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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Michele<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I completely agree with you, which is why I’m trying to get the SOAC leaders at a minimum to collectively agree to some overarching principles for cross community discussion sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Donna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> council [mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michele Neylon - Blacknight<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Heather Forrest <haforrestesq@gmail.com>; GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [council] Fwd: [SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning] - ICANN61<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A couple of personal thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cross-community sessions are a nice idea, but the way they’ve been handled has been horrible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The entire proposal and selection process seems to be very opaque and the number of cross-community sessions seems to be problematic as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">With regard to the proposed topic of PDPs – I personally don’t oppose it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am also generally supportive of Greg Shatan’s comments about “ownership” and the organisation of these things and would prefer to see a clear line being drawn between proposing sessions and “owning” and controlling
 them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Or at least let us be upfront about how this is being done so people don’t get the impression that the “community” view is reflected by a session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Michele<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Mr Michele Neylon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Blacknight Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Hosting, Colocation & Domains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__blacknight.blog_&d=DwQGaQ&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=CwipU91YB6EkpFXK9ynnT_QUef4yC5p7jpsDm8cU97g&m=o97rZ_FThMPwJQDnUocA9sW6PNx1qVgeBUuIWGeWewI&s=6I4kcTS_0r5rK6meUsdr5pfVBwepZg-yPgrff7OD6Z4&e=">http://blacknight.blog/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Intl. +353 (0) 59  9183072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Personal blog: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__michele.blog_&d=DwQGaQ&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=CwipU91YB6EkpFXK9ynnT_QUef4yC5p7jpsDm8cU97g&m=o97rZ_FThMPwJQDnUocA9sW6PNx1qVgeBUuIWGeWewI&s=0YLXE7Y8xFepxwbBpFWokNpPJ7MTm89Izdx6KVinbas&e=">
https://michele.blog/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Some thoughts: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ceo.hosting_&d=DwQGaQ&c=MOptNlVtIETeDALC_lULrw&r=CwipU91YB6EkpFXK9ynnT_QUef4yC5p7jpsDm8cU97g&m=o97rZ_FThMPwJQDnUocA9sW6PNx1qVgeBUuIWGeWewI&s=yMjOlHS0esKJbB-d4v4OUql_uEvSuO0Wpf33GL2ZNsQ&e=">
https://ceo.hosting/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">council <<a href="mailto:council-bounces@gnso.icann.org">council-bounces@gnso.icann.org</a>> on behalf of Heather Forrest <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday 28 November 2017 at 04:04<br>
<b>To: </b>GNSO Council List <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[council] Fwd: [SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning] - ICANN61<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span lang="EN-IE">Dear Council colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">There is an ongoing discussion on the SO/AC leaders list about cross-community topics for ICANN61. Your SGs and Cs should all have recently received a reminder of the deadline for proposing topics: 30 November 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">I have excerpted the thread below started by Donna and contributed to by Farzaneh re proposing a GNSO PDP as a cross-community topic. This could be an opportunity to discuss a PDP's initial conclusions or differences
 of opinion/issues. If we think the policy development process would benefit from an opportunity for wide community discussion and consultation, this could be an opportunity (IGO/INGO Curative Rights was the first to come to my mind).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Is this something that we want to pursue? If so, needs to be actioned before end Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-IE">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b>Greg Shatan</b> <</span><a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-IE">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">><br>
Date: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 5:29 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [SOAC-Leaders-ICANNMeeting-Planning] - ICANN61<br>
To: farzaneh badii <</span><a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-IE">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">><br>
Cc: Mary Wong <</span><a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">mary.wong@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, "</span><a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">"
 <</span><a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, Steve Chan <</span><a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">steve.chan@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>,
 Mario Aleman <</span><a href="mailto:mario.aleman@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">mario.aleman@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, Rodrigo de la Parra <</span><a href="mailto:rodrigo.delaparra@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">rodrigo.delaparra@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>,
 Patrik Fältström <</span><a href="mailto:paf.4711@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-IE">paf.4711@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, John Curran <</span><a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net"><span lang="EN-IE">jcurran@arin.net</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, Zoe
 Bonython <</span><a href="mailto:zoefrabon@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-IE">zoefrabon@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, Gulten Tepe <</span><a href="mailto:gulten.tepe@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">gulten.tepe@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>,
 Maria Otanes <</span><a href="mailto:maria.otanes@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">maria.otanes@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>, GACLEADERSHIP <</span><a href="mailto:gac-leadership@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">gac-leadership@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>,
 "</span><a href="mailto:team-leaders@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">team-leaders@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">" <</span><a href="mailto:team-leaders@icann.org"><span lang="EN-IE">team-leaders@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I think Donna raised a number of excellent points, and I agree with Tijani and Farzaneh's responses.  In particular, I think we need to confront the issue that Farzi raised, which
 I call the issue of "ownership" of a given session.  I'll suggest two or three possible solutions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">1.  Make it crystal clear that the proposing SOACetc. does
<u>not</u> own the session.  It does not get to determine the slant or the dominant point of view, or the facilitator or the panelists.  This should be done by a small cross-community planning team for each CC session, sharing the planning burden and seeking
 to put together a well-rounded panel with points and counterpoints well-represented and well-balanced.  This does not require every SOACetc. to get a seat at the table, but it does require an understanding and accommodation of the differing (and often, conflicting)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2. Acknowledge that some (but not all) of the sessions will be owned by the proposer and will be intended to provide (or at least be dominated by) one point of view or several
 largely aligned points of view.  Perhaps these could be called <b>"Community-to-Community"
</b>sessions.  These could be compared to IGF sessions to some extent.  At a following ICANN meeting, another SOACetc. could put together a different C2C session with their "counterpoint" point of view (and neighboring views) dominating.  In each case, the
 audience will provide the counterpoints, but it will be understood how the panel itself is intended to be chosen and work in practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The angst has arisen because fairly "hot" topics have been proposed as Cross-Community sessions, and the tussle arises between those who believe the proposer gets to shape the
 session around their views and those who believe the panel should be balanced.  A secondary tussle arises because the proposer puts in a lot of effort and believes that those who want a seat at the table (especially later in the process) are "free-loading". 
