[council] Trans -SO/AC meeting in Cairo
Avri Doria
avri at psg.com
Fri Sep 5 06:40:38 UTC 2008
Hi,
One of the topics on yesterday's agenda was a proposal for a joint SO/
AC meeting on various topics in Cairo. Chris Disspain shared the
message he was going to send to the ccNSO and I have decided that he
says it all and have borrowed it (with permission):
Begin forwarded message:
>
> “At the suggestion of Bertrand de La Chapelle, the Chairs of the
> ALAC, gNSO and ccNSO together with GAC representatives Bertrand and
> Manal Ismail and Bruce Tonkin on behalf of the Board, had a
> teleconference earlier this week.
>
> The purpose was to explore how the ICANN Cairo meeting schedule
> could expand on the progress already made in Paris in terms of
> bringing the different SOs and ACs together on the major issues. The
> goal would be to develop trans-SO/AC communications and also
> facilitate general awareness within the community about the status
> of different issues and increase the visibility of them. Trans-SO/AC
> communications would not necessarily mean stopping the bilateral
> sessions, but may have the effect of making them shorter, more
> focused and less repetitive.
>
> As a result of the call it is suggested that on the Monday in Cairo
> the ccNSO, gNSO, ALAC and GAC organise a half day joint session
> (open to members as well as councillors) to a) discuss progress,
> issues and future steps regarding new gTLDs (including IDNs) and IDN
> ccTLDs and b) to be briefed on the President’s Strategy Committee
> consultations on improving institutional confidence. It is also
> suggested that a further session on the Thursday might be
> appropriate to follow up and report on the individual SO/AC
> discussions on the topics following the Monday session.
>
> Obviously, the logistics of all of this have yet to be organised but
> ICANN has agreed the principle and we need to confirm, by 12
> September, that we want to do this so that the initial agenda can be
> published. I’d appreciate comment, questions and input from
> councillors on the suggestion as soon as possible.”
>
Please use the list to indicate your opinions on this and whether this
is something the council should support.
thanks
a.
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