[At-review] Interaction with Icann, venue of the next meetings

[Peter Dengate Thrush]

Hi Fabio
Thanks for these thoughts about future f2f meetings.

I agree we should cover this in MdR, and map out a schedule counting  
down to Colombia.

It should also be possible to arrange a formal session with the board.
The logical event is Brussels - but that agenda is already very full,  
so if we wish to include a Board/Team meeting we shall have to  
advance that expeditiously.

In advance of those discussions, I repeat the invitation to come for  
one of the sessions to New Zealand.
Auckland is very well served by international airlines, and a single  
flight from LA, SF, Sydney where staff and Team members reside.

my regards


Peter




On 29/04/2010, at 8:11 AM, Fabio Colasanti wrote:

> Dear all,
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> I agree with the agenda proposed by Janis with the change suggested  
> by Olivier.
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> I would like to throw in some additional ideas to be discussed in MdR.
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> The first concerns our fact finding vis-à-vis ICANN and was  
> prompted by the regrets expressed by many members of the RT about  
> Rod Beckstrom's absence.   We certainly need to interact with the  
> staff and it is unfortunate that the CEO cannot be there.   But,  
> from the point of view of the responsibility for its decisions and  
> actions, ICANN is not its staff, ICANN is its Board.   They take  
> the decisions, they are responsible for any perceived lack of  
> transparency and accountability.   At some time during the process,  
> the RT should have a discussion with the Board.   When could this  
> be arranged?   I wonder if this could not take place in  
> September.   If the Board were to meet in September we could  
> imagine holding our meeting again in MdR and having a session with  
> the whole Board.   Comments?
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> The second concerns the September meeting and complicates the  
> picture.   In September there is an IGF in Vilnius (14th to the  
> 16th).   There would be a case for holding our meeting there and  
> adding, perhaps, another interactive session with stakeholders.     
> This obviously conflicts with what I have just said in the previous  
> paragraph.   We will have to discuss the matter in MdR.
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> The third idea concerns the location of the other meetings.   Some  
> stakeholders have expressed the view that to stress the  
> international dimension of the review process the RT should meet in  
> various parts of the world.   There is obviously some merit in this  
> position, but we also have to be practical.   In any case, if we  
> wanted to meet in another region to accede to this request, we  
> would have to make it "visible" by holding at least an interactive  
> session of the type of the one being planned for June in Brussels.
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> If we wanted to go in this direction what are the possibilities?   
> The situation so far is :
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> 1st meeting next week in MdR (North America)
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> 2nd meeting in June in Brussels (Europe)
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> 3rd meeting, in September either in North America or Europe  
> depending on our decision on the two alternatives I have outlined  
> before.
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> 5th and final meeting already set for Cartagena, during the ICANN  
> meeting (Latin America).
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> This only leaves the fourth meeting, in November according to LS  
> proposals, with on open venue.   Could this take place in Asia or  
> Africa?  (I know of the existence of a fifth continent, but I  
> believe that the two I have just mentioned are more important in  
> symbolic terms).   What are the practical possibilities?  We will  
> need to spend a few minutes on this issue as well.
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> I look forward to meeting you all next week,
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> Fabio
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> Fabio Colasanti
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> 36, rue des Patriotes
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> B-1000 Bruxelles
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> tel. +32 2 736 26 16
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> fabio at colasanti.it
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