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

Heather Forrest haforrestesq at gmail.com
Fri May 18 08:28:33 UTC 2018


Thanks to all who responded, and universally in favour. We'll lock this
trends exercise in the Panama schedule with MSSI.

Best wishes,

Heather

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:07 AM, Erika Mann <erika at erikamann.com> wrote:

> 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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