<div dir="ltr">You have my support ... even without a vote! <div><br></div><div>Thanks for all the work! </div><div>Erika </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Arsène Tungali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com" target="_blank">arsenebaguma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Adding my vote of support for this change.<br>
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2018-05-10 19:29 UTC+02:00, Anthony Harris <<a href="mailto:anthonyrharris@gmail.com">anthonyrharris@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<span class="">> I also support<br>
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> Tony Harris<br>
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> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:18 AM, Heather Forrest <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>><br>
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</span>>> *Dear Council colleagues,As we work towards finalising the ICANN62 GNSO<br>
<span class="">>> schedule, Council leadership has been thinking creatively with ICANN<br>
>> staff<br>
>> to find an opportunity for the GNSO Council to undertake the “trends<br>
>> exercise” conducted by Theresa Swinehart’s team (MSSI). This exercise is<br>
>> intended to be an input to ICANN’s next strategic plan. Donna and I had<br>
>> an<br>
>> opportunity to participate in a similar exercise during the SO/AC Chairs’<br>
>> workshop held prior to the start of ICANN61 and found it to be an<br>
>> interesting exercise. We think it is useful to capture the particular<br>
>> perspective of the GNSO Council as manager of the GNSO PDP in this trends<br>
>> exercise as a complement to the inputs of the various SGs and Cs and<br>
>> consistent with our discussions at the Strategic Planning Session back in<br>
>> January. ICANN62 offers the best timing for us to do this before<br>
>> Theresa’s<br>
>> team finalises its data gathering and contributes this to ICANN Org for<br>
</span>>> strategic plan development.At the same time, we are mindful of the<br>
<span class="">>> limited<br>
>> time available to us during a policy forum meeting and we have taken the<br>
>> general approach so far in drafting the ICANN62 schedule of prioritising<br>
>> PDP time over Council meetings. We therefore seek your input on the idea<br>
>> of<br>
>> conducting the “trends exercise” as the Council over cocktails on the<br>
>> Wednesday evening from 18:30-19:30. This would replace the traditional<br>
>> Council dinner, free up the remainder of an evening for any other plans<br>
>> and<br>
>> experiment a new format, but would still offer us an opportunity to get<br>
>> together informally over drinks and canapes, enjoy each other’s company,<br>
>> while contributing our unique perspective to the “trends” that have been<br>
>> identified by other parts of the community to date. Please contribute<br>
>> your<br>
>> thoughts on this idea of getting together on Wednesday evening (ie, the<br>
>> evening after the GNSO Council meeting) over cocktails, in lieu of the<br>
>> traditional Council dinner.Best wishes,Heather ForrestDonna AustinRafik<br>
</span>>> Dammak*<br>
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