<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>Jeff,<font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><br>
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I am on board with this.<br>
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Berard
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From: Neuman, Jeff <Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us><br>
To: council <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 12:02 pm<br>
Subject: [council] Proposed Agenda Item - Elimination of Friday Public Board Meetings<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Given the announcement yesterday of the elimination of the public Board meetings at ICANN, I would like to put this on the Council agenda as a discussion item. I would like it if someone from ICANN that is familiar with the rationale behind this decision could give us an explanation of how and why that decision was made. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Also, if the ICANN Board can unilaterally declare that all of its meetings will be private, does this set a precedent for its Supporting Organizations to do the same thing? I have not reviewed the bylaws with respect to the Council in a little bit, but does the Council have the discretion to declare that it will no longer hold a public GNSO Council meeting at ICANN?<br>
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I think there has been enough disapproval expressed within the community in the last day or so that at least merits a discussion of this decision at the Council level.</div>
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Thanks.</div>
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