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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">To be clear, Staff did not initiate this request. We are responding to the STI’s request to consider organizing a face to face meeting
to facilitate achievement of a consensus in the short time framework requested by the Board.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">We agree that the GNSO Council should be prioritizing the work at hand and have been working with the Vice Chairs to develop a methodology
to do this. However, until this is done, the STI project is one of the projects that is a high priority as it affects the implementation details for the new gTLDs. As a result, it is appropriate for Staff to decide whether incurring these costs is useful
to assist the Community in coming to closure on a response to the Board letter in a timely manner. We will likely schedule this meeting if the consensus of the STI group is that such a meeting will be useful, and the costs of doing so are reasonable
and within our budgetary constraints.<br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Stéphane Van Gelder [stephane.vangelder@indom.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Margie Milam; GNSO Council<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] RE: [gnso-sti] Possibility of a Face to Face Meeting<br>
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<div>Perhaps Margie could give us staff's perspective on this?
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div>Le 12 nov. 2009 à 16:50, Mike Rodenbaugh a écrit :</div>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Again I am concerned that staff is organizing a resource-intensive F2F meeting without a request for same from Council. Again copying the Council list.</span></div>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">The PPSC-WT is also trying to do this simultaneously. The Council ought to be prioritizing these resources across all our work, it ought not be done by Staff and various
WGs in silos.</span></div>
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<b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:owner-gnso-sti@icann.org">owner-gnso-sti@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:owner-gnso-sti@icann.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Margie Milam<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GNSO STI<br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marilyn Vernon<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[gnso-sti] Possibility of a Face to Face Meeting</span></div>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">I checked into the possibility of a face to face meeting for the STI group, funded by ICANN, to facilitate resolution of the outstanding issues and the efforts to gain a
consensus on an alternative proposal. We are exploring the feasibility of this request, and wanted to get some information from you to assess the costs of doing this on a relatively short notice.</span></div>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Specifically, we would try to pick a location to minimize the travel costs for the participants, and would likely pick an inexpensive locale in a central location.</span></div>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Do we have an idea of when to schedule the meeting? We assume that it would be sometime between now and mid-December. Rather than have a discussion on the list, please
email our administrative assistant, Marilyn Vernon, with days that you would be unavailable between now and mid-December. She is cc’d on this email. Please let her know your location as well. </span></div>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Best regards,</span></div>
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