distinct and perhaps
unique perspectives on the Council and the issues that are before us. That
said, it is a social event. It is more about getting to know the personalities
that make up the GNSO Council. I believe that we would need a show of support for these
ideas in order for this to happen. Can I please get your ideas/ thoughts/ suggestions or
support to the list please? Thanks. Adrian Kinderis |