 A clear decision in advance would solve the first problem, and quick invitations to the planning process would solve the second.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">As for the conflicts/breadth of interest issues, I think we should acknowledge that some topics have interest for virtually every community, while others may only be of interest
 to some (but not all) communities.  We should manage conflicts accordingly.  In other words, if Topic 1 is of interest to communities A,B and C, but not D, E and F, then a second session or sessions of interest to D, E and/or F can be scheduled against Topic
 1.  The alternative leaves the less-interested communities with no compelling session to attend during the unconflicted CC Topic time.  Perhaps the topics where only some communities are interested could be called
<b>"Multi-Community Sessions (A, B, C)" </b>[where A, B and C are the relevant communities] to distinguish them from true
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On a related note, the way that voting in this group is weighted can result in some topics of interest to many or all of the communities grouped under the GNSO (Registries, Registrars,
 ISPs, Business, IP, Non-Commercial Users, Non-Profits) but only some of the other communities losing out as Cross-Community topics because the GNSO is only given a single vote.  This needs to be addressed in some fashion, perhaps through the Multi-Community
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In any event, these are largely "parting notes," as my term of office as IPC President ends November 30.  It's been a pleasure working with all of you and I'm sure we will have
 many other opportunities to work together in various contexts.  You and the IPC will be in the good hands of my successor, Brian Winterfeldt, while Vicky Sheckler will be continuing as Vice President.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Greg Shatan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:36 PM, farzaneh badii <</span><a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Tijani BEN JEMAA <</span><a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE">tijani.benjemaa@topnet.tn</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Thanks Donna, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Great to see you all in Abu Dhabi. I trust you’ve all settled back in to your home timezones.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">I wanted to kick off some discussion about the Cross Community Discussions Sessions for Puerto Rico.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">I think a few of us expressed some concern that identifying possible topics by 30 November 2017, was too early given that the meeting is not until mid-March 2018. I still subscribe to that and would
 ask that there be some flexibility to review the topics again in late January to see if there are new issues that may be more important. </span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 or two of these efforts will be at a point in their deliberations where the opportunity for a Cross Community Discussion Session would be timely. I appreciate that the Puerto Rico meeting is not a Policy/Outreach Forum, but as the PDP WGs work to a set timetable
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 amongst this group and now that we’ve had a few goes at it, it might be time to revisit. I am concerned that we are in some way being hamstrung by what we think these Sessions are supposed to be rather than taking a look at the sessions conducted to date and
 thinking about what has worked well, what we could improve upon, and  perhaps coming up with some level principles for the Sessions that we could agree on moving forward.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">For example, I don’t personally subscribe to the view that every SO/AC has to be represented on a panel to convey their point of view. This might be helpful if the purpose of the Session is to be
 ‘informational’, but if the intent of the Session is to garner community views on a particular topic or find a path forward to resolve a difficult situation then I don’t believe that a panel of talking heads will achieve that goal. In Johannesburg facilitators
 were used for the geographic names discussion, which appeared to work well and by all accounts achieved the objectives of those who organized the session. Is this an approach that could be adopted for future Sessions?</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">​</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Unfortunately this will open the way for one group to dominate the discussion by choosing the facilitator on their
 own and then facilitators miraculously become speakers. If facilitators don't do anything other than just moderating, reading questions and trying to stimulate a discussion then that's fine but I am skeptical whether this can actually happen.
