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<P>Thanks, Bruce for your clarification related to staff work on a paper for the Board meeting. When will Council receive this report for review and discussion? </P>
<P>I've noted in my agenda coordination that we could discuss this on Sunday a.m. in our administrative meeting. Is that okay with you to put this on the Council's agenda then? Staff can then make a complete report adn presentation and councilors can discuss it. </P>
<P>I agree with your recommendation that there be a discussion between the Board and the Council on any such report before the Board would act. Undoubtedly the Board will prefer to have this discussion with Council before they would make decisions. I'm sure that in keeping with the approach of consulting with teh affected stakeholders, that the board will want to hear what the Council itself thinks. </P>
<P>Since Council actually formally meets on Tuesday, we would want to put the report on the public forum, and then discuss it, and then we would be able to have a Board/Council formal discussion, perhaps at the end of the Council meeting? We could schedule a 30 minute discussion? </P>
<P>Does this scheduling approach make sense to you? </P>
<P><BR> </P><BR><BR><BR>>From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au><BR>>To: <council@gnso.icann.org><BR>>CC: "Vinton G. Cerf" <vinton.g.cerf@mci.com><BR>>Subject: RE: [council] Annual report of the GNSO<BR>>Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:24:07 +1000<BR>><BR>>Hello Marilyn,<BR>><BR>>The staff are preparing a paper for the Board meeting in Luxembourg on<BR>>the external review of the GNSO Council undertaken last year.<BR>><BR>>Although the Board approved a change to the bylaws that related to the<BR>>number of representatives per constituency on the GNSO Council at its<BR>>meeting in Mar Del Plata, the Board has yet to consider the external<BR>>reviewers report in total.<BR>><BR>>I would prefer a dialogue between the Board and the Council on this<BR>>report. The Council reports directly through
to the Board.<BR>><BR>>I believe the Board should review the recommendations and communicate to<BR>>the Council which recommendations it believes should be implemented - or<BR>>even better, which recommendations should be prioritised.<BR>><BR>>With respect to the recommendations that are endorsed or prioritised by<BR>>the Board, I think the Council can report on progress within an annual<BR>>report. The resourcing to work on the recommendations will need to<BR>>part of ICANN's operational plan.<BR>><BR>>I agree with your suggestions for additional material in the annual<BR>>report.<BR>><BR>>We do need to look forward 1 year (operational plan) and 3 years<BR>>(strategic plan), and also look a relationships with the other SO's.<BR>><BR>>Regards,<BR>>Bruce<BR>><BR></DIV></div></html>