[council] Board letter to GNSO Council

[Avri Doria]

Dear Bruce,

In this case since the main dinner subject is centered on the Board  
letter,
I am more then happy to have someone from the Board give us an  
introduction
to its thinking before releasing people to get food and the 'social  
"break-out"'

Would you be interested in giving us the Board's view on the Specific  
Trademark
Issues as a way to kick off the discussions.  We could then have a Q&A  
and then
allow people to start dinner.

a.



On 19 Oct 2009, at 11:39, Bruce Tonkin wrote:

>
> Hello All,
>
> In terms of availability to discuss the Board letter to the GNSO - I  
> am
> planning to arrive in Seoul on Thursday afternoon 22 Oct, and could be
> available to meet with any subgroup of the GNSO on the Friday 23 Oct -
> for anyone that is in town early.  I find my weekend is now nearly  
> fully
> packed with meetings - so thought I would allocate Friday to be able  
> to
> talk to staff and other people arriving early to discuss how to make  
> the
> best use of the meeting time during the week on important issues  
> such as
> trademarks.
>
> For example - we could allocate some time during the Board/GNSO dinner
> for a more structured discussion on the trademark issues/GNSO letter -
> rather than purely chatter at each table.
>
> I am not sure that the current format maximises the benefit of
> Board/GNSO Council meeting time on an important topic.   It is  
> currently
> working as a useful occasion for Board/Council to get to know each  
> other
> a little better.
>
>
> In the past I find more social engagements such as dinner etc - work
> after a more formal session (short e.g 30 mins) where the context for
> the issue is set and some of the concerns are raised - then the social
> "break-out" function allows those with differing views to get together
> and discuss in more detail informally.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
>