[council] Drafting meeting

[Ken Stubbs]

i support lucy's comments regarding pre-wellington vs post wellington

ken stubbs


Lucy.Nichols at nokia.com wrote:
> I also prefer pre-Wellington "working days".  Adding two days to an
> already very long week is difficult for everyone as we all have other
> work commitments.     
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> Lucy Nichols
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org 
>> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of ext Liz Williams
>> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:54 AM
>> To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council at gnso.icann.org
>> Cc: 'Diane Schroeder'
>> Subject: RE: [council] Drafting meeting
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> Just a quick note from the staff side.  We usually arrive 
>> several days before the ICANN meetings to do all the 
>> preparation necessary for the Board, Council and other meetings.
>>
>> The proposal to meet for two GNSO days before would have a 
>> direct impact on the way in which the staff would plan their 
>> involvement.
>>
>> Before we make firm commitments about 
>> times/dates/places/logistics could I confer internally and let 
>> Council know what would be practical from our side as well.
>>
>> Bruce's ideas about meetings prior to Wellington is a good one 
>> -- of course, the Brussels office could be used to facilitate 
>> those kinds of meetings for people in Europe and we could work 
>> out how to do that.
>>
>> Will get back to everyone ASAP.
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org 
>> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
>> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 2:26 AM
>> To: council at gnso.icann.org
>> Subject: RE: [council] Drafting meeting
>>
>> Hello Avri,
>>
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>>> Probably not a realistic suggestion but one I feel needs to be put 
>>> forward. Is there any way to arrange for the face to face drafting 
>>> session to be done at an interim time between Vancouver and 
>>>       
>> Wellington 
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>>> in order to expedite the work and try to meet the by-laws'
>>> required timing?
>>>       
>> Part of the issue here is that a face-to-face meeting requires 
>> significant travel for most Council members - this is a matter of time
>> and cost.   E.g it is at least a days travel for me to and from most
>> locations in Europe or USA.
>>
>> Thus the proposal to meet shortly before Wellington was to 
>> ensure economies of airfares for those that will most likely 
>> be travelling to Wellington anyway.
>>
>> Of course smaller groups of ICANN participants can get 
>> together in local regions prior to Wellington, with the 
>> Wellington meeting be an opportunity to consolidate the views 
>> of prior meetings. 
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bruce Tonkin
>>
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