Re: [council] Drafting meeting

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i support lucy's comments regarding pre-wellington vs post wellington

ken stubbs


Lucy.Nichols@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I also prefer pre-Wellington "working days".  Adding two days to an
> already very long week is difficult for everyone as we all have other
> work commitments.     
>
> Lucy Nichols
>
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext Liz Williams
> > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:54 AM
> > To: 'Bruce Tonkin'; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: 'Diane Schroeder'
> > Subject: RE: [council] Drafting meeting
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> > Just a quick note from the staff side.  We usually arrive 
> > several days before the ICANN meetings to do all the 
> > preparation necessary for the Board, Council and other meetings.
> > The proposal to meet for two GNSO days before would have a 
> > direct impact on the way in which the staff would plan their 
> > involvement.
> > Before we make firm commitments about 
> > times/dates/places/logistics could I confer internally and let 
> > Council know what would be practical from our side as well.
> > Bruce's ideas about meetings prior to Wellington is a good one 
> > -- of course, the Brussels office could be used to facilitate 
> > those kinds of meetings for people in Europe and we could work 
> > out how to do that.
> > Will get back to everyone ASAP.
> >
> > Liz
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
> > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 2:26 AM
> > To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [council] Drafting meeting
> >
> > Hello Avri,
> >
> >     
> > > Probably not a realistic suggestion but one I feel needs to be put 
> > > forward. Is there any way to arrange for the face to face drafting 
> > > session to be done at an interim time between Vancouver and 
> > >       
> > Wellington 
> >     
> > > in order to expedite the work and try to meet the by-laws'
> > > required timing?
> > >       
> > Part of the issue here is that a face-to-face meeting requires 
> > significant travel for most Council members - this is a matter of time
> > and cost.   E.g it is at least a days travel for me to and from most
> > locations in Europe or USA.
> >
> > Thus the proposal to meet shortly before Wellington was to 
> > ensure economies of airfares for those that will most likely 
> > be travelling to Wellington anyway.
> > Of course smaller groups of ICANN participants can get 
> > together in local regions prior to Wellington, with the 
> > Wellington meeting be an opportunity to consolidate the views 
> > of prior meetings. 
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bruce Tonkin
> >
> >
> >     
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