[council] Re: 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment

[Heather Forrest <Heather.Forrest@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Glen, colleagues,


May I suggest that we consider modifying the times (not the dates) within our 
rotation, as 11, 15 and 18 UTC range from 10pm - 5am in Asia Pacific. A more 
equitable rotation whereby each time zone cluster (North/South America, 
Europe/Middle East, Asia Pacific) has at least one meeting during working hours 
would be beneficial and would take on board the feedback received in the recent 
GNSO Review as to facilitating participation from regions outside of Europe and 
North America.


Many thanks and best wishes,


Heather


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Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [council] 2016 Proposed Council dates for review and comment


Dear Councillors,

Please find a draft proposal for the Council dates for the next 12 months as 
stipulated in the GNSO Operating Procedures. We are working on rotation times 
with the new distribution of Councillors, Your comments and feedback are most 
welcome and will help to get the dates in place.



http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf

GNSO Operating Rules and Procedures
GNSO Operating Procedures, Version 3.0 Page 1 GNSO Operating Procedures Table 
of Contents CHAPTER 1.0: INTRODUCTION, SCOPE, AND DEFINITIONS ...
Read more...<http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/op-procedures-24jun15-en.pdf>



3.4

MeetingSchedules

The GNSO Chair and GNSO Council will prepare a12-month schedule of meetings 
within 30 days following the ICANN annual meeting.

GNSO Council members may request changes to the schedule during the year,which 
may be agreed upon by the Chair in consultation with the Council, subject to 
the minimum period of notice below.



14 JanuaryAND/OR Thursday 21 January at 11 UTC (to allow flexibilityto deal 
with the CCWG-Accountability Final Report. Closer to the date we will be in a 
position to determine  whether two meetings are needed or whether one is 
sufficient)

18 February (Thursday) at 15 UTC


9 March (Wednesday)  - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Marrakech  at 
13:00 local time

14 April (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC

12 May  (Thursday)  at 11:00  UTC



27-30 June - ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Panama City  at 13:00 local 
time



21 July  (Thursday) at 15:00  UTC

August - no meetings ???



1 September (Thursday)  at 18:00  UTC



22 September (Thursday) (Yom Kippur) OR Thursday 29 at 11:00 UTC



13 October (Thursday)  at 15:00 UTC



2 November, ICANN Meeting - Public Council meeting Puerto Rico at 13:00 local 
time



24 November (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC

16 December (Thursday)  at 11:00  UTC

Thanks so much.

Kind regards,

Glen



Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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