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

[Erika Mann]

You have my support ... even without a vote!

Thanks for all the work!
Erika

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Adding my vote of support for this change.
>
> 2018-05-10 19:29 UTC+02:00, Anthony Harris <anthonyrharris at gmail.com>:
> > I also support
> >
> > Tony Harris
> >
> > On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 4:18 AM, Heather Forrest <haforrestesq at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *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 ForrestDonna AustinRafik
> >> Dammak*
> >>
> >>
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> >
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