<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 7 Jan 2020, at 00:29, Phil Buckingham <<a href="mailto:phil@dotadvice.co.uk" class="">phil@dotadvice.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Happy New Year everyone</span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">Hi Jeff , Cheryl , Hi Jim <br class=""><div class="">I am really sorry but I won’t be able to make the call later, being 04 00 in the morning . I suspect a number of other Europeans won’t be on the call too .</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Phil,</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I was going to suggest that we convene another more convenient and an extra meeting ( via a poll) and make it a “three line whip call “ .</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I echo Heather's concerns over qualifying convenience of times. We are a global community and the rotation among time zones is the consensus method for handling time zone differences. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class=""> all participants MUST attend to discuss the impact/ implications of/ on the Sub Pro ‘s work</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>We don't have the power to override the free will of the participants in making them attend or not meetings. </div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="">1 . The new .com contract </div><div class="">2. The potential acquisition of PIR /.org by private equity </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>The two topics above are completely off-topic for SubPro, since both .com and .org are already delegated gTLDs. </div><div>They are covered by public comment opportunities and have been favorite topics of freely accessible domain industry blogs where any discussions on this can be taken. </div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="">3 The draft FY 21 Operating Plan and Budget released just before Christmas , which is now open for public comment. Clearly ICANN org is looking for further input from the Sub Pro . See 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 . </div><div class="">I would be prepared to help put some costings, resource planning and funding requirements together with ICANN . </div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This one is a topic for SubPro, since it's about moving forward the process for introducing new gTLDs into the root zone... perhaps submitting an initial draft to the mailing list and then suggesting it as a discussion topic for a later meeting ? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>