[council] Re: 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment

[Heather Forrest]

Dear Glen, colleagues,


May I suggest that we consider modifying the times (not the dates) within our rotation, as 11, 15 and 18 UTC range from 10pm - 5am in Asia Pacific. A more equitable rotation whereby each time zone cluster (North/South America, Europe/Middle East, Asia Pacific) has at least one meeting during working hours would be beneficial and would take on board the feedback received in the recent GNSO Review as to facilitating participation from regions outside of Europe and North America.


Many thanks and best wishes,


Heather


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Subject: [council] 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment


Dear Councillors,

Please find a draft proposal for the Council dates for the next 12 months as stipulated in the GNSO Operating Procedures. We are working on rotation times with the new distribution of Councillors, Your comments and feedback are most welcome and will help to get the dates in place.



http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf

GNSO Operating Rules and Procedures
GNSO Operating Procedures, Version 3.0 Page 1 GNSO Operating Procedures Table of Contents CHAPTER 1.0: INTRODUCTION, SCOPE, AND DEFINITIONS ...
Read more...<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf>



3.4

MeetingSchedules

The GNSO Chair and GNSO Council will prepare a12-month schedule of meetings within 30 days following the ICANN annual meeting.

GNSO Council members may request changes to the schedule during the year,which may be agreed upon by the Chair in consultation with the Council, subject to the minimum period of notice below.



14 JanuaryAND/OR Thursday 21 January at 11 UTC (to allow flexibilityto deal with the CCWG-Accountability Final Report. Closer to the date we will be in a position to determine  whether two meetings are needed or whether one is sufficient)

18 February (Thursday) at 15 UTC


9 March (Wednesday)  - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Marrakech  at 13:00 local time

14 April (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC

12 May  (Thursday)  at 11:00  UTC



27-30 June - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Panama City  at 13:00 local time



21 July  (Thursday) at 15:00  UTC

August - no meetings ???



1 September (Thursday)  at 18:00  UTC



22 September (Thursday) (Yom Kippur) OR Thursday 29 at 11:00 UTC



13 October (Thursday)  at 15:00 UTC



2 November, ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Puerto Rico at 13:00 local time



24 November (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC

16 December (Thursday)  at 11:00  UTC

Thanks so much.

Kind regards,

Glen



Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>
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