All,<div><br></div><div>See below for information on changes to the Public Forum. We'll see if these are changes for the better....<span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Greg<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>David Olive</b> <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br>Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016<br>Subject: [Soac-infoalert] A New Approach to an ICANN Institution: The Public Forum - ICANN<br>To: "<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br>Cc: Nick Tomasso <<a href="mailto:nick.tomasso@icann.org">nick.tomasso@icann.org</a>>, Duncan Burns <<a href="mailto:duncan.burns@icann.org">duncan.burns@icann.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Anyone who has ever attended an <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> meeting
knows that they are all about personal engagement. Our meetings represent a chance for community members to directly and personally engage one another, the staff and the community selected Board.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Nowhere is this attitude of engagement more pronounced at an <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>meeting,
than at the Public Forum, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>'s
public open microphone session, where attendees and those joining remotely can directly engage the Board and ask questions on any subject of community interest. It's a chance to hear, and be heard.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Traditionally, the Public Forum has been the final session at a meeting, scheduled just before the Board's Public Meeting, usually on a Thursday. But beginning with ICANN55 in Marrakech, we're trying something
new. As recommended by the community's <a href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/mswgrecommendations-icannfuturemeetingsstrategyfinalv119jun14.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><em>Meeting Strategy Working
Group</em></a> [PDF, 1.2 MB] (MSWG) we're breaking the Public Forum into two sessions.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">On the first day of the meeting, Monday, 7 March we will hold a 90-minute Public Forum session at the end of the day (1700 UTC). During that session as recommended by the MSWG, we will hear from representatives
of the <abbr title="Advisory Committees" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">Advisory
Committees</abbr> (ACs) and <abbr title="Supporting Organizations" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">Supporting
Organizations</abbr> (SOs), who will give brief five-minute updates to the community on some of their key issues and how they are being addressed.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Following the <abbr title="Advisory Committee; or Administrative Contact (of a domain registration)" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">AC</abbr>/<abbr title="Supporting Organization" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">SO</abbr> updates,
the Board will take questions and comments from the community, just as we usually do. As most who have attended a Public Forum know, we limit these questions/comments/answers to two-minutes, to accommodate as many people as possible.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">At the end of ICANN55 on Thursday, 10 March, the second Public Forum, without <abbr title="Advisory Committee; or Administrative Contact (of a domain registration)" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">AC</abbr>/<abbr title="Supporting Organization" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">SO</abbr> updates
this time will begin at (1330 UTC) and run for about two-hours.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Let me again emphasize that we are doing this in accordance with the recommendations from the community's <em>Meeting Strategy Working Group</em>. As you can imagine, this
an evolving process and we will change and tweak the system as we move forward based on what worked and what didn't.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">I look forward to seeing you in person or by remote participation in Marrakech and hopefully hear from you at the Public Forums.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Steve Crocker<br>
<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> Board
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">David A. Olive<br>
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