[gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times

Sun Mar 25 11:49:27 UTC 2018

Why not make a call at 10am Eastern time.  The folks on the west coast of the US  would have to call in at 7:00 am but you should be able to get many folks from APAC, Europe and US.
From: jonathan.agmon.icann at ip-law.legal
Sent: March 25, 2018 1:52 AM
To: susan.payne at valideus.com
Cc: gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org
Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times

I don't believe these time can work. Asking members from APAC to participate at 6AM is not an APAC friendly call.

My take is that if the APAC call is so problematic just cancel it. After all, as you indicate participation is low.

It is perhaps a more important question for another time and group why membership is so low from APAC.

On 23 Mar 2018, at 8:20 PM, Susan Payne <susan.payne at valideus.com<mailto:susan.payne at valideus.com>> wrote:

I understand that this is the AsPac friendly call, and I'm supportive of that - even though the call times mean I'm unlikely to join whether it stays in the current slot or moves to the two proposed alternatives.  I'd love to see an option that worked for AsPac, ME and Europe, even if less good for the US, however. The so-called "sharing the pain" only ever seems to accommodate AsPac by excluding Europe.

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From: gnso-rpm-wg [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of BECKHAM, Brian
Sent: 23 March 2018 14:29
To: Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org<mailto:mary.wong at icann.org>>; gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org>
Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times

Thanks Mary for this question to the WG.

Is there any possibility of a 4th option to accommodate Europe?

Both the current time and the two proposed alternatives are difficult to make.

Without taking anything away from our APAC members, do we have any idea how many WG members the current rotation accommodates vs the overall membership?

Brian

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From: gnso-rpm-wg <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org>> on behalf of Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org<mailto:mary.wong at icann.org>>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:34 PM
To: gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org<mailto:gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org>
Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg] YOUR FEEDBACK REQUESTED: rotating Working Group meeting times

Dear Working Group members,

As we restart the meetings cycle following ICANN61, the Working Group co-chairs would like to seek your feedback concerning an appropriate time for the 4th rotational Working Group call (i.e. generally the last meeting of the month). As you know, our practice has been to try to hold this call at a time that will allow our Asia-Pacific (APAC) based members to attend, and that time to date has been 0300 UTC on the last Thursday of each month.

Having used this rotation for some time, the Working Group co-chairs wish to find out if an alternative time that will still allow APAC member participation may be more suitable. Based on the geographical distribution of our current membership, staff has suggested that a workable alternative time might be either 2200 UTC or 2300 UTC on Wednesdays.

We have created a Doodle poll where you may indicate your belief as to which of these times (including the current arrangement) will work best. In particular, we invite members based in Singapore, India, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Australia and other areas in the APAC region to weigh in as the aim of this poll is to facilitate your continued participation in Working Group calls: https://doodle.com/poll/zwpqnnz45yw74x3m.

Finally, please note that as some of our Sub Teams will be continuing to meet for the next two weeks or so, our expectation is that the first post-ICANN61 APAC time zone-friendly call will not take place before 25 April 2018.

Thanks and cheers
Mary, Julie, Ariel & Berry

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