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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ron,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">According to the ICANN website, “Each SO and AC is encouraged to send a list of volunteers taking into account the need for diversity and not limited to the number of seats open. This will allow the selectors
(the CEO or his designee and the Chair of the WG) to balance the various factors more easily.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope this clarifies a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Elisa</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Elisa Cooper</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director of Product Marketing</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">MarkMonitor</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">208 389-5779 PH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Andruff<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'bc - GNSO list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] ALERTS: New Deadline - Call for Applicants for the Meeting Strategy Working Group: Friday 8 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thank you for reposting this list and information Eliza.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Having attended 40 of ICANN's 45 meetings, I am very interested in this issue.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I am wondering if other BC members share my concern about this statement:
</span>As clearly noted in the ICANN materials, the number of representatives per SO will be between 1 and 4, with no guarantee of any specific number.<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">? Who is making the determination and why such
a small number of representatives.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">In a bottom up consensus driven organization as ICANN, it seems that limiting such an important group will lessen the number of ideas as well as the depth of discussion around what
future meetings look like. Moreover, an </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">exclusionary approach will undoubtedly minimize input of the most affected parties -- the attendees.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I think we can all agree that the growth from meetings of 500-600 participants to those of upward of 1500 over the course of this past decade is something that merits serious discussion. What
I don't understand is why and who is limiting these discussions to such a small group of representatives. Working Groups are not limited, so why would this group be?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Perhaps the BC could hold some discussions on this topic across the CSG to maximize feedback to whomever the CSG's participants are?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thank you to those members who have volunteered. It would be good to have all of you in those discussions, in my view.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">I welcome other member’s thoughts on this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">RA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ronald N. Andruff</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com">RNA Partners, Inc.</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Elisa Cooper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ron Andruff; 'Benedetta Rossi'; 'bc - GNSO list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] ALERTS: New Deadline - Call for Applicants for the Meeting Strategy Working Group: Friday 8 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Ron,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please find attached an e-mail from the Secretariat which lists the names of BC members who have expressed interest in participating in the Meeting Strategy Working Group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Elisa</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Elisa Cooper</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director of Product Marketing</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">MarkMonitor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">208 389-5779 PH</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Andruff<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Benedetta Rossi'; 'bc - GNSO list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] ALERTS: New Deadline - Call for Applicants for the Meeting Strategy Working Group: Friday 8 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Dear Benedetta,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Can you advise how much representation we have in this Working Group from the BC? I am considering it, but don’t need to jump in if the BC is already well-represented.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">RA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ronald N. Andruff</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com">RNA Partners, Inc.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Benedetta Rossi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:48 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] ALERTS: New Deadline - Call for Applicants for the Meeting Strategy Working Group: Friday 8 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding a new deadline for the submission of application for the Meeting Strategy Working Group, now moved to Friday, March 8, 2013.<br>
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<pre>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04mar13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04mar13-en.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">New Deadline - Call for Applicants for the Meeting Strategy Working Group: Friday 8 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">4 March 2013</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In line with the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-02feb13-en.htm#2.a">
Board resolution</a> adopted on February the 2nd 2013, ICANN invited interested individuals to apply for Volunteer Member positions – either in representation of a Supporting Organization or Advisory Committee -- to serve on the Meeting Strategy Working Group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The mandate and mission of the Meeting Strategy Working Group as defined in the
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/participation/mswg/charter">MSWG Charter</a> is as follows: to discuss and propose strategy for the structure, purpose and locations for ICANN Public Meetings and conferences, starting in 2015.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We thank those applicants who already have submitted applications.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In order to give more time for more members from the wider community to apply, we are extending the deadline for this call for applicants to Friday 8 March 2013 – 23:59 UTC. Candidatures are to be submitted
to <a href="mailto:mswgcandidatures@icann.org">mswgcandidatures@icann.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h4><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More information</span><o:p></o:p></h4>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/participation/mswg/charter">Charter</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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