RE: [council] RE: [gnso-sti] Possibility of a Face to Face Meeting

["Zahid Jamil" <zahid@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it is important to have the Council involved.  I would also like to
suggest that considering the expedited nature of the work confronting the
STI on behalf of the GNSO it would on balance make sense to allocate at
least some if not the same level of resource available to the good work
undertaken by the IRT.  The IRT had two face to face meetings and several
calls in order to work through fairly complex issues and solutions.   The
same commitment seems to be emanating out of the STI.   Even if the STI
reaches some level of consensus there may be public comments which may have
to be worked through subsequently and the STI should have the opportunity to
provide its input in response to such comments on the Final Report which
were not available to the IRT.
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Zahid Jamil
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From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Margie Milam
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:58 PM
To: GNSO Council; mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [council] RE: [gnso-sti] Possibility of a Face to Face Meeting
 
Mike,  
 
To be clear,  Staff did not initiate this request.   We are responding to
the STI?s request to consider organizing a face to face meeting to
facilitate achievement of a consensus in the short time framework requested
by the Board.    
 
We agree that the GNSO Council  should be prioritizing the work at hand and
have been working with the Vice Chairs to develop a methodology to do this.
However, until this is done,  the STI project is one of the projects that is
a high priority as it affects the implementation details for the new gTLDs.
As a result, it is appropriate for Staff to decide whether incurring these
costs is  useful to assist the Community in  coming to closure on a response
to the Board letter  in a timely manner.    We will likely schedule this
meeting  if the consensus of the STI group is that such a meeting will be
useful, and the costs of doing so are reasonable and within our budgetary
constraints.
Best Regards,
 
Margie
 
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Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
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From: Stéphane Van Gelder [stephane.vangelder@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:16 AM
To: Margie Milam; GNSO Council
Subject: Re: [council] RE: [gnso-sti] Possibility of a Face to Face Meeting
Perhaps Margie could give us staff's perspective on this? 
 
Thanks,
 
Stéphane
 
Le 12 nov. 2009 à 16:50, Mike Rodenbaugh a écrit :



Again I am concerned that staff is organizing a resource-intensive F2F
meeting without a request for same from Council.  Again copying the Council
list.
 
The PPSC-WT is also trying to do this simultaneously.  The Council ought to
be prioritizing these resources across all our work, it ought not be done by
Staff and various WGs in silos.
 
Mike Rodenbaugh
RODENBAUGH LAW
548 Market Street
San Francisco, CA  94104
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From: owner-gnso-sti@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-sti@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Margie Milam
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:07 PM
To: GNSO STI
Cc: Marilyn Vernon
Subject: [gnso-sti] Possibility of a Face to Face Meeting
 
Dear All,
 
I checked into the possibility of a face to face meeting for the STI group,
funded by ICANN, to facilitate resolution of the  outstanding issues and the
efforts to gain a consensus on an alternative proposal.    We are exploring
the feasibility of this request, and wanted to get some information from you
to assess the costs of doing this on a relatively short notice.
 
Specifically, we would try to pick a location to minimize the travel costs
for the participants, and would likely pick an inexpensive locale in a
central location.
 
Do we have an idea of when to schedule the meeting?   We assume that it
would be sometime between now and mid-December.    Rather than have a
discussion on the list, please email our administrative assistant, Marilyn
Vernon, with days that you would be unavailable between now and
mid-December.   She is cc?d on this email.   Please let her know your
location as well.   
 
Best regards,
 
Margie  
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Margie Milam
Senior Policy Counselor
ICANN
 
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