Hi,<br>in relation with the questions sent by Adrian and Wolf, these are some comments and I am happy to further explain these ideas during the conference call next Friday.<br><br>Adrian, my mission as a NonCom Appointee is to participate in GNSO with a neutral perspective placing the broad public interest ahead of any particular interests. In my view, a chair is a facilitator and a coordinator of the work of the GNSO, including all different interests and perspectives of all the council members and their stakeholder groups as well.<br>
<br>As you may recall, we NCAs could be also non voting members of the GNSO, which is the case of Andrei now. So there could be even a non voting chair. <br><br>I have shared working teams, drafting teams and several other activities in my three years serving the GNSO with almos all of the council members and dialogue has been always open, so I am happy to answer any other question or doubt you may have.<br>
<br>I would apprecialte if you could clarify the concept "platform" included in your question.<br><br><br>Wolf, for me the key issue in the future of GNSO is broaden its perspective through outreach.<br><br>In the Constituency Operations Working Team that I have chaired as part of the GNSO restructuring process, we have produced a very interesting document about outreach that is now under final revision by the OSC and will soon will be available for GNSO revision. (Special thanks to Debbie Hughes that chaired the subworking team, Krista Papac, Claudio DiGangi, Rafik Dammak, Tony Harris and Michael Young for their active participation in drafting the document).<br>
<br>If GNSO could broaden participation including a more diverse perspective and more active participation from a wider universe, then it would be easier to have more participants from different stakeholder groups into different projects.<br>
<br>As we learned in the prioritization working group, where you were a very active member, all projects have their impact and are relevant and interesting for different councilors and for their stakeholdergroups. So if more representatives can actively participate in different activities then prioritization could be more a managerial issue than a problem of administrating lack of time and resources.<br>
<br>In relation with your question on how to "<font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">avoid
the council's position in the policy development process becoming more and
more weakened?", again I think that the answer is having a GNSO with a broader perspective, and this could be achieved through an outreach effort.<br><br>I will be happy to explain this further or answer other questions next Thrusday.<br>
<br>Best regards<br><br>Olga<br></span><br><br></span></font><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/16 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:KnobenW@telekom.de" target="_blank">KnobenW@telekom.de</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>I've 2 questions to both
candidates:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>I'd appreciate a statement from regarding action
item 1. from our last call (prioritization, see
attached).</span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span> Which specific efforts do you have in mind in
order to strengthen the council's ability and effectiveness in organizing its
work?</span></font></div></li>
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<div align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>With respect to the fact that the
board recently took decision on VI without having received a
specific council recommendation: which measures do you have in mind to avoid
the council's position in the policy development process becoming more and
more weakened?</span></font></div></li></ol>
<p><span lang="de"><font face="Courier New"><font size="2"><span>Thanks and</span> regards</font></font></span>
<br><span lang="de"><font face="Courier New" size="2">Wolf-Ulrich
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">Please note the following action items from our
Council meetin</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">g one week
ago:</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial">1. </font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Arial">Assuming we dispense with the prioritization
effort, Councilors are encouraged to communicate ideas on the Council mailing
list on how to make decisions regarding whether or not to proceed on a
project; the aim would be to compile a list of factors that can be used to
make choices, and over time develop criteria for choosing projects and work
items.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p></blockquote></div>
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