[Rt4-whois] DAKAR MEETING - please confirm

[Kathy Kleiman]

Hi All,
Just back from vacation at the beach, and it was great (hoping yours 
have been great too).
I wanted to share some thoughts about the final ICANN meeting of the 
Accountability and Transparency Review Team. Their final meeting took 
place after the publication of their Draft Final Report. It was the 
first time in which the full report and recommendations were being 
discussed at an ICANN meeting.

I remember that their report generated great excitement and concern, 
especially among the Board. The meetings the ATRT held with the Board 
required great diplomacy and skill to navigate, and resulted in some 
very nuanced changes to the recommendations. (Note: admittedly, that was 
because the ATRT recommendations focused on the Board.)

Here too, our recommendations, I think, will generate great interest and 
some concern among some of the many parties we have met with in building 
our report and recommendations -- particularly so within the GNSO and 
GAC (and perhaps SSAC). I envision some very interesting discussions 
about recommendations.  Based on those discussions, together we may need 
to reformulate and finalize.

I should add that I think the final ICANN meeting of the ATRT may have 
been its most important one with the community. It was the meeting where 
the community commented on whether they felt they had been heard.  This 
final process of listening and responding helped to build acceptance of 
the ATRT report, shape final revisions that many considered to be very 
important, and ease the way to rapid implementation of its recommendations.

I found the ATRT's final meeting to be a very important one, and I could 
be mistaken, but I think ours will be too. I will be Dakar, and hope you 
can be too.

All the best,
Kathy

Dear all
>
> Following up on Alice's reminder, and Michael's mail to the list, here 
> are my thoughts about Dakar.
>
> By then, our aim is to have our complete report and recommendations.  
> We will be using the meeting primarily to introduce the draft report 
> and ask for feedback.  We have also asked for a session with the board 
> to present our draft report and findings to them.
>
> You should plan for a similar format of Sunday meeting, 
> Tuesday/Wednesday outreach, and debriefing session early evening 
> Wednesday.
>
> At this stage, I'm not sure what we'll be using the Sunday slot for, 
> because we'll be aiming to publish a draft in advance of the meeting, 
> but I think it's useful to keep the slot on the likelihood that we 
> will still have stuff to do.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Emily
>
>
> On 8 August 2011 12:16, Alice Jansen <alice.jansen at icann.org 
> <mailto:alice.jansen at icann.org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Review Team Members,
>     _
>     _
>     The next ICANN meeting will be held in Dakar - 23--28 October
>     2011. Information on this event (venue, hotel, health, visa etc)
>     may be found on the ICANN website at: http://dakar42.icann.org/
>
>     With a view to preparing for this meeting, please let us know *by
>     Friday, 12 August* whether:
>
>       * you are attending the meeting (Yes/No)
>       * you need travel support (Yes/No)
>
>     If you do require travel support, please provide us with your
>     desired arrival & departure dates.
>
>     Once this information submitted, ICANN Constituency Travel will
>     contact you directly to book your trip.
>
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>
>     We look forward to receiving your details. In the meantime, do
>     feel free to contact us should you have questions or concerns.
>
>     Many thanks in advance,
>
>     Very best regards
>
>     Olof & Alice
>
>
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