[council] Your input requested: MSSI trends and cocktails to replace GNSO Council dinner at ICANN62?

[Johan Helsingius]

I guess I don't have a vote :), but I would be fine with just cocktails
instead of dinner in the name of efficiency.

	Julf


On 04-05-18 09:18, Heather Forrest wrote:
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> Dear Council colleagues,
> 
> 
> As we work towards finalising the ICANN62 GNSO schedule, Council
> leadership has been thinking creatively with ICANN staff to find an
> opportunity for the GNSO Council to undertake the “trends exercise”
> conducted by Theresa Swinehart’s team (MSSI). This exercise is intended
> to be an input to ICANN’s next strategic plan. Donna and I had an
> opportunity to participate in a similar exercise during the SO/AC
> Chairs’ workshop held prior to the start of ICANN61 and found it to be
> an interesting exercise. We think it is useful to capture the particular
> perspective of the GNSO Council as manager of the GNSO PDP in this
> trends exercise as a complement to the inputs of the various SGs and Cs
> and consistent with our discussions at the Strategic Planning Session
> back in January. ICANN62 offers the best timing for us to do this before
> Theresa’s team finalises its data gathering and contributes this to
> ICANN Org for strategic plan development.
> 
> 
> At the same time, we are mindful of the limited time available to us
> during a policy forum meeting and we have taken the general approach so
> far in drafting the ICANN62 schedule of prioritising PDP time over
> Council meetings. We therefore seek your input on the idea of conducting
> the “trends exercise” as the Council over cocktails on the Wednesday
> evening from 18:30-19:30. This would replace the traditional Council
> dinner, free up the remainder of an evening for any other plans and
> experiment a new format, but would still offer us an opportunity to get
> together informally over drinks and canapes, enjoy each other’s company,
> while contributing our unique perspective to the “trends” that have been
> identified by other parts of the community to date.
> 
> 
> Please contribute your thoughts on this idea of getting together on
> Wednesday evening (ie, the evening after the GNSO Council meeting) over
> cocktails, in lieu of the traditional Council dinner.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> Heather Forrest
> 
> Donna Austin
> 
> Rafik Dammak
> 
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