[council] GNSO Council meet and greet?
Under Item 9 on our
Council agenda this week the topic is "Proposal by Registrars for a council meet & greet (discussion and
socializing)". I want to thank Adrian and the registrars for the
suggestions they put forward and also thank everyone who participated in the
online discussion of the ideas for Council interaction in
Seoul.
Based on what I saw
discussed on the list, I have come to the following
conclusions:
- Regarding what I
will refer to as a possible "gripe" session, I don't believe it is
realistic for us to reach even rough consensus about holding such a session,
so I suggest we not spend any more time on this idea.
- There seemed to be
strong support for some social interaction of
Councilors.
With regard to the
latter idea, Bruce Tonkin shared some thoughts with Avri, Adrian and I that
I think were helpful that I would like to pass on for Council consideration when
we cover the related agenda item on Thursday:
"It is difficult to make an informal dinner at a
restaurant work. The Board (which is just as big)
has tended to use the following approach which is a reasonable compromise.
(1) Find a restaurant that has a private room.
This often has the benefit that it is quieter and possible to hear conversations
a few seats down. (2) Find a restaurant
that has a suitable pre/post dinner drinks area - where people can more
informally interact before and after sitting down. (3) Try to mix things up a bit between courses - move people around.
This doesn't always happen - but I think it can
be useful. The Board did this when the new CEO
joined for example."
If there is interest
in doing this, we could possibly impose on Staff to explore the possibility for
Saturday night in Seoul.
Thoughts?
Chuck