RE: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and Sunday breakfast

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Stéphane,
Breakfast and dinner are a great idea!
Thanks for working on this.
Debbie


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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:18 AM
To: Caroline Greer
Cc: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and 
Sunday breakfast

Thanks Caroline and Wolf for your quick responses.

To be honest, I think the Sat dinner is a given. We all enjoyed the Seoul one 
and I never heard anyone say we shouldn't do another one. Plus it was a 
pay-your-own-way event so really, there shouldn't be much problem with this.

Glen has already found a possible venue and I am going to make an executive 
decision ;) to put it on the agenda. If anyone objects within the next couple 
of days, we can always look at this again. 

The breakfast is the one I am much less sure of. As a reminder, this was kind 
of intended to be an informal discussion between ourselves to help anyone get 
anything they wanted off their chests. In Seoul, this was organised in one of 
the meeting rooms. Does the Council feel we should do this again for Kenya?

Thanks,

Stéphane

Le 13 janv. 2010 à 12:56, Caroline Greer a écrit :

> 
> Stéphane,
> 
> Being a 'newbie' to the group, I would welcome any opportunity for an 
> informal get-together with colleagues before the meetings proper. 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Caroline.
> 
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> Subject: AW: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and 
> Sunday breakfast
> 
> Stéphane,
> 
> I support the dinner which gives more opportunity for unofficisl talks.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Wolf-Ulrich
> 
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im 
> Auftrag von Stéphane Van Gelder
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 09:01
> An: GNSO Council
> Betreff: [council] Kenya Agenda questions: Saturday Council dinner and Sunday 
> breakfast
> 
> Dear Councillors,
> 
> I am currently working with Glen on our agenda for the Kenya meeting.
> 
> As you may recall, in Seoul we had an unofficial dinner on the meeting's 
> first Saturday and there we also a Council breakfast on the following Sunday 
> morning.
> 
> For Kenya, the question of these events remains undecided and we are 
> therefore not sure whether we should include them in the agenda or not. Our 
> understanding is that there is broad support within the Council for the 
> Saturday dinner, less certain support for the Sunday breakfast.
> 
> What do people think? Should we plan for both the Saturday dinner and Sunday 
> breakfast, one and not the other, none of the above?
> 
> Stéphane
>