Re: [council] Meetings transscripts

[Stéphane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Wolf.

This question has already come up several times in the past. I will let Staff 
answer this but I believe there are good budgetary reasons for not 
transcripting every meeting.

I would add that we, as a Council, are also custodians of ICANN community 
funds, just like anyone else in this community. My personal opinion is that if 
there are services available that offer sufficient flexibility to follow 
meetings (and I think having an mp3, minutes and a live audio feed is pretty 
good), we may want to think twice about asking for new things that may be 
costly to implement (I don't know if that's the case with this specific 
request).

Of course, if there is a clear need, we should look at that. So once again, 
Staff is probably best suited to provide you with background and a response on 
this.

Thanks,
 
Stéphane



Le 21 nov. 2011 à 11:34, <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx> <KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> All,
> 
> A question came up whether transscripts are provided for the council 
> meetings. I was of the opinion that's the case. But the Master calender on 
> the publicly accessible GNSO webpage only shows transscripts from the ICANN 
> public meetings. For the teleconference calls minutes and mp3s are provided.
> 
> Transscripts seem easier to be handled for searching specific items discussed 
> at meetings, and there is definitely a need for this.
> 
> I'd like to bring this up for discussion as well as finding a council opinion 
> on this.
> 
> Kind regards 
> Wolf-Ulrich
>