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

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Stéphane are you suggesting another closed 'airing of grievances' session, or a 
different format?

Thanks,

Bill

On Jan 13, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

> Thanks Debbie.
> 
> If anyone is opposed to the breakfast, please let either Glen or myself know 
> as soon as you can.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Stéphane
> 
> Le 13 janv. 2010 à 16:19, <HughesDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
>> Stéphane,
>> Breakfast and dinner are a great idea!
>> Thanks for working on this.
>> Debbie
>> 
>> 
>> Debra Y. Hughes, Senior Counsel
>> American Red Cross
>> 
>> Office of the General Counsel 
>> 2025 E Street, NW 
>> Washington, D.C. 20006 
>> Phone: (202) 303-5356 
>> Fax: (202) 303-0143
>> HughesDeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>>> Behalf Of KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: 13 January 2010 11:43
>>> To: stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 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
>>> 
>> 
> 

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William J. Drake
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Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
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