<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Katim,<div><br></div><div>Please refer to my email dated May 25, and more specifically this excerpt: "your previous message led me to understand that this was an official Board request. If so, I would like to understand why the Board thinks it's OK to plan a meeting opposite our weekend GNSO sessions, which will already be severely disrupted at the Singapore meeting by the ongoing GAC/Board discussions?"</div><div><br></div><div>Your email below seems to confirm that this is not an official Board request. You indicated that your are "informing the rest of the Board", as well as the GAC, and you also suggest that ALAC and the GNSO request this meeting, which before I understood to be at your initiative. So it looks like this is now being turned around and instead of initiating the meeting, you are now asking us to do so.</div><div><br></div><div>Once again, I would request clarification of the process here. If you are just trying to sort out the planning details and the initial idea that you had floated of having the meeting on the Sunday is not set, I would repeat my earlier statements and ask that they be given due consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>As stated before, I think all in the GNSO understand the intent of the meeting, however it is important to us that meetings such as this one are not just added to the ICANN meeting agenda ad-hoc and put opposite our weekend sessions, where the GNSO community puts in a lot of extra time to get its work done and serve the rest of the ICANN community.</div><div><br></div><div>So I would ask that the meeting, which I know several GNSO Councillors would like to attend and support, not be scheduled opposite our weekend sessions.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>Le 28 mai 2011 à 01:18, Katim S. Touray a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Dear Olivier,<br><br>Thanks so much for your invitation for us to join the ALAC call on the JAS WG report. I am, by this e-mail, informing the rest of the ICANN Board, as well as my GAC counterpart Leads (Alice Munyua, and Jayantha Fernando) on "Providing opportunities for all stakeholders, including those from developing countries" during the Board-GAC consultations on the new gTLD program. Heather Dryden, the GAC representative on the ICANN board is also copied on this. I hope board members interested in joining the call can indicate so, while the GAC representatives can share the e-mail with their colleagues so those of them interested in joining us can also do so.<br>
<br>With regards the best time for the call, I suggest you decide on one of the dates you provide below, and those of us who can, and are interested in joining can do so.<br><br>And then there's the matter of having a multi-stakeholder meeting in Singapore. My suggestion is that JAS WG or ALAC/GNSO Council lead the request for such a meeting, and invites the board, the GAC, GNSO, and the rest of the community to attend. Please let me know if you still think it would be better for me to make a formal request for such a meeting to be scheduled for Singapore.<br>
<br>I think that's about all for now. Again, thanks so much for your invitation, as well as your efforts in helping us find a way to provide support to needy new gTLD applicants.<br><br>Have a great weekend, and best wishes!<br>
<br>Sincerely,<br><br>Katim<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Dear Katim,<br>
<br>
thank you for your kind email and your suggestion which was received
very positively by members of the JAS working group when the
discussion came up.<br>
<br>
Both the GNSO and the ALAC charters for this working group include
the following sentence:<br>
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"4. All communication to the ICANN Board regarding the work of this
Working Group shall be through the respective SO/AC unless expressly
approved by the respective SO/AC."<br>
<br>
However, a direct interaction between the various ICANN communities
and the JAS working group participants has always been very welcome
by the ALAC. After all, the JAS working group is open to all
participants, GAC and Board members included.<br>
<br>
Your suggestion was therefore discussed during the ALAC monthly call
on 24 May 2011. <br>
A motion for an invitation of interested parties was presented and
voted on by the committee, as follows:<br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2">The ALAC is pleased to note interest
from the Board and other stakeholders towards the second Milestone
Report of the Cross-community Joint Applicant Support Working
Group (JAS WG). To this extent, the ALAC therefore welcomes the
organisation of a conference call -- for interested members of the
JAS WG, ICANN Board, GNSO, GAC, At-Large and other interested
community members -- to discuss the status and way forward for the
JAS WG. We also request the creation of a multi-stakeholder
meeting on this issue to be held at the ICANN meeting in
Singapore.</font><br>
--- cut here ---<br>
<br>
A vote was performed with 13 out of 15 ALAC members being present on
the call. <br>
It resulted in a unanimous 13 yes, 0 objections and 0 abstentions.<br>
<br>
I therefore can give you the green light from the ALAC to proceed
forward with setting up such a call, and to consider the request for
the creation of a multi-stakeholder meeting on the JAS issue to be
held at the ICANN meeting in Singapore.<br>
I understand that the current standard call times for the JAS
working group are Tuesday 13:00 UTC and Friday 13:00 UTC. May I
therefore suggest the consideration of any of those future times:<br>
<br>
- Tuesday 31 May 2011 - 13:00 UTC<br>
- Friday 3 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC<br>
- Tuesday 7 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC<br>
- Friday 10 June 2011 - 13:00 UTC<br>
<br>
In the interest of swift synchronization, I am CC'ing this message
to Gisella and Karla who will be able to coordinate call
participants, but I would kindly ask you that you coordinate the
Board's participant list as well as the GAC's participant list.<br>
<br>
While thanking you again for your suggestion, I look forward to
hearing from you soon.<br>
<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier Crépin-Leblond<br>
ALAC Chair<br>
<br>
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On 23/05/2011 09:50, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote :
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Dear Katim,<br>
<br>
thank you very much for your kind message. From discussions that
have taken place in the JAS working group, I am aware that the
group would be very interested indeed in such an interaction. As
far as the ALAC is concerned, I will ask for this question to be
added to the agenda of our forthcoming monthly call, tomorrow
Tuesday. I'll get back to you in due course. <br>
Warmest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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On 23/05/2011 03:13, Katim S. Touray wrote :
<blockquote type="cite">Dear Olivier and Stéphane,
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<div>First, let me congratulate you and your teams, as well as
the JAS WG on their second report. I've had the opportunity
to go through it, and it's quality work.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">To follow on the second JAS WG report, I would
like to ask if you'd be interested in organizing a
conference call for interested board members and the GNSO,
GAC, and At-Large reps to discuss the status and way forward
for the recently released JAS WG report. The idea was
presented at the recently concluded board retreat in
Istanbul that a public meeting on the JAS WG report (with
the participation of the board and GAC) will be helpful, and
toward this end, it would be useful to have a conference
call. Please let me know if this makes sense to you and let
me know when you want to have the call, if indeed you want
to have it.</span></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Again, thanks to all of you and your teams for
the great work you're doing on the issue! I hope we'll
all be able to come together to have a useful program we
all can be proud of. Have a great week, and best wishes!</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Sincerely,</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Katim</span></font></div>
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