[council] RE: GAC unilaterally cancels Prague meeting with GNSO Council

[<john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephane,

Let me/us know what you learn (as you will, of course).  They also serve
who stand and wait.

Cheers,

John Berard
Founder
Credible Context
58 West Portal Avenue, #291
San Francisco, CA 94127
m: 415.845.4388



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: GAC unilaterally cancels Prague meeting with GNSO Council
From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, June 19, 2012 8:19 am
To: <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx List" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi John,

I'm not sure that's right and I am unwilling to conclude anything unless
I know it for a fact. What we do know is that some sessions on the GAC's
agenda seem to have suddenly taken priority over ours. However, we do
not have much visibility on the GAC's agenda so its difficult to
understand why other sessions should take precedence in the GAC's view
over ours.

We are trying to find a solution.

Stéphane Van Gelder
Directeur Général / General manager
INDOM Group NBT France
----------------
Head of Domain Operations
Group NBT

Le 19 juin 2012 à 17:03, <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> Stephane,
> 
> Do I have it right with the subject line on this email?
> 
> The politics of the move are clear. In order to press a
> government-specific agenda, the GAC senses (properly) the opportunity to
> move on its own at a time when ICANN executive leadership is both in
> flux and Internet governance is being questioned. Seems a smart
> strategy to me based on my 15 years working in Washington, D.C.
> 
> But I have also been working in and around ICANN's multi-stakeholder
> approach for almost 10 years. How can we help you get this all back on
> track?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John Berard
> Founder
> Credible Context
> 58 West Portal Avenue, #291
> San Francisco, CA 94127
> m: 415.845.4388
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [council] Our Prague meeting with the GAC
> From: Stéphane_Van_Gelder <stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, June 19, 2012 2:36 am
> To: "council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx List" <council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Councillors,
> 
> Over the past few days, Jeff, Glen and I have been working hard to deal
> with a last-minute request that came in from the GAC to move our planned
> Sunday session with them.
> 
> The GAC initially asked that we look at bringing the session forward to
> Saturday, but due to our own work constraints and the fact that this
> would not leave us sufficient time to adequately prepare for our
> interaction with the GAC through our weekend work sessions which, being
> open to the GNSO community, also mean we get great feedback from them,
> we did not want to pursue that option. Other dates were examined,
> including Monday and Thursday, but both these present a significant
> number of challenges.
> 
> As we were working to find a solution at our end, we learned that the
> GAC had simply elected to cancel our Sunday slot before an alternative
> had been agreed upon.
> 
> This slot is still listed on the public Prague agenda, but at this time
> we are told by the GAC that as far as they are concerned, it no longer
> exists.
> 
> We are still working to find alternatives and ensure our session with
> the GAC does happen. But at this time I am afraid that we do not have a
> session with the GAC scheduled for Prague. 
> 
> I have personally contacted Heather to urge that the Sunday GNSO slot be
> put back on the GAC's agenda, and that we continue to work together to
> try and find a solution that best fits both groups' requirements.
> 
> We will keep you posted, but I wanted to make sure you all had this
> information.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stéphane Van Gelder
> Directeur Général / General manager
> INDOM Group NBT France
> ----------------
> Head of Domain Operations
> Group NBT
>