</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">​</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">so two minutes interventions from the community members with no one on the panel other than the facilitators. Now, who would
 set the scene? The facilitators? Since they might be from a certain SO/AC then they might not be neutral. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">Do we want these Sessions to be decisional? There has been some very good discussions in some of the Sessions to date, but I’m not confident that any of the suggestions or decisions were captured
 and if they were, that there is any agreement on who should be responsible for follow-up. Is this something we think should be established upfront?</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">My understanding is that decisions are never taken during a cross community session. Those sessions are for debate and the discussion may impact decisions in working groups or other parties working on the topic and habilitated
 to take decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D">One of the original ideas behind these Sessions was that they be non-conflicted to free up the whole community during a meeting to participate in these Sessions. In the time of the IANA Transition
 discussions we were certainly able to carve out substantial chunks of time on the schedule for community discussions. However,  more recently we have had trouble maintaining this as there are few topics that seem to rise to a level of interest for the whole
 community. To that end, should we be rethinking this requirement and perhaps run two Sessions concurrently when it makes sense to do so?</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Also, today, we still have topics like GDPR/Whois/RDS that are of interest for the whole community. These session used to be called « Hot Topic Session ». I think we always have hot topics to debate collectively (no in
 our silos). Another exemple of such topics is the new GTLD subsequent procedures and especially the geographic names <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D"> I suggested during our meeting in Abu Dhabi that ICANN org also have an opportunity to identify a topic for these Sessions and I would reiterate that suggestion here in the hope that we can agree
 to implement this for Puerto Rico.</span><span lang="EN-IE"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">If it is not, I think they did in Abu Dhabi (Session called « Open Q&A with ICANN Organization Executive Team »)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 policy ...</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">​</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#1F497D"> I look forward to your comments/input and I hope that you will read my email in the spirit of collaboration in which it is meant. I believe that as representatives of our respective groups we have
 an obligation to try to make the most of our time together at ICANN meetings and to use the opportunity provided through the non-conflicted Cross Community Discussion Sessions to have open community dialogue on issues that are important to individual SO/ACs
 and ultimately the broader community, ICANN org and ICANN Board.</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Agree<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-IE">From:</span></b><span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span></span><a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning-bounces@icann.org</span></a><span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-IE"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IE">[</span><a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning-bounces@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">]<span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
 Behalf Of<span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Susie Johnson<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 01, 2017 8:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">soac-leaders-icannmeeting-planning@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">;<span class="m-2334861723091761289m6312456327656554606m5181886358093579972apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:team-leaders@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">team-leaders@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">;
 Nathalie Peregrine <</span><a href="mailto:nathalie.peregrine@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">nathalie.peregrine@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Kathy Schnitt <</span><a href="mailto:kathy.schnitt@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">kathy.schnitt@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Kimberly Carlson <</span><a href="mailto:kimberly.carlson@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">kimberly.carlson@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Terri Agnew <</span><a href="mailto:terri.agnew@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">terri.agnew@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Julia Charvolen <</span><a href="mailto:julia.charvolen@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">julia.charvolen@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Gulten Tepe <</span><a href="mailto:gulten.tepe@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">gulten.tepe@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Mario Aleman <</span><a href="mailto:mario.aleman@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">mario.aleman@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Maria Otanes <</span><a href="mailto:maria.otanes@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">maria.otanes@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Gisella Gruber <</span><a href="mailto:Gisella.Gruber@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">Gisella.Gruber@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Rodrigo de la Parra <</span><a href="mailto:rodrigo.delaparra@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">rodrigo.delaparra@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Maryam Bakoshi <</span><a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Glen de Saint Géry <</span><a href="mailto:Glen@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">Glen@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Patrik Fältström <</span><a href="mailto:paf.4711@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">paf.4711@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Lars Hoffmann <</span><a href="mailto:lars.hoffmann@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">lars.hoffmann@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Sally Costerton <</span><a href="mailto:sally.costerton@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">sally.costerton@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Carlos Reyes <</span><a href="mailto:carlos.reyes@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">carlos.reyes@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Heidi Ullrich <</span><a href="mailto:Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Tom Dale <</span><a href="mailto:tom@acig.com.au" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">tom@acig.com.au</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Pierre Dandjinou <</span><a href="mailto:pierre.dandjinou@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">pierre.dandjinou@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; GACLEADERSHIP <</span><a href="mailto:gac-leadership@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">gac-leadership@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Zoe Bonython <</span><a href="mailto:zoefrabon@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">zoefrabon@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; David Olive <</span><a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">david.olive@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Paul Diaz <</span><a href="mailto:pdiaz@pir.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">pdiaz@pir.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Julie Hedlund <</span><a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">julie.hedlund@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 amack <</span><a href="mailto:amack@amglobal.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">amack@amglobal.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Joke Braeken <</span><a href="mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">joke.braeken@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Mary Wong <</span><a href="mailto:mary.wong@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">mary.wong@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Nick Tomasso <</span><a href="mailto:nick.tomasso@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">nick.tomasso@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 Wolf-Ulrich.Knoben <</span><a href="mailto:wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Steve Chan <</span><a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">steve.chan@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 James M. Bladel <</span><a href="mailto:jbladel@godaddy.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">jbladel@godaddy.com</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>; Pamela Smith <</span><a href="mailto:pamela.smith@icann.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">pamela.smith@icann.org</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">>;
 John Curran <</span><a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-IE" style="color:#954F72">jcurran@arin.net</span></a><span lang="EN-IE">><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Susie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Susie Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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